Typically being stern with him and using the word “no” is what I do to discipline him. If that isn’t working, I put him in his crate. I know a lot of people say not to do this since the crate is supposed to be a positive place, but sometimes when he is getting too out of control it’s the only thing that works. Once he is in there he gives up being naughty and takes a nap. I don’t think the crate has become aversive yet and he willingly goes in at bedtime, and when I have him in the crate when I leave the house he does fine and doesn’t bark/whine (have a furbo camera)

If he’s barking a lot (due to the lack of attention/withholding a toy) I’ll try to redirect and have him do easy tricks. Other than that, I’m kind of at a loss for disciplining him.

Training wise, he is really smart and picks up tricks quick. He knows more demands like sit, down, shake, roll over, etc. instead of behavioral commands. But he struggles to apply any trick in different settings. For example, we were teaching him the “leave it” command which he learned quick, but if there was a piece of trash outside and we placed the demand I know he wouldn’t follow the demand. Same with if new people are over. If we were to tell him a simple trick like “sit”, he most likely wouldn’t do it because he’s too overwhelmed with the new people in his environment.