Im temporarily living with my OH and his family at the mo and I wanna help, they have 2 dogs. Bumble who is 10 months old and Max who is 7 months old. Both got castrated last week.. (Yes, having 2 young dogs is very brave!)

Now, they're both West cross Pugs. (Completely different litters. We reckon Max is from a Puppy Farm They bought him off a family who couldnt have him due to allergies! This was only 3 months ago.) And my god, they both bark. (Which is to be expected with a terrier aswell as digging!)

There are numerous things that really need to be nipped in the bud now with these boys.

- Play time gets VERY boisterous. I understand that dogs playing together does get rough, but it needs to be controlled.

- They bark. Bumble barks at a funny sound, or someone at the door. Max has begun barking at EVERYTHING, including cars driving past......(Something unfortunately we cannot control!)

- Bumble (and I believe Max may of started aswell) is marking the house EVERYWHERE. Driving my OH's mother doo-lally!

- And only tonight, for the first time since their little op, Max has humped Bumble!

- Max snaps at Bumble when there's treats. (Not his dinner though, oddly.) Bumble is completely placid and just looks at him like No idea how to respond! Im half blaming this on the ''Puppy farm'' experience. Poor sod!

- Ever since their op, Max has had some accidents in the house too. (NOT blaming the castration!)

I appreciate all these issues are probably (HA.. Why are we kidding ourselves?) because these dogs are dominant. (They're not crate trained for one. They sleep in the same bed as my OH's parents.) They do get disciplined, but I've watched my OH's parents, and its like 'NO! Bad Max! Come here and give mummy snuggles!' Completely confusing the poor dog, right?

Now, anyone has advise on the above problems, I would be SO grateful. We really need to control these behavioural traits.

Ive got a clicker! And that has worked wonders. (My OH's mother is very about the clicker and only follow Ceser Millans ways..)

Again, any advise would be welcome!