Hi all, I have been working with our new 4-5 month old "rescue" Manchester terrier mix, Ruby, and have a question. I have been watching with interest all the Kingdom of Pets videos with Brian Heward about alpha dog training. I have a question about Brian's "5-minute rule" -- is there any way to implement the "5 minute rule," (not giving the dog attention when first arriving home or entering the room) with a puppy while house training? We are crate training Ruby and there is always a mad rush to get her out of the crate and outside when waking up in the morning and when coming home from having been out on an errand during the day. So far we try not to go out for very long at a time at this point, but first thing in the morning and upon returning home even from short errands Ruby goes nuts wanting to jump and run around and be fussed over, and of course we are dashing to get her leash on her and get her outside asap.
Also, secondary challenge is getting our kids to go along with not fussing over the dog! I liked Brian's suggestion of making a game out of it and playing "queen"
