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You need to start a positive based training regimen. He needs a confidence boost, and training will help that. No more raising your voice. Not to your family or your dog or the TV.
Lots of calm, quiet praise for doing the right thing. No response if he does the wrong thing. You have what's known as a "soft" dog, and you need to modify your training and attitude to suit him if you want to keep him. You have to decide if he's worth it.
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He has been obedience trained with positive reward. Including house breaking. No scolding or swatting on the butt.
I have been ignoring him when he cowars or does wrong. I don't say a word or even look at him. I do praise and treat when he does good. He must be really soft; it seems like he carries it with him until finally he gets attention and even when it's praise he will piss. Distracting kind of works. This morning he was acting submissive. I didn't look at him or even talk to him. I asked if he wanted to go out, he did and when he came back in it wasn't as bad, so I gave him his vitamin treats and it seems as though all was good.
By no means am I harsh or mean towards him. When I say holler at him it's in a corrective measure. As in, Sarge, Leave it! When he sticks his head in the trash, etc. Sarge, NO! When he attempts to assasinate a kids toy or consume a harmful object, such as a lego, popsicle stick, table leg, blanket, etc Yes, he's tried to eat all of those
ETA: By the way, thanks for chiming in. I've seen that you are pretty well versed in dogs.