Thank you. I just posted a long winded post on Facebook because he literally jumped up and drug Meg off the couch. I'm with him at least 22 hours a day. I schedule my errands in the afternoon while he's taking his nap. Other than that, I'm actively with him. He works daily on training, commands and exercise - and is a genius when it comes to everything but Meg. I couldn't have dreamed how well he has taken to everything else. After his nap today, he went potty & got a drink, then I played with him (fetch - sometimes he actually does fetch) and with his frozen pupcicle. Then took him out for about a 15 minute walk on leash (he does great on leash). It's really hot and humid here, so 15 minutes is about all he needs in this heat. Brought him back in to work on sit, stay, down, etc. - probably another 15 minutes of that. Then I brought Meg down in the floor and worked on "play nice" (bless her heart, she doesn't run from him or growl, bite, try to get away, when I bring her down to socialize). He does pretty good with "play nice" if there are rewards involved. He started getting a little rough, so I separated them & put her back up on the couch & continued to work with him & exercise him in the house where it was cool. I took him back outside for another walk (about 20 minutes this time) and he flopped down on the grass, so I knew he was getting tired. I took him back in the house (he even sits for the door to be opened & waits for me to enter). I took him off leash when we got back inside to see if he had learned any manners. Nope! Meg was sleeping on the couch and he immediately ran to her, jumped up, latched onto her hair around her neck and drug her in the floor! I scolded him with NO! And he looked at me and bit her as I was putting her (all dazed and confused) back onto the couch. I put him back on leash and ignored him & he laid down and went back to sleep. Meg is a Pomeranian, but the most laid back, easy going dog on the planet. She doesn't like it when the grand kids roughhouse with her, but never barks or growls or bites at them. She simply lays there and looks at me like "really?" She is not food aggressive or jealous or needy. She's not hyper or nippy or otherwise spastic at all. She's perfectly content laying on the couch sleeping and minding her own business - she just doesn't particularly care for getting drug off of the couch though! She never offers even to growl or bite at him when he does this either. She will yelp because she's startled or he's hurt her though. When he is actively being trained to "play nice", she will love on him and lick his face and eyes very gently, but she's cautious about it.
I wanted a puppy as opposed to an adult dog because I wanted to socialize properly with Meg and the grand kids. But, wow, he's a handful when it comes to her! He does everything else remarkably well. So, what am I doing wrong (this is my first newf, but, by far not my first dog - and I did three years of research on the breed and finding "the" puppy. He hasn't even had a single mess in his crate and it's a large crate that isn't partitioned off. He whines and wakes me up & I take him out. About every other day he sleeps straight through till 6:00 or 6:30 am. Other nights, he's up about 4:00 am to go out, but goes right back to sleep till 6:30 ish. He is seriously the easiest puppy I've ever had to train, except for this one issue - which isn't something I need to take lightly.
