Hi Erinn, Welcome to the group. Well, I had the same problem when I brought my two dogs home. I had to train them not to make a mess when I left to go to work or store or wherever.. since I'm deaf.. I had to train them with few signs. I tell them "no" several times and show them the treat.. I put them down on the newspapers that were tore and they would come and I picked the treat up and signed "no" several times (I also spoke "no" at the same time) and showed the newspaper and signed "no" several times.. I pointed to the newspapers and sign "no". It took a while for them to understand... when they did not make a mess, I give them treat. :) Same things as they peed or pooped on the floor.. they learned fast with signs.
Linda :) ----- Original Message ----- From: wiccanheart27 To: [email protected] Sent: Wednesday, June 13, 2007 5:49 PM Subject: [Chihuahuas] Help with excited puppy!! Hi all, My name is Erinn and i am fairly new to the group. I took in Gigi a Chi mix about 2 months ago. Some one was going to bring her to the pound. They told me she was about 7 months old at the time. I am having alot of problems training her in everything. I dont like keeping my dogs in crates during the day while im working, i never had to do it with my Shepard mix. I started with not putting gigi in the crate and she did good for a long time. Now when ever i come home something is always destroyed!! This dog will eat anything. So i have started putting her in the crate untill she can learn not to destroy things. I have to keep her int he crate while we sleep to cause she is so hyper she jumps on us all night and continuously licks our faces. Does anyone have any advice??? I cant seem to ever have her calm she is always jumping, you cant sit down without her jumping on you and continously licking you. I love her to death but i just need some advice on training her. Thank you Erinn
