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Catching them in the act is best.........but my guys seem to know when I am not happy with something they have done when I am not around.......we have a chat about the issue and I have an idea who did the NO-NO but all 7 get the chat. Lexie use to shred the potty pads up when I left the house, one day I caught her in the act and we had a VERY nice chat while I cleaned up.........she did it about 3 times total and then stopped. I have the radio on all the time so my guys always hear either music or talk radio....sometimes the quite gets them into mischief because they get bored. Just a suggesti

I leave a kong with peanut butter and a treat in it for Missy. I have no idea how long that keeps her busy (she probably finishes before I'm out of the drive!) but she's always anxious to show me she cleaned it all up when I get home!

You guys are always so GREAT and putting a smile on my face! Vicki

I LOVE IT! Very good advice from everyone too! Catching them in the act is best way to (maybe) get your point across to them. Vicki

Listen to Mama, they are wise words indeed

Pip use to do that to his pads. Time I caught him doing it I was on it. Telling him no very mean like, over and over....He knew by my voice I was livid as I picked it up.....it lasted a few more times till he finally gave it up all together. Catch him in the act...then pounce, otherwise he wont know why your mad. . Then theres this week....hubby thought he was doing something funny by letting him grab the junk mail through the door and shred it. I told him in no uncertain terms he was back sliding what I had taught him awhile back and one day its going to be something important and then he

We have our paws and fingers crossed here in England Do let us know what happens... babybluegirl 3:50pm

My dog trainer told me to freeze the kong with its contents, it will last twice as long ;)

I leave the radio on, Radio 2 for my guys ;)

I don't punish after the fact. If you catch him in the act, then sure. But almost all canine behaviorists say that dogs live completely in the moment, and so it's not likely at all that he connected his ripping up the newspaper with your "No" or the silent treatment you gave him when you got home. He may have been very confused by your behavior. Now lots of times people say "Oh, he knew. He acted so guilty when I got home and saw the mess." But very likely what the person is interpreting as the dog acting guilty is the dog acting submissive because he understands his owner is ma

I'm floored... I may have found Ozzy a furever home! I don't know if I dare to get my hopes up, but...Francie, the singer/songwriter I've been playing with for about six months or so, her mother has two tzu. I showed her the video of Ozzy, and she showed it to her mom, and next thing I know, her mom was having her ask me all sorts of questions. What sort of care does he require, does he need special veterinary care or just the routine stuff, can he go potty on his own, etc. When she got here for rehearsal today I asked her about it and she hinted that there may be some interest!

Keeping fingers and paws crossed!!!! <3 <3 <3

Yep, fingers crossed here in Romania too, that little guy diserves a forever home!!

Great idea, thanks!!

Hmmmm, I see your problem. Like the others are saying, I guess you've got to catch him doing it, to tell him off.

Thanks everyone for your comments... I will have to tell Riley off only when I see him ripping the newspaper. Yes, Julia, the newspaper is down for his toileting, sorry, I forgot to mention this in my original post! Taking up the newspaper is not an option as he's left in the Dining Room and we've only had our new wood laminate flooring down about two months and we can't have him just weeing straight on there. The second night we did have our flooring down, Riley was sick on the floor and unfortunately the boards lifted at the joins which as you can imagine we were not too happy about

Thank you for your suggestion, I didn't think of freezing these! Doh. I will bag them into small groups and put into the freezer so that I can defrost a bag at a time Many thanks, babybluegirl 10:32pm

I am assuming the newspaper is for Riley to toilet on? If so, I used to use puppy pads in a pad holder. When I arrived home from work one day they had shredded it to pieces. I just put it down to them being puppies and looking for something to do Funny thing was they hadn't even been to the toilet and I spent longer clearing away all these pieces of pee pad than I would of done if they had gone toilet on the kitchen floor. So from that day onwards I stopped using the pee pads. I don't use anything. If they have an accident, I clean it up and wash the floor... They don't have many accid

Rather than responding immediately to your thread, I decided to wait and see what else would be revealed. I don't think Mylo is a jerk. I think he is a very confused dog who may (or may not) have been abused before you got him. I think that right now he is receiving mixed-messages. Paws4me mentioned NLIF, and I abide by this completely. Our dogs may not be the best-behaved dogs on the block, but they DO listen when I tell them what to do (they do NOT listen to my husband, which is an issue but not a big one). You need to decide on a proper training program for Mylo and get your par