Hello all, I'm in need of a little training advice for my 5.5 month old lab/pit boy. I've read through the stickies and tried just about everything I can think of to no avail. The main problem is we just cannot get him to stop jumping up on people and basically just being in everyone's face. Along with that is he is a submissive urinator which I'm not quite so worried about because I'm still hoping he will grow out of it in time. So if anyone has had experience with jumping and pawing where conventional training methods just didn't work I'd love to hear what you did.
The only other real issue we have with him is we cannot take him on walks. He refuses to leave the yard because he gets scared. When he was younger I didn't think as much of it because I can see how a young pup would get freaked out by things in a new environment, but I really thought he would be over it by now. I've tried coaxing, bribing with treats, but nothing works he is just too scared which stinks since we have friends that have a pup nearly the same age that they walk all the time and we can't go with them.
The only other real issue we have with him is we cannot take him on walks. He refuses to leave the yard because he gets scared. When he was younger I didn't think as much of it because I can see how a young pup would get freaked out by things in a new environment, but I really thought he would be over it by now. I've tried coaxing, bribing with treats, but nothing works he is just too scared which stinks since we have friends that have a pup nearly the same age that they walk all the time and we can't go with them.