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Old October 14th, 2002, 03:41 PM
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Unhappy Golden Pup Training Issues

Pets.ca forum folks:

This looks like a wonderful forum. Wanted to throw a few "behavioral" issues out there with our 4-month Golden Retriever male puppy.

Top 3 Include:

1. Potty Training
First of all, he failed miserably at crate training. (Barked non-stop, soiled his crate that was not too big.) We are now in the process of paper training him. He is about 75% accurate on the paper. Some good days and some bad days. We are now trying to move the papers twoards the door where we take him out. However, he cannot hold it in duing the night, and appears to be going the minute we leave him alone. He gets plenty of exercise, and time out doors. He eats at 7am, 12pm and 6pm. Any suggestions to improve this (and our paper towel & newspaper supply?)

2. Separation Anxiety:
Currently, we have our puppy penned off in our kitchen and family room. My wife works from home (upstairs), and our dog barks like a madman the second I leave for work or any time he knows that we're in another room out of his sight. He also has started to bang on his gate, and has started to find ways of escaping a 3.5 ft high gate and runs upstairs the minute he escapes. Per our trainer, we have tried Mellow Dog treats, which do nothing. I am also looking into the citronella collars, as he barks extremely loud. Is there a fine line between spending too much time with him? Any suggestions?

3. 4am Wake-up Call:
Our dug has decided that around 4 am, it's time to start barking. We have tried to ignore him, but he keeps going on an on. We have been taking him out at this time, and most of the time he "eliminates" outside, but wants to come upstairs as soon as we go back in, and the barking starts again if we don't give in. ANy ideas to get him through the night (I'll even take 6am) without barking and/or leaving us presents in the middle of the night? The problem is that he wants to go to sleep at 8PM, and despite our efforts to keep him up, he finds a way to go back to sleep.

Looking for any suggestions here. We've taken our dog to Kindergarten puppy training and appear to be doing all the righ things, but we're losing patience (and sleep) with this guy.


Thanks again,

MyDogDamien
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