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Regal is just about 10 months. We've taken him to two sessions of obedience and he did very well! And I apologize in advance that this is long.
We have a couple of behavioral issues with him that I'm not sure how to correct. He constantly steals the hand towel off of the rack. We try to keep the doors closed but sometimes we forget. Once he has it becomes a battle - even though he knows drop it, he won't always drop it. And he'll growl a little and sometimes become aggressive - no biting but I'd consider it aggressive.
And speaking of aggression - he showed us his teeth a few times this weekend. Once after we took the above mentioned towel from him, and at least one other time but I can't recall the exact scenario. We had friends over on Friday and Saturday and we're still teaching him how to act - but there was some jumping on people and a little nipping and he was verbally corrected. I'll also put him in our baby gated kitchen when he needs some time out - and he showed me his teeth from behind the gate. How do we correct this?
I feel like we've been using a lot of no's but I know we really need to be telling him what to do instead.
We have a couple of behavioral issues with him that I'm not sure how to correct. He constantly steals the hand towel off of the rack. We try to keep the doors closed but sometimes we forget. Once he has it becomes a battle - even though he knows drop it, he won't always drop it. And he'll growl a little and sometimes become aggressive - no biting but I'd consider it aggressive.
And speaking of aggression - he showed us his teeth a few times this weekend. Once after we took the above mentioned towel from him, and at least one other time but I can't recall the exact scenario. We had friends over on Friday and Saturday and we're still teaching him how to act - but there was some jumping on people and a little nipping and he was verbally corrected. I'll also put him in our baby gated kitchen when he needs some time out - and he showed me his teeth from behind the gate. How do we correct this?
I feel like we've been using a lot of no's but I know we really need to be telling him what to do instead.