How'd you get your chi not to be afraid of playing with great danes?
________________________________ From: Darcy Jacobs <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Tue, July 20, 2010 8:08:01 PM Subject: Re: [Chihuahuas] I am having trouble with my chihuahua puppy my 9 week old chi is playing with my great danes ill send a pic when i load them... its a hoot! darcy --- On Tue, 7/20/10, willy billy <willybilly30@ yahoo.com> wrote: >From: willy billy <willybilly30@ yahoo.com> >Subject: Re: [Chihuahuas] I am having trouble with my chihuahua puppy >To: chihuah...@yahoogro ups.com >Date: Tuesday, July 20, 2010, 9:02 PM > > > >I got a feeling if i used a crate my puppy would get pretty upset he's got a >bathroom to roam around and play in while i'm at work. >He mostly stays in the bathroom with his food,toys,blanket and floor mat with >a >pad by the door. >I been taking him outside to pee after work, before i got to bed winch is two >house later cause i work all night and when i get up. >I don't know if i should celebrate yet but he's not made a mess in two days it >seems like he's holding it till I get home. >If he keeps doing this i'll still use pads tho just in case I can't get there >before he can't hold it anymore. >I don't really see any need in using a muzzle but i'm thinking about maybe if >I >put my friend's pug on one side and him on the other petting them both he'll >get >used to it and Saying no if he attacks. > >I think it is fear because he's alot smaller than the pug he's only 3 months >old she must look like a giant to him. >He's also pretty tiny in the neighborhood too and He was raised in a fenced >area >full of chis...So, I realize he probably feels like he's been sent to another >planet lol > > > > > > ________________________________ From: Deanna Corey <shepflockmom@ yahoo.com> >To: chihuah...@yahoogro ups.com >Sent: Tue, July 20, 2010 11:09:06 AM >Subject: Re: [Chihuahuas] I am having trouble with my chihuahua puppy > > >Just a couple of things here...using a crate while you are working all day >will >not help your pup get potty trained...he needs to have a pen where he can >choose >to "GO' on the pad and then back to a clean area. You can buy a folding wire >pen >...usually they are gold...for relatively cheap. This way he also won't see >his >"crate" as a place he wants out of! Crate training is for when you are home >and >can take them out of it every few hours....or less...and walk them to where >you >want them to potty! Also...do NOT carry him to his pad to pee!!! He will >never >learn what he must do to find it if you carry him. In the morning you can walk >him there or you can "catch" him peeing and move him there quickly and then >lots >of praise!!! BUT it is way more effective if you will lead him with a >leash/halter to the pad each time. Chi's are NOT any harder to housetrain that >nay other dog!! It is just that they are tiny and people are lazy and not >consistant. I have had 5 Chi's...all 100% potty trained except for one with >health issues. You just have to be consistant! > >Also...do NOT waste your money on a trainer from Petco or Petsmart...most of >those people have NO CLUE what they are doing!!! You would be better off to >get >a book...read it...and then start putting it to practice. Whatever you >do...whichever method you choose...just be consistant! AS far as aggression >with >your friends dog...you have to claim your dog's food and toys...and maybe even >your friends dog. YOU give him the food...when there is any sign of aggression >YOU take the food. Even when there are no signs af agression it is good >practice >for YOU to remove his food while he is eating it so he knows you are allowing >him to eat it!!! He gets food when he acts right...same with toys. Use your >stern voice when removing the food to let him know you are not ok with his >tude. >Chihuahuas will run the world if you let them...they are tiny but MIGHTY! > >ALSO!!! only a DANGEROUS dog should ever be muzzeled!!! Chi's can bite but >they >can't take an arm off...there is nothing dangerous about a CHI..maybe >irritating!! ! Muzzling is a lazy practice that fixes nothing and can do harm >to >your dog. If you have to take a dog to a groomer and he is biting I might be >able to see using a muzzel for that short session and then FIXING the problem. >Any dog can learn anything if the human can learn HOW to show him what they >want. NO MUZZLING!!! Dogs bite because there is a problem. There are three >forms >of aggression in dogs...fear driven, prey driven and human driven. You have to >determine why your Chi is showing aggression. In this case I would bet it was >fear. He is not confident or stable in his environment