Lyssa87

In a book I’m reading right now says that I should take all his toys away and only give him one after each training lesson. That way he would look forward to the training more. The only thing I could think of when I read that is my dog going to bore to death! That this how it suppose to be in the NILIF also? I’m trying to practice the NILIF program lately. (my family still spoiling him, but they promised to stop when the actual training begins) I couldn’t take him to the behaviorist yet because there are lots things going on right now. Anyway, whenever he tries to beg for some food that I’m eating, I tried to make him sit first. The thing is, a lot of time he would sit first even before I give the command. How do I make him work for what he wants? Also one more question about the sit command. Say I’m eating a cookie and my dog comes. I put a piece of cookie over his nose to make him sit. When he sat, I just share the whole cookie with him or should I make him stand then sit again to earn another piece?

Will the aggression go away completely and maybe forever if I take him to these classes? The vet once told me that neuter my dog will help but actually it didn’t help any. So I can still go to my dog and pet him when I want to but not when he wants me to? “off the bed and off the sofa” I was wondering why can’t dogs sit on the bed and sofa? My dog does both.

Thank you for all your advices. They’re very helpful. There aren’t that many training class around where I live but there is one in a petmart. But that one doesn’t have any class for aggressive dogs. I’ve asked about the private class, it’ll be just me, my dog, and the trainer. I found that more effective than the group one since there’s no distraction and we can only focus on my dog. The lady I spoke to on the phone said that even though they don’t have any special class for aggressive dog, the basic training will give me some control over my dog and therefore, help it reduce the aggression. Is that true or they’re just trying to get business? In this class, I only need to go there once a week, and each week only take 1 hour. Is that enough time? How effective is this class vs. training at home with training books and videos since this class isn’t focus on the aggressiveness but only the basic (sit, come, stay…)? I have to pay $200, will it worth every penny? Also one more question. There is another training place, I don’t know where it’s at because the vet only gives me the phone number and the programs list they have. I just hope it’s not so far away from my house. I just got the information last night so I can’t call them yet. That training place does have a Behavior Problems class but the private class is $300. In the private class, the trainer will be coming to my house and train my dog with me. $300 is a lot so I thought of taking him to the Behavior Problems class only and then the private class in petmart, which is only $200. Will that work or there’s more complication that I didn’t know of? When he behaved and calmed down, I’ll bring him to the group class, which only cost 50 bucks.

My dog is aggressive and very spoiled. When my dog wants attention he would sit in front of us and bark or licking our hand, then we would pet him. He would try to get into our lap when we’re eating (he’s a Maltese), sniffing our mouth, and beg for food. He would wake my dad up and nipping dad’s feet so my dad would drive him somewhere. Unfortunately, we love those behaviors of his. We think it’s cute and adoring. The way he’s being mischief and child-like, demanding for attention, is actually really cute. BUT I hate to see people saw our dog and adore it one minute then hate it another because of its excessive barking and growling. I’ve been reading a book and according to it, the spoiling contributes to its aggressive. The book say something about the way we spoiled our dog give it a high rank in the human pack. And we need to stop spoiling him. Now I do want to train my dog and make him less aggressive. But I’m afraid that when my dog is well behaved, he would become boring. That may sound really stupid, isn’t it? The reason is because in the parking lot I saw so many dogs that sit in the cars so quiet, and I would walk up to them and try to get their attention. All they do is look at me and that’s it. One time the owner was there and she would let me pet her dog. I petted it, and it didn’t really do anything. I don’t know what it’s like to have a well trained and behaved dog. Will it still be fun? Will your dog still be cute and playful? I really want to teach him tricks (which is very hard because he never listen) and take him to places where people welcome him without feeling threaten by his aggressiveness