Quote Originally Posted by CountryWolf07

I just bop on his nose and go "No bite!" and I throw him his toy and he WILL go after it and
take interest and play with it. He is SLOWLY learning he is not supposed to bite or nip at me ...
Progress! Just make SURE the Roomie is doing the SAME things!


The potty training, he definitely knows NOW that if he pees in house by
accident/not letting us know, is WRONG.

So ... when I caught him peeing, I picked him up and put his nose close to his "mess" and
I say "No! Bad!" and he completely turns into putty on me and
tries to be ... "sorry" for what he did ...
No, Actually Zeus does NOT "know" that his *peeing in the house* is "wrong" ...
Just like Giselle said - he just knows that you're MAD at him --- WHY you're mad at him
just doesn't *compute* in a young dog's mind.

About the only time a scolding and pointing his nose at the mess does any good
is IF he's still In the Act of peeing when you catch & scold him.
Ten seconds after he's done messing - he'll never connect the scolding with the act of *peeing*.

And when you praise for correct outside performance - keep it Short & Simple =
"GOOD Boy!" and something like "Go Pee". Eventually you want to use the "Go Pee" as a
command for him to go pee or potty NOW.

Sounds like you ARE making progress --- but at his tender age - you really souldn't
be expecting too much from the lil Kid.


/s/ fellow dog *bonker*