Can Bratty Teenagers Un-do Dog's Training?

[corky]

I trained my first two dogs when my kids were teeny. Now I'm working with an 18-month-old rescue, Corky, and my kids are all teenagers. I've noticed that the dog will break many of his basic obedience rules with our teenaged son, Matt. Corky will jump on Matt's bed without waiting to be invited, he'll jump up on Matt, he'll chew on Matt's hands, he'll beg for food, etc. At first I worried that because Matt not only allows this bad behaviour, but encourages it, that Corky might un-learn our house rules, but it seems that Corky knows who's really the boss because he doesn't try this bad stuff with anyone else, not even my other two kids who aren't instigators like Matt is. What do you think?

 

[Sweet72947]

With some dogs, it will undo the training completely, but with others, especially very smart dogs like your Corky, they learn who they have to behave around, and who they don't. Benji, our schnauzer mix, is behaved around me, my sister, and my mom, but when my dad's home he acts like a little terror because my dad simply doesn't care about making him behave.

 

[ihartgonzo]

I say you enroll your son and Corky in obedience classes together! That'll teach him...

Haha! But, I know how you feel. My friends will give Fozzie french fries and crap, because he does his sit up and beg pose for them. I get enfuriated!!! Grace will even feed him cheetos; from her mouth. Yes. D:< He started to literally be sitting up in a beg for the entire time anyone was eating, waving and pawing at them simultaneously, so I had to tell everyone that Fozzie is no longer their personal garbage disposal. He also needs to lose a few.