and he sees your >friend's >dog as a threat to his safety...his stuff. He is trying to be in control of >the >situation when YOU should be!!! Once you take your place and he sees you are >in >control, he does not have to be!!!! > Hugs In Him, >Deanna > >And the Corey Crew: > >Wife to my best friend: Mark-ie Pooh...married 29 years 6/27/10 >Mom to 4 Children: Andrea 26, Jimmy 22, Baxter 19 and Molly 11 >Grandma to 4: Lori, Evelyn Rose, Jack and Cameron > >Mom to Fur babies: >Nugget (MiniPoodle) www.dogster. com/dogs/ 1085245, >Shuai-Li (Shih Tzu)www.dogster. com/dogs/ 1129251, >Bella-Rose (Pomeranian) http://www/. dogster.com/ dogs/1136706 >Mouse (Chihuahua)www. dogster.com/ dogs/1005934, >Myrtle May (Chihuahua) >and Caleb (Rott/chow mix)www.dogster. com/dogs/ 988612 > >Mom to feathered kids: Stella (Blue and Gold Macaw) and Stanley (Double Yellow >Headed Amazon) > >and the curtain climber: Miles www.catster. com/cats/ 895000 > > > > > ________________________________ From: dasha <dash...@hughes. net> >To: chihuah...@yahoogro ups.com >Sent: Tue, July 20, 2010 4:45:25 AM >Subject: RE: [Chihuahuas] I am having trouble with my chihuahua puppy > > >And like I said once before when you posted this same advice for another >poster >when you have to continue to muzzle a dog they are not learning anything. It >is >a temp fix not a solution. > >Bark Busters are very expensive and way overrated. Take it from someone that >used them before I knew any better. > > > The dog is resource/food guarding and a muzzle won't help. I agree about the >crate and the tethering for the housebreaking. Just don't use the crate as >punishment. It should be a place the dog wants to go. > > > > > > ________________________________ From: chihuah...@yahoogro ups.com [mailto:Chihuahuas@ yahoogroups. com] On Behalf Of Mark Strassler >Sent: Tuesday, July 20, 2010 12:49 AM >To: chihuah...@yahoogro ups.com >Subject: Re: [Chihuahuas] I am having trouble with my chihuahua puppy > > >Hello: > >I would start by working with your parents in finding a good dog trainer in >your >area. Petsmart's and Petco will offer very basic classes. You should ask your >vet of a name of a good trainer. You and your parents are going to spend >$500.00 >+ for a good trainer. See if there is a "barkbuster" trainer in your area, >they >do "in-house" training, they come to your home. > > >Crate training is best, when you are away, place the pup in the crate. When >you >are around the pup, watch it at all times. You might want to tether her to you >so you can be togethter, this is easier to watch there this way. When she >needs >to go, pick her up and take her outside. Chi's can be very hard to train. > >As for the food aggression you will just need to tell her in a stern voice -- >no >when she snaps at someone when around her food. When she is around other >animals, you might what to muzzle her until she learns better manners. This >helps with one my my Chi. He does forget now and then, but when I take out >the >muzzle, he know he has done bad and "remembers" how to act. > > >One you have been through a good training program, it really sinks in what to >do >with other pets you will get in your life time. Training is not only for the >pup, it also is for you. > > > > ________________________________ From: william <willybilly30@ yahoo.com> >To: chihuah...@yahoogro ups.com >Sent: Sun, July 18, 2010 3:49:42 PM >Subject: [Chihuahuas] I am having trouble with my chihuahua puppy > > >I got an adorable baby Chihuahua white, long hair, brown nose and So I wont >have >to spell that word again i'm calling him his name Gizmo. > >He for some reason is mean to other animals he snaps and growls at dogs and >cats. Now, if he don't like the neibors dogs fine..so be it but he snapped at >my >freinds pug and That got me upset. Now, she was sticking her nose in her food >bowl he was eating out of so, I guess that's understandable I wouldn't want >someone trying to eat what i'm eating. > >But, Now he does it if i'm sitting beside her or she walks by. He don't mind >going out to poop with her but that seems to be it. Can't my freind's pug >named >(pig) she's a female don't know if that's a problem. and Gizmo be freinds? > >Also, I would like some potty training advise it seems I can get Gizmo too >poop >beside the poop pad but not on it. I been putting his terds on the pad and >putting it over the pee but, My little pup just don't get it. > >I just now got some treats to reward him for pooping in the yard so, I hope >that >helps. I want him to bark at the door to go poop. Also, He will have to use >pads >while i'm at work so, I guess he needs to learn to do both. > >So, any advice or suggestions? > > > >
