posted on Mar, 9 2008 @ 09:29 PM
rule 1: if the dog pees or craps on the carpet ITS YOUR FAULT.
smacking only tells him not to do business in front of you.
seriously, after he's had a feed take him out for business. everytime you do it say "do wee wees" and he will learn the command.
if his nose hits the ground and starts sniffing, hes looking for a place to do business.
if its bed time and he wont go i have resorted to taking a wizz in the back yard myself, dogs follow the leaders example
(sounds gross but it
works)
positive reinforcement gets you a much better dog than training by negative reinforcement (encourage him to do right instead of smacking him when he
does wrong)
he will be more eager to learn new things because he gets rewarded..
smacking tells him not to try new things because if he gets it wrong theres punishment coming his way. (he will have a slight fear of doing wrong
instead of being excited to learn new stuff)
you probably know most of that stuff i guess.