Training issues
Hey everyone. I was hoping to get some advice on my dog. We adopted Addicus from the humane society back in April. He's a mostly GSD with what looks like a little bit of chow in him. He was already a year and a half old but had only been trained to walk on a leash and was house broken. He appeared to have been abused as he has a lot of trouble getting used to tall guys with hats. It's taken a lot of effort to get him to the stage he's at now. He can sit, lay down, shake, high five and play dead. He knows that upstairs means he should go upstairs and that downstairs means that he should go downstairs. He's an extremely smart dog which means if you let him get away with things, he'll take advantage of it. Now my boyfriend, the dog and I lived just the three of us all summer in our house and that's when most of his training was done.
In august we had two roommates move in with us and I didn't really think that we'd have any issues about the dog but I was wrong. They let him get away with things and he's starting to not listen to commands anymore. He begs for food constantly now because, after many warnings, one of my roommates continued to think that people food was okay to give to him constantly. Once in awhile if something falls off our plates, he can eat it but everyday was a bad idea. When they allow him to behave badly, such as letting him jump on them when they come home and ignoring their commands, I try to explain the proper way that they need to react to him but they ignore or interrupt me. It's gotten to the point where if they're home, I want the dog beside me at all times. How do you guys propose I handle this?
In august we had two roommates move in with us and I didn't really think that we'd have any issues about the dog but I was wrong. They let him get away with things and he's starting to not listen to commands anymore. He begs for food constantly now because, after many warnings, one of my roommates continued to think that people food was okay to give to him constantly. Once in awhile if something falls off our plates, he can eat it but everyday was a bad idea. When they allow him to behave badly, such as letting him jump on them when they come home and ignoring their commands, I try to explain the proper way that they need to react to him but they ignore or interrupt me. It's gotten to the point where if they're home, I want the dog beside me at all times. How do you guys propose I handle this?