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[BarEdul]

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OH don't get me wrong.. I am teasing. Rufus is really not running the house. I want him to notice something is wrong.. The TV being on was wrong. He needed to notice that. I had failed to... It was important. If it wasn't I would have told him to hush and to go to sleep. He is being trained to My schedule and to that of what I find important not the other way around. His old schedule at his old house was to wake up at 7:00 which is fine my daughter Has to be GONE for school at 7:00 which matches fine with my schedule. We are meshing very well.

Sample example I feed him at 8:00 if he is fussy and will not eat I take up the food not leave it for free feeding all day long or for him to demand I feed him all day long when he damn well feels like it. Nor am I allowing people to feed him scraps I don't want this animal showing up at the kitchen table plopping his head on it and saying "hey folks that turkey is mine.. I will have it and you can find your own."

I will gladly read your threads all the advice I can get is welcomed. There are always good ideas out there. Bottom line and intelligent dog with a strong personality has to be handled consistently and with a firm hand or he will run rough shod over the house and become destructive. He must be be kept busy with his job and not allowed to be bored or he will be destructive.

I have handled many herding or working breeds before and not had a problem. and you can see in those eyes in the pics he wants to please me and be by my side. I keep him busy by escorting me here and there talking to him noticing him and doing things with him.

I am starting his training already no dull moments for this boy. He's bright enough that he gets the word no and rarely repeats the same mistake. So he's a very bright boy although I understand he will repeat them sometimes. I am tickled with the brain.