He's a Tan Cocker Spaniel, he's lovely. Were very happy with him.

This makes sense. I actually feel more comfortable about this than shouting at him.

Thanks sue, Cydney (my daugher) is very good, we have tried to spend as much time around people with Dogs, it think it is very important for kids, she understands as much as a two year old can. To be fair on both of them, there only doing what their naturally supposed to do, it just me trying to train both of them to not do what naturally comes to them.

I dont mind people's replies I was just expecting people to tell me there experience rather than opinions. But hey Im up for anything, that's why I have a dog.

Although tiring, I just treated Max like a toddler! When he tried to eat the plants,steal my shoes,chew the chairs etc, (Remote Controls were his favourite)I just said a firm NO and removed him from the object and give him one of his toys instead to play with. I have never moved objects away from him just keep removing him and eventually he just got the message, if I said NO he just left it alone. Have to be a bit patient though!!

The RSCPA, hmmmm, now why doesn't that surprise me! Too busy giving crap advice to be any real help.

What do you mean?

I have seen the damage a water spray can do to a pup as well as an adult dog, it does damage the bond, it also stops a pup from bonding to the owner and I have seen an adult dog go for the owner when he used a water spray and done considerable damage to his face.

I am not interested in what others write about, they are going on their experiences, I am going on mine.

Many people who ask advice on these forums have never had a dog before, they don't know about body language or timing, but are expected to know them to train their dogs.

There are other ways to train your dog or your puppy.

I agree entirely. Some 'trainers' get away with some methods due to their experience. Someone less experienced may run into a whole lot of FAR worse problems using the same methods.

All i'm concerned about is about my daughter, unfortunatly he goes for all of us and i've tried no in most occations as this is easer and you can do right on time, unlike anything else, i tried holding him around his mussle once (as suggested earlier) he turned very nasy growling and biting more, I wont be doing this again as I don't feel Im trainined very well in this method and felt he was worse after. I'm holding out on the spray at this moment.

Can someone explain to me how they acctually learn NO??? (and when).

Im not ashamed to admit I dont know how to train a dog, we all started somewhere once!

He goes for fingers and toes, how do you deal with this??????

Have you read the article I linked?

Your puppy is no 'going for' you, although I appreciate the play can seem aggessive at times, but it is merely play. Very normal, healthy and desirable in my opinion, as it gives the opportunity to teach bite inhibition, which is very important.

The problem with saying 'no' or taking action like holding the muzzle closed (something I would never advocate or do) is that it can make th epuppy more excited, or even frighten the puppy, which may lead to a more serious bite.

If you follow the advic ein the article i linked, it WILL work, but you need otbe consistent, us only that one method and give it a little time. You should start to notice a difference quite quickly though, and it is quite fun for all the family to decide who can do the best 'yelp'.