Hello everyone! I have been looking forward to joining Pet Talk, just waiting for all the kinks to be worked out. I am in real need of some advice with my five month old puppy, Kamble. He is a wonderful puppy, very intelligent, obedient, loves to cuddle and show affection. He loves to run, jump and play in the snow, off the leash. He is very good with entertaining himself, taking turns with all his toys from his toy box. He even learned very quickly to ring a bell when he needs to go out! The problem we run into is he picks and chooses between my husband, Trent, and I. He loves us both, but he would rather be with me over my husband. I am often at home with him alone during the day. It is hard to get any work done because he is in constant need of attention. When he feels he is being ignored he will become defiant, with repetitive barking and chewing. It gets exhausting. I’ve tried everything I can think of, interrupting the behavior, positive reinforcing, redirecting, timeouts, baby gates, and turning my back to him when he barks. My tactics only work temporally or not at all. I have even called Trent at work for at work for advice. At the end of the day when Trent comes home Kamble has just as much sweet puppy energy, however, he is on his best behavior, making me look like over exaggerate. He cuddles and plays with his daddy, however he still prefers me first. I just don’t know what to do I watch him do a complete 180 during the day. If you have any advice for me please help me! Just while trying to type this I was interrupted several times having to redirect Kamble
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