depends on her personality. Some need more than others. One thing is a firm (not mean...firm) no and place her on her back, holding her gently till she stops struggling against you. What I normally do is hold their heads between my hands and look them in the eye and give the firm no. Eye contact is a form of dominance. You must establish that you are the alpha, but you want to make sure you do it in a way that is out of love and not in a way that makes her scared of you. It is much the same as with human kids...you discipline out of love and with gentleness and you never want your kids to fear you. Same with puppies...let them know that you love them, but you are the boss. Some milder personalities, like my Barley, will respond to just a firm NO. In fact, if anyone raises their voice to hi or anything, he is devastated and has to be held and babied for a minute. But most will require a little physical control. But bottom line, if you have a chi prone to aggression, you never want to do the tug or war or rough house wrestling with it. This form of play may be ok for a more docile dog, but not one with aggression tendencies. Don't allow anyone to do anything to "tease" her...that is something they know will make her growl ect. My son is the worst at this and that is what is making Lucky want to growl and bite. He does stuff like blowing in her face, which makes her growl, and he think it is funny. This is NOT good and I am working on nipping that in the bud before it gets out of hand...even if I have to tell son he can no longer interact with her. When she growls, I pick her up (she is too small to hold her head, lol) and hold her still and tell her no. Since she is so small, I actually hold her in front of me, but away from my body, and look her in the eye. As she grows, if I still need to correct, I will have to put her down or something more appropriate to her size. (she is 4 mos old and 2.5 pounds) 'Marsha
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