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Originally Posted by andrea 35
there are lots of other things you can do to make h im feel less of an alfa dog , such as reducing the amount of eye contact you give him and how much attention he gets too................................Eat infront of him before you give him his meal even if its just a cracker an alpha eats first . and if he pulls on the lead when you got out stand still not saying anything untill he sits or is calm again and then resume the walk do this each time he pulls you may not get far to start but all hese ideas will forge you as the alpha not him and may make him less likely to mark . hope this helps .
Andrea
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Sorry Andrea but I think that's awful advice.
The dog doesn't even think he is the alpha as he's being sneaky about it. If he thought he was the alpha he would do what he liked whenever he liked and not care if his owner were there or not!
Besides which that method of training is out outdated and cruel.
I'm not sure why you are suggesting a method of training that you wouldn't use with your own dogs either!?!
My advice would be to get him a crate or confine him to a small area that he can see as his own. Whenever you can't have your eye on him, crate him or confine him to his area. Just make sure you train him to see the crate/area as his safe place and you won't have any trouble, he won't want to mess in his own area!!
