help me with some dog training please!

[evident]

my wife and I have a 2 yr old portuguese water dog come visit and stay with us alot, along with my mother in law, who's the master. now my wife and mother in law are on vacation and i'm alone w/ the dog and my 2 cats until saturday. The dog usually sleeps in the guest room bed w/ my mother in law.

I dont really want the dog to be in the bed with me when i'm sleeping however. Is this a losing battle since he's already been taught it's ok to be in a human bed? my kitties usually are in bed with me but now they're not around because of the dog.

i got a dog bed yesterday for him next to my bed. going to try and entice him with treats to get him to stay there.

another thing. he loves to beg at the table. my mother in law used to feed him bites while we're eating but has since stopped and put food on a separate plate for him when we're done eating. this is the most annoying thing about him. I can't even take a bite of my food without him sticking his paw out to me, or drooling on my pants when i'm eating. how can i correct these 2 behavior traits?

basically, my in laws treated him like a baby and it sucks. he's pretty well behaved but has a few bad habits that i can't stand. he's used to being given attention all the time and I just can't do it. luckily, he likes both me and the wife and the cats and listens to us for the most part, except for the things i'm asking about!!

 

[DesiPower]

Lock him in a separate room while eating, or eat outside, are you alone or with kids? A man needs to eat in peace, he's the alpha dog, noone whole know that better than a dog, make a stand

pics of wife and MoL?

 

[Markbnj]

You're not going to have much luck, imo, training a dog that just visits you from time to time. Just close the bedroom door. If he kicks up a fuss cage him for a few nights with a blanket over the cage. They get into den mode and it feels nice and secure for them.

 

[evident]

You're not going to have much luck, imo, training a dog that just visits you from time to time. Just close the bedroom door. If he kicks up a fuss cage him for a few nights with a blanket over the cage. They get into den mode and it feels nice and secure for them.

i would say he's at our house 4 out of 7 days a week for the last few months... he's been here for about 2 weeks straight the last 2 weeks.

His crate isn't here and no cage of our own either...

 

[TonyG]

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[Ns1]

be an alpha and keep pushing him off the bed. eventually he will learn.

keep in mind that eventually does not mean 30 seconds. It could be 5 minutes, it could be 30 minutes, it could be days.

 

[skyking]

Put him off the bed each time he tries to get up there. Put him in the bed on the floor, and praise. Don't try the "no bad dog" stuff. He will quit trying.
The food thing. Make him lay in that same bed near where you eat. Stay. Praise.
That will work if you are consistent. Everybody has to be onboard when you do this. I mean everyone who is there, not the MIL who is gone ATM.

 

[rudeguy]

i would say he's at our house 4 out of 7 days a week for the last few months... he's been here for about 2 weeks straight the last 2 weeks.

His crate isn't here and no cage of our own either...

If he's there that much, buy him a crate. It's not mean or cruel, most dogs love having their own room. Put his bed and a soft blanket in there and he'll love it. Feed him in his crate when you sit down for dinner. Make sure he knows it's "his room" or whatever you decide to call it. That way you can teach him to go to his room on command.

Getting him to stay in there at night will take some work at first but within a week he'll love it.

 

[evident]

Well good news so far. When I'm eating food he learned to go lay down in the corner. When I'm done eating Ill feed him. Also been pushing him off the bed when I go to bed, but in the middle of the night he'll come join me and the cats run away. Too tired to yell at him or sometimes I don't wake up. I figured it would be a good transition, but maybe I should start pushing him off even in middle of night now.

 

[rudeguy]

Well good news so far. When I'm eating food he learned to go lay down in the corner. When I'm fine eating Ill feed him. Also been pushing him off the bed when I go to bed, but in the middle of the night he'll come join me and the cats run away. Too tired to yell at him or sometimes I don't wake up. I figured it would be a good transition, but maths I should start pushing him off even in middle of night now.

posting from your phone I see.

Give some thought to the crate.

 

[Zeze]

Dog is a creature of habit. As long as you consistently reinforce a behavior, he/she WILL learn. Consistency is the key word. I mean it as in. E.V.E.R.Y. T.I.M.E.

Do this and you'll find out the dog will learn rather very fast.

• Whenever the dog exhibits the bad behavior, IMMEDIATELY drop everything and let him/her know that is wrong. It has to be immediate (within a second), so the dog can pinpoint to the exact moment.
• How do you let him know it's wrong? Point to him and sternly say, no. Repeated times. No need to scream, but a slightly raised voice will do fine. They're smart mofos. This gets the messages more than clearly. If he's truly a basket case, a good tap on the nose with a newspaper or a sprinkle of waterspray works well.
• Do this EVERYTIME. Again, consistency is the key. There's a reason why all the dog whisperers/trainers actually train the owners, not so much the dogs themselves.

My dog behaves well, but he'd always chill on my couch and when he cleverly knows we're at work. He sheds a lot (corgi), so it's a PITA to clean it up. It was a bitch to train him, but he doesn't do it anymore. When I came home, I greeted him happily as usual. But the moment I saw hair on the couch, I'd change the mood immediately. I'd pick him up and put his nose to the couch where the fur was and scolded him. It took about a good 2 weeks. He got the idea.

Also, be sure to address any underlying root cause. Make sure he gets enough exercise daily and he tires himself out.