what is a xpen? Our kitchen is actually a place Luna could go. It has a gate to keep Amara out. The problem is that Luna does not want to be alone. She cries and barks until someone gets her.
I think its more about getting Luna not to be so attached to me and wanting to go to the other kids. If Amara wants to be on me Luna won't be so obsessive and will go to the other kids. She really is a good dog. Today I had to do an errand and I took all the kids and left poor Luna alone in the kitchen and she went nuts. Whiny and barking. Tomorrow I have to do the same thing but in afternoon, I hope she doesn't think we are abandoning her. --- In [email protected], "Michele Burr" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi Tricia, > If you keep having problems, you might really want to think about an xpen > and a dog door, to help give your chi a break for chunks of time, and your > toddler an opportunity to think about other things like toys, playing with > you and siblings etc. Then when your chi is out have positive time, and > work with older siblings, and your toddler too for an hour or so, then have > a block of time in the xpen again. That way your puppy can have positive > experiences and not feel harassed. Not to make your chi feel punished or > anything, but just so she can rest, and feel safe. It's also nice so you > can relax and not have to watch to be sure your toddler isn't harrasing your > dog for half an hour too. I really think it's a great thing to have around > when you have a toddler and a tiny dog who could get hurt by your toddler, > or who could hurt your toddler if your toddler hurts it or scares it too > much. > Now that my son is 2 1/2 he's really understanding more about being > gentle. Since he's grown up with them, they were never a novelty, so he's > never been that interested in bugging them all of the time (just in spurts, > like when he was cruzing - oh look I can reach them on the couch now!), or > if we're doing tricks suddenly they are more interesting (usually if I try > to do tricks when he's awake, I have to quit and put the pooches in their > xpen because it gets Karsen too riled up ... and then wait until he's calmed > down to let the dogs out again - it makes him chase them - the only thing > that does - arrhhh). But now he's learned that Elsa is bigger and he can > pet her "x" hard and it is gentle enough to be nice, but Bessie is tiny so > he needs to pet her really soft. He's quit with the hard petting that I had > to remind him to pet nice about. He does have our big, fat cat to lay on > and hug - which he can't do with the dogs, so that is good. > Shell > > > On 6/19/07, Tricia <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > I am deffinately seeing the Chi have problems with my toddler. Last > > night she did lung forward when my daughter climbed up on me. I just > > put her down and shed tried to jump back into my lap but I had my son > > take her. > > > > This is going to be hard. I should of not made her so attached to me. > > I wasn't thinking. I should of had her bond with my older son first. > > > > Tricia > > > > > > > " Lets talk about our wonderful little friends! Join today! " Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Chihuahuas/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Chihuahuas/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
