Originally Posted by ajshep1984

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Besides which that method of training is out outdated and cruel.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!!