I taught Minnie to come by saying the word "come" and holding out a
piece of dog jerkie. I don't have to hold out the dog jerkie now, she
will come whenever I say come, but I almost always give her a piece of
dog jerkie anyway. I am a firm believer in the 1 word command with a
treat for incentive to comply. Although, I sometimes think Minnie
understands my every word.....LOL. When I ask her if she's hungry her
ears pop up even straighter, if that's possible, LOL.....and I say,
"where u supposed to be?" and she jumps right into her bed in her crate
and stays there till I get her food ready. I feed her in her crate to
avoid any fights over food. The new girl, Penny is picking up the same
things real quick, because she imitates Minnie.
I love the way Melanie has her little furbaby trained to "park".....that
is so cool, I think I will try it too, though Minnie won't fit in the
palm of my hand at 8 lbs.....LOL
Stefanie Brannan wrote:
I have a question for all you Chi lovers. Do you have trouble with
picking your Chihuahuas up? I have had Cricket only a few weeks. I
got her at 5 months old and she is now almost 6 months old. I have no
issues with her, so far, except when I try to pick her up, she runs
away. She is very fast and it's almost impossible to pick her up. I
have been trying not to chase her around to catch her but when I need
to pick her up to put her in the kitchen or for any other reason, she
is very skiddish about it and will not let me. I have tried just
sitting there and waiting for her to come to me and that works, but
takes forever. If I need to put her in her playpen because I have to
leave for work, for instance, I really need to be able to get her in
there quickly and not wait until it is convenient for her. I also
tried calling her but she won't have it. If I am sitting down, she
loves to come and sit on my lap. She loves to be held as long as I am
not standing up. Besides the timidness when being picked up, she is
very outgoing. I really want her to be okay with me handling her.
How can I get her to trust me?
Stef
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