yes the whining is pretty much over while eating. but he crys a lot when we go for walks, places he's never been, i think its cause everything is new and he is a little scared.. i did get that dvd that you said about, i learned a lot from it. im still having some problems w/ him biting, it starts out as play and when i say NO he gets mad and bites. he got me 3 times today and drew blood everytime. he has done it to my dad and a friend of mine, whenever someone stops him from what he is doing.. ive done everything, from putting him on his back, holding him up staring him down to smacking his nose to smaking his butt w/ a paper (not hard) and nothing seems to work, it just makes him more mad. i got him signed up in a class but it dont start till oct. 10th. but other than him being really aggressive he is doing great. he is really smart. he has his name down, and "here" and "sit" so far. i took him for a walk yesterday and he stopped and went into a puppy point and turns out it was a dead bird right in front of us. he caught it before i did.. so all in all things are pretty good, i just wish i could stop him from biting (not the puppy biting) just the aggressive biting. thanks for the help

I had a pointer puppy that cried during walks. Strange behavior. I gave up thatpup - only had him for a week, and got a setter pup soon after. I would suggest you socialize him. Get him out to places with alot of people. Better yet get him out to places with alot of other young dogs. My pup is well socialized so when I take her to the field alone, she runs fine no matter where. She was afraid of busses so I took her to a Park and Ride (Bus station) so she could watch the people get off. Now, she doesn't even blink when a bus comes by. Like the DVD says, a socialized pup is a very trainable pup.

Concerning the biting, use the water bottle. I wouldn't use the newspaper roll. Don't pick him up as much as need be. Picking him up lets your arms nearby. And don't grab his head suddenly. That is like tug of war, it lets him be aggressive. Make sure there are toys around him. When he starts biting, squirt him and tell him 'No' (some don't like 'No' because it sounds like 'Whoa') then praise him when he stops. Then let him play with a toy. He's teething and it itches. He bites because new teeth a breaking through his gums. My puppy just lost her baby teeth at 5 months old and she has calm down considerably. She still likes playing but I let her play with other dogs at the dog park.

Another thing, sit is not that important for pointing dogs as much as woah. You don't want the dog to sit when you want him holding point and you say "Woah". A simple thing I've been doing. At feeding time, I 'Woah' her. When she complies, I blow two hoots of the whisle and let her eat.She's catching on real quick. She already knows to come when I blow the whistle now after 2 days of using it. I'm using the command lead to prepare for Heel and 'Woah'ing her every so often. Commands she knows are, Come, Down (off the furniture), Who's that? (I didn'trealize I taught her that but she immediately runs to the door to find out who is here), and currently working on Woah.She is only five months but she learns quickly and seems more mature.

a little trick I used when dogs or puppies like to play bite my hand, was I wiped rubbing alcohol or you can use to swabs for when they are going to wipe you down before the needle. I rubbed that all over my fingers and then let them have at it. They grabbed a couple of times and then must have figured I did not taste good, and stopped. They actually hate that alcohol on their tongue. It did not take them long to learn...

i can not believe how good the water bottle is working today.. this has been the best day w/ him since the 3rd day i got him. it only took 3 times and he now knows "NO", well i think he always knew it but now he listens to it.. he still cried on his walk but i wouldnt give in and after a bit he gave up and walked and had fun, he even jumped into the mud. thank you very much