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» ILikeTacos - My 14 week old puppy.

I have a 14 week old puppy and its a lab/rottwiler/terrier mix. He's really cute as well. We had him ever since he was 2 weeks old. We started potty training him about 5 weeks ago. Every Day on Schedule, he gets walked, fed, gets water. We found out that we were giving him too much water and he would drink when he got bored and pee on the floor. I fear he's just NOT getting it. Sometimes when we are watching tv and dont pay attention to him, he gets mad and pees on the floor. Of course we tell him no and tell him to go in his basket. But he keeps doing it. Now, we lock him in our bathroom for 10 minutes (with the light on). But that doesn't seem to phase him. He just whines (Really Really Loud) and So we just bang on the door. It's getting really annoying. But we know he isnt stupid. He's really really smart. I taught him how to "Sit" on command in 5 minutes. Same with "Up" and "Lay Down".

I Also have some other things. He chews on EVERY THING! Thats not really the annoying part because he is teething, but what ever is on the floor, he'll eat. Since we have 4 cats, they shed alot. He walks around licking the floor and eats it. He eats hair, paper, anything! He just started chewing on the tile on our floor. He has toys, i dont see what his problem is.

He Also bites people and he has these very sharp tiny teeth. One time When i told him to stop biting something he didn't stop and kept chewing i told him "NO" Many times. When i got tired of him not listening, I got up and went to pull him away from it. He growled at me. and when i went to reach for him, he bit my hand (Very Hard) So hard i had a long gash, which would not stop bleeding. Of course i got mad and told him "No" and sent him to his bucket. I then ignored him and he never did it again, but when you walk around he'll hang on to your pants and when you say "No" he never listens. I Really need advice. We can't afford to send him to obedience school. I'm open to any suggestions.

-- posted by ILikeTacos