SkyesongTollrz

ML gave you some good information on submissive urination. But something I did pick up on in your post is some comments about when you get upset at her. You say that they get in trouble for digging and eating plants while you are out, or that if she's done something wrong and then is on the couch then she gets upset when you approach her. There is absolutely no point in punishing a dog for some perceived wrong hours after they have done it. They have no idea that they are in trouble for the digging when they did that in the morning and you just walked in the door at 5:00pm. All they know is that they are getting in trouble for you coming home and them greeting you. The only time you can correct a dog is as they are doing what you don't want them to be doing. It's no good telling them off hours later, they won't know what they have done wrong.

Some things I do with my dogs and puppies: * Schools at bell time. Sit outside the gate and let the kids pat the puppy. Doubles as a good way to teach children how to approach dogs. * I always try and find fireworks. I've even taken a litter of puppies to fireworks at six weeks of age (in a crate in the back of a car). For my last litter our suburb was considerate enough to have them just a few streets away when they were seven weeks old. * A speedway or dirt bike competition. Very loud, smelly and dirty. * Horses or stables if you know someone who owns one. Get the dog used to being around horses. Ditto for cats, chickens, cows, and other birds. * Markets with lots of people milling around and the dog has to calmly walk through the crowd at heel and not pull on the lead.

Can you put me down for 4 blue ones please?