I am able to distract Herman with his clicker - we just go over his tricks when he's acting up.
I've (kind of) taught him that if he plays too rough he has to go to his room. So if he's getting rambunctious, I said "want to go to your room?" and he stops and runs to his bed in the living room and pretends like he's behaving so he doesnt have to go to his room.
So either change his train of thought to something else to keep his mind busy (not only his body) or stick with one thing until he learns it by being consistent. I found that mixing up too many different methods (yelping, leaving, laying him down, etc) didnt work.
Good luck! Remi seems to be such a sweetie!
I've (kind of) taught him that if he plays too rough he has to go to his room. So if he's getting rambunctious, I said "want to go to your room?" and he stops and runs to his bed in the living room and pretends like he's behaving so he doesnt have to go to his room.
So either change his train of thought to something else to keep his mind busy (not only his body) or stick with one thing until he learns it by being consistent. I found that mixing up too many different methods (yelping, leaving, laying him down, etc) didnt work.
Good luck! Remi seems to be such a sweetie!