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Disciplining a Puppy
H and I have a 7 month old Mini Schnauzer who has been acting out lately. We think it may be for attention when we're busy and not able to play with him at the moment. We have a wicker basket full of blankets in our living room and he has been pulling and knocking over the whole basket then chewing on them or our good pillows. We did a puppy class with him where he was taught "leave it." So after he misbehaves we sternly tell him "leave it" and "bad". Then when he walks away or grabs one of his toys we tell him "good boy" and praise him with love. This same cycle has gone on for the past week or so.
It's frustrating because we know that he knows he's misbehaving but he's continuing to do it. Is this just a puppy behavior that he'll grow out of? Is there anything else we can do to get him to stop?
Thanks in advance for any advice!
Re: Disciplining a Puppy
If you're combining "leave it" and "bad" (or other form of "disciplining"), the dog is not going to learn properly. If you catch him in the act and say "leave it" and he does, then you immediately praise and reward him. Telling him "bad" is giving him
B/w 1/8: betas 17,345, progesterone 25.6
So basically just sticking with "leave it" is better than saying both "leave it" and "bad"?
He is crate trained and is always in his crate while we're not home. We do treat him while in his crate and never use it for punishment so he knows
Basically, you want him to learn through positive reinforcement all the time, never through telling him he's bad or punishing. Positive reinforcement is a far stronger training tool than "disciplining" or dominating.
We all have our breaking poin
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B/w 1/8: betas 17,345, progesterone 25.6
Keep doing what you're doing, stay positive and don't get discouraged or stop trying because it feels so useless, sometimes. We have an AMAZING trainer for our two border collie mixes, and she told us that puppies often go through a "teenager phase" wh
Over the weekend I tried to distract him from his bad behavior with asking him to get a toy and it worked! And it worked a lot better than just scolding him for the bad behavior. I told him "no" or "leave it" then immediately asked him to ge
B/w 1/8: betas 17,345, progesterone 25.6