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he tries to hump my foot all the time while I am laying on the couch watching TV. It is very annoying because I constantly tell him no! And he sits there and continues to bark at me non stop
What do you do when he does this? Do you correct his bad behavior or do you just live with it?
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I do not know what to do to get him to stop doing this, not to mention that he latches onto my leg and digs his nails in and it hurts.
Why is he being allowed to "latch on"? Who's the boss, you or him?
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He also has a barking issue, whenever he doesn't get what he wants he barks, while I am eating he barks, when a car goes by he barks, I recently moved and I cannot have him doing this non stop.
How often do you walk him? Is he getting enough exercise? He sounds very frustrated to me.
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He is my baby, so I want to correct what he is doing but I do not know where to start any suggestions would be greatly appreciated!
Ah, now I know why. He's your baby? No, he's not. Look again. He's a dog! You can love him, because you're human and that's what we do, but trust me, he doesn't love you the way you want him to. He's a dog. His needs are that of a dog. Don't fulfill those needs and you'll have a dog that humps and barks and misbehaves. Don't meet his needs and he'll assume the alpha position. The sad fact is, he's not an alpha. Someone has to be and it's not you, so even though he isn't equipped to be alpha, he has to take on the role because that's what his instincts tell him.
If you take on the alpha dog role then he'll finally find balance as a dog.
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Also he gets very angry when I am wearing shoes and he tries to do this he bites my pant legs!
Again, you're putting human emotion on your dog. He doesn't feel anger because you're wearing shoes. He's a dog. He could care less about your shoes.
You're not meeting his needs. He's a leaf in the wind. As long as you continue to treat him like a human you'll continue to have problems.
