Hi group!
My husband and I just got a 6 month old black&white long coated male named
Valkan. He is just adorable. This is really the first chi (or even small dog)
we've ever had - aside from the year we had our daughters 5 yr. old chi living
with us. I feel like I am totally clueless as to training him. We have a herd
of alpacas and 4 big livestock guard dogs (who are also hard to train) so I'm
used to being the alpha but I'm very happy to find this group! We got Valkan
from a wonderful breeder who believed that even show dogs are pets first, so he
has been crate and ex-pen trained but I feel so clueless in some respects with
this little guy that I'm feeling guilty about calling her so much!
So - thank you all for being here!
Here's my situation for today...any input as to the best way to deal with this
would be really appreciated.
Today, while sitting on the couch next to me, chewing on his rawhide stick, he
growled and tried to bite me when I got too close to the chew. He'd done this
once before so I was testing him. Obviously, this is totally unacceptable
behaviour so I put him on the floor without the chew. Worked on this for awhile
until he was behaving better. After this he pooped on his puppy pad and started
to eat it...which he hasn't ever done. He's demolished the chewstick in a very
short period of time this morning and the poop thing makes me wonder if I went
a little too far timewise and stressed him out...or is he teething? or what?
He is just adorable and I love him and want him to be well behaved but I really
don't know what works best for chihuahuas.
Thanks.
Megan Burleson
------------------------------------
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:
[email protected]
[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/
