calliecritturs
Posted : 1/31/2007 7:54:45 PM
I agree - it's time for this dog to be neutered if not already. My guess is this is simply "teenager" time starting and he likes your 3 1/2 year old and considers him HIS.
In addition to kinda hauling back to Housetraining 101, I would also begin to do some "Nothing In Life Is Free" and in particular, I'd make sure he KNOWS the 3 1/2 year old is also his 'alpha' -- not his property, but his boss! Even a 3 1/2 year old can help you hand feed this pup and command the pup to 'sit' and do some very elementary things -- you can't eat til you sit, and sit nicely while the 'alpha' puts down his bowl and THEN he eats when told he can BY the 3 1/2 year old. All very good exercises that can help put things in their proper place.
Don't let the dog 'see' you clean up. I find this has more truth than we'd like to admit -- it is somehow reinforcing to them to SEE us handle their waste. And if you've never tried it, pick up the waste in a paper towel and 'move' it outside. Then go take the dog ON LEASH first to the 'scene of the crime' and simply a "No, not here!" and then walk briskly to that place OUTSIDE where you have moved the waste (paper and all) and 'show' him -- "Yes, HERE -- I put it here! Pee/poop *out* side."