My 13 week old puppy (1/2 lab, 1/2 dobie) will not listen or come to ANYONE except me.  I've tried to ignore her when I am home, but she flat refuses to go with my husband or my children to go potty, to go ANYWHERE.  My husband bribed her with a treat yesterday while I was gone to go outside, but then later in the day, she didn't even want the treat.  The problem isn't that she doesn't need go to potty.  Because she pees the minute he goes near her to pick her up.  So we've tried the treat thing.  Yesterday my husband tried to take her out of her crate first thing in the morning, and she realized I was still laying in bed, and abruptly turned back around, and sat in her crate until I got up with her.  If he goes to her, she pees where she's at.  We also tried putting her leash on her for my kids.  They end up dragging her around our hardwood floor on her tummy because she's so stubborn.  This is getting VERY tiring.  I understand that it's a patience thing, and I understand that she can sense frustration in him, or the children, but is there ANYTHING we can do, short of having her be an outside dog?  My biggest fear because she is SO much a mama's girl is that she will growl/snap at my husband and children if they come near me.  Any other ideas?  Another friend of ours suggested that my husband and kids do nothing for her, but feed her and give her love when she wants it, otherwise, don't have them take her outside to pee or any of the other stuff that I do.  I don't necessarily think that's the best thing either, because I want her to learn to respect them as well.  PLEEEEEEEEEEEEEEASE help?!?!

how often does your husband and children take her out for walks? have you all tried going together? do not keep the kids away from her, they need to learn how to become pack leaders as well. you should look into cesars book *member of the family* it will help alot I think...

good luck

What treats are you using? The reason I ask this is because i had a problem with my dog for ages when he was younger. He would not get in the car. I tried all his fav treats, like cheese, cooked chicken and liver as they worked when he was a pup for all things,but they would not work on the thing I was trying to teach him. Loads of trainers and behaviourists had tried and they had no joy either, but I was not going to give up. Then 6 months ago I decided to try a totally different treat and it has worked every time since then.

 Has your husband tried doing little recalls in the house, when she is relaxed after she has been to the toilet, just a small recall from real close? If he does that and she comes to him he will need to make a big thing out of it, so he can either give her a treat, stroke her or use his voice to sound really happy. If that don't work, try it again with a lead on and then if she does not come, don't give up, keep at it. What about trying clicker training, dogs love that because they learn to associate the clicker with a treat. Does your hubby do training with her, like sit, stay etc in the house? if not this might help, as if she does not sit, just put a treat above her nose and move your hands backwards, as her nose follows the treat, she will automatically sit . I just thought if he did this with her, it might make it easier for him to get her to go with him. My trainer always says you have to make yourself more imporant to your dog than anything around you, so if your all in the room your husband has to work harder to make himself more exciting to your dog than you.

We have tried to switch up the treats, but she still prefers me over my husband and my children.  He doesn't go for walks with us, as he's at work when we walk, but the children do.  I DEFINATELY want her to obey the children and realize that they are her leaders, as opposed to the other way around.  I've been working diligently with my youngest two not to simply say, "Tessa NO!" when she walks by them, because they are nervous.  I told them that if she's not doing anything wrong, do not take a scolding tone with her, and don't tell her no if she jumps.  Tell her "Off".  And don't act nervous around her because she's not going to intentionally hurt them.  If she senses that, then she will constantly jump on them. 

Thank you for your help - she is doing MUCH better with the treats, though - but if I'm standing there, she prefers to stay beside me.  I think time will make it better.  She's gotten much better in the last two weeks and is a very smart dog, so that's helpful!!!