Post by butlerfan on Jan 11, 2017 9:33:18 GMT -5
I think I know what we need to do, however, I'm asking WWGKUD?
Our dog is crated when we are gone during the day and at night while sleeping. We would leave him out but I just found poop for the second time in the house since we had him. We take him out enough so not sure why he is going in the house as well but the real issue is:
H gets up at 5am since he has to be at work at 6. I don't get up until 6:30-6:45 to be to work by 8. He gets up lets the dog out of crate and takes him outside to go potty and feeds him. He then gets ready for work and leaves. Butler will sometimes eat right away or wait until I get up but most of the time he comes and jumps up on the bed until I get up. He also will lay on the bed with me if I go to bed before H. However, this leads to Butler not wanting to get off the bed to go potty when H tells him to and he then growls at H. This morning Butler went straight from the crate to our bed and would not get off to go potty for H.
I have no issues. If he doesn't want to go for me he will get up slowly but will move. He hasn't growled at me.
I'm not sure if it is a protective nature of me, trying to be dominant, or if he just is being stubborn. We need to have him stop doing this and listen to us.
We are having him neutered next week so I don't know if that will help. We are also signed up for basic obedience training starting on 1/28/17 for 7 weeks.
H is getting frustrated that Butler listens to me and not him and he is upset with the growling.
We are thinking of doing a few training sessions where we give treats for getting on and off the bed when told to. And only getting on it when asked.
So suggestions and tips?