[demonbrat711]

So I let my 7 month old morkie(morkie/maltese) puppy run around in the back yard with no leash or fence.. he stays with me and just plays.. but when I say"teddy" come on lets go in the house.. he fallows me to the door.. but then just stops he doesn't go in with me... but when my brother is playing with him in the back yard or if he just lets him out to go to the bathroom.. my brother will say come on.. and he fallows him right into the house... I don't understand why he won't come to me... I am with him most of the day.. besides when he's taking a nap I put him in his cage... am ispending too much time with him why won't he go inside when I say come on lets go inside??
Thanks to all the respond.:)

[wildandblue]

Some animals actually can hear or simply respond to a male voice better than a higher pitched female's. Try lowering the tone of voice or simply use a command like "IN" When training it sometimes helps to hold a biscuit or some other enticement to get him to obey. If he doesn't pay attention they say hold the biscuit in your mouth to get him to focus his attention on your face. (They are yucky--wrap a tissue around it before you do this) Later you can use the command "Let's go get a biscuit" which you immediately get for him out of the box as soon as he comes in. It's all right to put him on a leash to urge him in until he learns this, if he is leash trained. No you aren't spending too much time with him. All dogs should be this lucky! My dog loves to be the center of attention--she hates to be the only one outside in the yard if everyone else is in the house.

[froggy7]

It's a simple fact of life that men tend to be more authoritarian than women. When your brother says "In", he is probably projecting an attitude of "we are going inside, now, no discussion." While you most likely are projecting "let's go inside now, please, if you don't mind." Which is probably also affected by the amount of time you spend with him... he knows that sometimes, if he doesn't do what you want right away, you will let him get away with more. So he's going to push with you. If he stops at the door, are you going to insist that he goes in, or will he perhaps be able to stay out for a few more minutes? You are going to have to decide how important this is to you. If he will go in when you really want him to, I wouldn't worry about it. Because the reality is that a lot of the time it's not going to matter to you whether you go in now or in 5 minutes. (In fact one of the advantages I have found with having the fenced yard is that if I go inside, my dog will generally show up at the door wanting in on her own in a few minutes.) And on those occasions where you do want him to come in quickly, take him out on leash so that his options are limited.