Have 2 dogs and they live inside downstairs and they charge at my partner when he comes home.?

These dogs need to be managed so they can't keep practicing this bad behavior. Instead of just thinking about stopping the behavior,think about what you'd like them to do instead. Smacking the dogs hasn't worked and no surprise why would it? They are upset when he comes home and then he hits them, not a great solution to make the dogs behave in a calmer happier way.

You need to train these dogs! The dogs need to be shown, without punishment that when your partner comes home it's wonderful. Find a trainer to help you. You could start by having your partner hand feed the dogs. He could feed them when he gets home. Basically you want your dogs to be happy about seeing your partner, but by yelling and hitting them (proving nothing except that he's dangerous and a threat) they've only become even more upset to have him around.

This isn't going to happen quickly and it does mean training. Scamp is likely reacting out of fear, in which case you need to understand about triggers, thresholds, counter conditioning and desensitization. You can find info here

www.fearfuldogs.com

Dogs learn behaviors from each other and you allowed Scamp's behavior to determine the other dog's reaction. Punishment, while it probably makes your partner feel better, obviously has not been an effective training technique.

how old are your dogs? not that it matters. it sounds like scamp is the more dominate dog in the household, and now your other dog has taken to what scamp does as what is the right thing to do.

To start with scamp is the problem, you need to get him to a trainer or train at home separately from the other dog, get him to sit with a lead on and have your foot on the lead and be in a calm mood, have your partner come in the room if scamp goes to bark and charge you need to correct this behavior, make a sharp noise and pull scamp back into a sit position, get him to stop barking by using a sharp noise and a gentle poke at his neck line where the collar sits.

It may take some time but all training does and you will have to repeat the process many times, when the car engine drives up then again be next to the dog at this point have him sitting and calm if he barks again sharp noise and gentle poke, the poke is similar to what a mom dog would do except she would do it with her teeth.

If the other dog doesn't heed the new rules he too needs to be trained the same way. Again its a pain but it will take time to train them that man coming home is not something to be totally hyper over and charging is not acceptable.

You should have your partner (with your help) take Scamp for a walk EVERYDAY. Make your partner the Food King when it comes to Scamp. Only let your partner feed him, walk him, or anything. It's going to be difficult the first week or so, but then Scamp will realize that nothing in life is free and he will have to be a good boy if he wants treats or anything. Keep the dogs seperated if you can.

Same thing happened to me and my partner and he was the one that did everything for the dog. Have your partner teach the dog, "nothing in life is free" have him make the dog sit for a cookie, come for a cookie etc. If the dog has unwanted behavior the dog gets nothig in return. Also, if there is unwanted behavior, IGNORE the dog, that is the worse thing you can do to a dog since they are pack animals.

This happend with my dog when we first got him, he was scared of my dad, well, if your partner slowly gets close to the dog and shows the dog how much they love her and pets her and gives her a few treats, this isnt a one time fix, but try it a couple times!

Hope I helped.

I'm not sure what to do but i think you should speak to a dog trianer or look up some sites on how to train a dog. sorry i couldnt be much more help but i think the only way to fix this is to trian them.

Lots of low fat treats, and kindness, works every time. Tell him to throw treats to them, and then ignore them. Tell your partner to ignore the dogs, and they will come to him in time. With the treats, and kindness they will eventually accept him.