Oh my Tazz, I would never get offended!  Goodness knows, I'm not a dog trainer and have done a lot of things wrong in the past! 

Jay, thanks for the very helpful advice!  Of course, I'm not as agile as I used to be and he's a little tot so a hand on the shoulder would require me to get in shape to bend to the ground!     Little monkeybutt could care less if I reach in his bowl and take food away (I've tested it).  I find it very interesting that Rocket knows I'm top mom because I can put my hands on my waist and stand over him and he'll roll on his back and get very submissive.   He'll even get submissive with Comet if he thinks she's really upset with him.

Admin,  I'm gonna go checkout the info you sent.  Me still thinks that WBWHRFWyattRay Dawg is not that bad!  I'm telling you, count your lucky stars – I've had one way worse!  My BUGgy would squeal to the top of his lungs at the site of anyone and/or a dog (and wouldn't stop)!  He couldn't figure out why everyone was so afraid of him, that was just his "HELLO".

I'm also going to feed Rocket a little bit more food at meal time.  I'm giving him 1/3 of a cup 2x per day, maybe it's not enough since he's so active.   I'm pretty sure in his previous life he had to fight for food and was just thrown outside.  He still has hard time drinking water in the house and has to go outside to a water bowl.

I think he will be grow up to be a wonderful little dog.  He is just so incredibly smart and wants to learn so much. 

Holly – Shhhhhhhhhhhhh!

Mommy is getting coffeee and I'm jumping in…

He is not a good dog and I'm still working on my plan.

Oh – she's coming back!   Gotta go !   4 + 2 = 6  Right?

Comet out!

That is too cute.  I'm glad something so simple has solved the problem :)  I may try it on Duke when he gets all worked up about a noise outside.

Just an update on the food aggression with Rocket (aka ugly monkeybutt)…

We can do CHEERIO TOSSES without any problems now!!!!!  It's so nice to finally not worry about crumbs!  Comet has learned to not even bother with them but Rocket is not being ugly anymore either!

We've been having a great time with some Easter Peeps I bought (thought they could hunts peeps in the yard for Easter).  Rocket doesn't like them but he loves to tease Comet with his!  So, he dances around it so she'll come and get it and then he dashes away quickly with it!  Last night, for a moment he forgot about it and when she got it in her mouth he squealed  at her!  He didn't get mad. He just wanted to keep playing! 

YAY!