Husky/wolf Mix Behavior Problems?

Me and my fiance acquired a husky/arctic wolf mix (from good people who know how to handle their dogs) a couple months ago. He’s just turning 4 months in may and we’re already having problems. He is mostly potty trained but when we leave for even 5 minutes he pees in the same area every time. How do you fix a marking issue like that? Also, he has always played with the cats (running around, barking. not chasing or biting) but the other day he went ahead and grabbed the cat like a chew toy. (The cat wasn’t hurt!) I will not stand for that going on in my house. He goes for walks all the time, whether its a short 10 minute walk ever couple hours or an hour in the park. He has also been introduced to my papillon and was scared of him at first, but then decided to play and pounced at (not on) the papillon and scared him to death. Now the papillon climbs onto the top of the couch like a cat to stay away from him like hes the plague. I’m not sure where to start anymore! We tried a suggested method of holding the cat that he attacked and making the puppy lay on his side/back next to me and make sure he wasn’t paying attention to the cat, but this was like a yo-yo affect and he kept going from not paying attention to the cat to trying to eat it. Where’s a dog whisperer when I need one??

Problems With Housebreaking My Puppy?

Ok, so here’s the story. She’s 50% Beagle, 25% Papillon, and 25% Pekingese. Her name is Sweet P., and she’s a female dog that is now nine months old. Don’t think we haven’t tried housebreaking her before this — we sure have.
When we first got her, around 7 weeks old, we placed “Puppy Pads” around the house, which apparently have a scent that dogs can smell, and it basically beckons for them to pee on it. It worked at first, and we always rewarded her with small treats — kibble, chunks of cheese, meat, and other things.
Then, after a few weeks, she started going to the bathroom RIGHT next to the pads. We would scold her, put her on the pad, and clean the mess. But she kept inching further and further away from the pad until she felt she could “go” anywhere she wanted to. Of course we kept scolding her. At this time, her brother was already transferring to newspaper.
After a while, people started telling us to let her go to the bathroom outside, being that it was getting warmer. We kept pads and newspapers spread everywhere in the house, hoping she would just not be able to find another place, while we brought her outside. At this time, it was mid-spring, and warm enough for us to be able to sit outside for hours at a time.
We hooked her up to a large pully system, so she can go throughout the backyard, up the small hill in our yard, up to the half-way point of the driveway that no one uses. She was basically aloud to roam all over the property, she was just on a leash. Anyway, we would sit outside with her, and a bowl of water she could access, and play with her a bit. But even if we stayed out there with her for 2 or 3 hours at a time, she didn’t go. She would wait as soon as we got indoors, and then do her business. We scolded her, brought her back outside, and sat for another hour, as she just looked at us. She thinks that the house is her potty, and the yard is her playground. I don’t know how to teach her differently!
We’ve tried lightly pushing her into her squating position, but she’ll just stand back up and walk away. We’ve tried not bringing toys out there, and not interacting with her. We can’t leave her alone, because she has a bit of separation anxiety, and if she’s left alone, she’ll sit at the door and whine. Nothing has worked. Out of all the time we’ve been training with her, she’s probably only “gone” outside 5 times. We praise her then, but it doesn’t connect that she’s meant to do this always.
At this point, I’m exhausted. The weather is turning much colder, and we can’t stay outside for lengthy amounts of time. Just today, I sat outside with her for an hour, and when we got indoors, she promptly squatted. I heard on the TV show “It’s Me Or The Dog”, that some people used a “Pee pole”, which smells like urine, and entices a dog to urinate on the post. Should we try that? I’m at my wits end. I love her to death, the only problem she really has is housebreaking. Should we ask our vet for advice next week when we get her fixed? Will that surgery make any differance in house training? I just need advice on what to do, she takes after me, being hard-headed and all.
If you can help, offer your advice, or similar stories, I would greatly appreciate it. Thanks a ton.

Problems With My Papillon. Please Helpp?

Boomer my papillon is a pure bread dog. Or so I though… When I got him, I was told that he was 18 months, and when I took him to the vet, I was then told that he is closer to 3-5 years, and also imbread back down the line.. something with his grandma…
I fell in love with my boomer, he is so sweet. I asked a question before about him, because he is hard to train.. I was told by a dog trainer that its the imbreeding.
Now my problem is he doesn’t quite understand his toys. Isn’t sure what to do with them.. He would will run and play keep away from me and my boyfriends kitty. And he will play with our clothes, anything he can find. Sometimes he will run in the bedroom and come out dragging a shirt thats twice his size. He couldnt care less about a ball, chew toy, rope toy, or anything…. just clothes.
I tried smaller balls to fit his mouth better, but he just doesn’t care.
How do I get him to want to play with his toys, not chew my clothes…

Papillon Paper Training Problems?

I have a 12 week old Pap. I plan to train him indoors and take him out daily for walks only as exercise because my college schedule gives me enough free time to spend with him, but is very erratic.
And I don’t mind picking up his messes if they are in a designated area.
That being said, I’m having issues paper training him. He seems well trained in all other aspects and very bright, and I taught him paper = good from day 1. I have also been cleaning up his accidents with an enzyme thing to get rid of the scent.
But he has some very weird habits. For one, he seems to hate peeing and pooping in the same place. If left to his own devices, he will pee and poop in opposite corners of the room\pen. Another thing is though he knows what ‘potty’ means and that paper is good, whenever he has to go and I put him on the spot, he keeps running back to the spot he chose.
He was doing well, mostly hitting the paper, when all of a sudden he had a complete relapse. What do I do?

Papillon Potty Training Problems!?

My papillon is getting progressively WORSE with his potty training. More and more he is going inside as opposed to outside, and he has even started going in his kennel after only an hour! (Middle of the night he use to sleep through, no accidents)
Now will spanking his butt really affect him? I think not, let me know how you trained your seemingly hopeless pet please!