I'm having amazing luck with training treating my chi like a great dane!!!... teach what commands mean and MAKE them comply.... they get to slide until you know THEY know what the command means... praise hugely... that's the only reward needed. and also the only one you ALWAYS have on you lol. they are stubborn and you have to be FIRMER than they are stubborn...wait them out... lots of eye contact. mean what you say and say what you mean... only give a command ONE time and WAIT for them to comply. of course this comes AFTER teaching the command... like for sit, put your hands lovingly on the dog and place her into a sit while saying sit.... in a session do his 20 times sit place let stand... 20 x. do a session daily once or 2x... for a week... she will then know you want her bottom to hit the floor when that word is spoken... when placing her in a sit do not push on hips... rather rub hand softly along the spine around the tail and to the back of the knee softly push on the back of the knee while saying "SIT" when the dog goes down say "GOOOOOD GIRRRRL ,BOOOOY" REPEAT 20x a day for a week... then test.... SO NOT TEST FOR THE FIRST WEEK even if she complies early... she must get you mean business with ALL commands... this training works for all commands... soft hand lots of praise and give one command only and wait for the dog to comply. stand firm and still if you are not going to get your command start over with the teaching... works on all dog types. if you know the dog knows the word and is refusing you can start over the teaching or get very firm with a correction... which is hard on a tiny dog... sometimes a foot stomp and a leash tap is enough... command your dog and you will be his leader and he will love you and feel protected by you ... nag your dog with sit,sit sit,sit sit sit sit...and he will make his own rules... Darcy...PS chihuahua's are dogs... lol
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