Set it up.
The question always is this. ARE YOU READY TO BE THE ALPHA? ARE YOU READY TO TRAIN? If not, get another dog. Sounds bad, but it is the absolute truth.
The bottom line is this. The dog likes you. However, it does not know what you want done when the other animals are in the living room (his space). AHHHHHHHHHH but remember. IT IS NOT HIS SPACE! IT IS YOUR SPACE. Do not forget this. You are the boss. Confident and assertive. AND you will take immediate action when he does ANYTHING you dont' want.
Now what do you want. Show him. Very simple.
Get a pinch ready. set it up. set up the scenario. Bring in the calm animal first. not the cat. don't overload him.
Make him sit and LOOK AT YOU. Attention on YOU, the boss! If he even looks at the other dog, correct him. Not nagging correction. A REAL serious one. One good correction is much more humane than tons of nagging ones.
TEACH him that there are reprocussions from YOU the ALPHA of his bad behavior. He thinks the place is his. NO. The place is YOURS.
It is a mindset. Calm, assertive, deliberate, and STERN. Love comes as a reward afterwards when his behavior is to YOUR liking.
Good luck.
The question always is this. ARE YOU READY TO BE THE ALPHA? ARE YOU READY TO TRAIN? If not, get another dog. Sounds bad, but it is the absolute truth.
The bottom line is this. The dog likes you. However, it does not know what you want done when the other animals are in the living room (his space). AHHHHHHHHHH but remember. IT IS NOT HIS SPACE! IT IS YOUR SPACE. Do not forget this. You are the boss. Confident and assertive. AND you will take immediate action when he does ANYTHING you dont' want.
Now what do you want. Show him. Very simple.
Get a pinch ready. set it up. set up the scenario. Bring in the calm animal first. not the cat. don't overload him.
Make him sit and LOOK AT YOU. Attention on YOU, the boss! If he even looks at the other dog, correct him. Not nagging correction. A REAL serious one. One good correction is much more humane than tons of nagging ones.
TEACH him that there are reprocussions from YOU the ALPHA of his bad behavior. He thinks the place is his. NO. The place is YOURS.
It is a mindset. Calm, assertive, deliberate, and STERN. Love comes as a reward afterwards when his behavior is to YOUR liking.
Good luck.