You won't purposely hurt her or make her sick. If you didn't really care and love her, you wouldn't be asking questions. Maybe it is time, to take a deep breath and analyze the whole puppy thing and get your mind set as to what to do and not to do. Honestly, raising a chi should be no different then raising any other breed regardless of it's size. The only thing that makes them different is that they are more susceptible for broken legs and back injuries around kids and from attempting to jump up and down off of furniture when they are to small and can injure themselves. All the basic training and housebreaking and feeding stuff applies to any breed.
Puppies will cry at night because they don't understand where mama is, and they miss their siblings. It's normal. Just put her where you want her to be and when she starts in with the whining don't pick her up, just call out to reassure her using her name and say ''night-night''. When you tuck her in for the night, say 'night-night' and walk away. After a couple of nights she will associate those words with not getting anymore attention and will settle down. All puppies and dogs need to be weaned into any new food very slowly. Usually just add a few of the new kibbles in with the old food, and slowly increase by a few more kibbles every couple of days. My rule of thumb for changing a diet can take up to 3 weeks of gradually adding in the new kibble to the old food. I never have upset tummies when I do it that way. Don't pick her up during the day every time she demands it, or you will be training her to be persistent and demanding, and she will be like that for the rest of her life. This is why I said to block off an area so she has some room to run around and learn how to play by herself, and yet also has the freedom of going into her carrier for security and naps or using the pee pads. You can't expect a dog to just lay in a crate for hours on end everyday while you do other things, and at the same time the dog can't expect you to pick it up and carry her around with you all the time either. A blocked in safe area works out great for everyone. When she is in her area, and still demands to be picked up, you will have to learn how to ignore her and not give in to her demands. Let her rant on for a few minutes, and then walk over to her and tell her shhh, quiet, and walk away and ignore her. Do that a few times and she will learn whining isn't going to get her anywhere. Only go over and pick her up when she is quiet. So now you actually taught her that ignoring and scolding gives a negative reaction from you, but being quiet gives a positive reaction from you. Also try to remember that dogs pick up on our emotions immediately. So if you are nervous and stressed out, so will the dog learn to react in the same manner. Take a deep breath when ever you confront her for anything and calm yourself down and you will see that she will react calmly too instead of all hyper and excited and demanding. Peggy -------Original Message------- From: leanneb65 Date: 8/2/2013 1:11:54 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [Chihuahuas] Re: Night time..Oy Vey A little over a year ago we adopted a very small dog from a rescue sort organization. They gave me papers stating the dog was 8 weeks old and had its first shot. This dog was smaller than my Chihuhua/Rat Terrier mix. Three days later this dog could not hold her head up to drink. My husband said she would be dead in teh morning. My daughter fed her water through a medicine syringe every 30 minutes for 5 hours. A couple hours after she stopped I went in to check on the dog fearing the worse. She wss on her feet and wagging her tail. So cooked her some brown rice and mixed it with canned chicken...I spent the new 3-4 weeks nursing this dog to health. Turned out she had Coccidia..yuck...we got her the proper meds, vaccinations, etc...I tried a few different foods before settleing on Purina One..that has been the only one she could tolerate. I even gave her Blue Buffalo...too rich for her the vet said. She is now a very happy healthy 65 pound dog. There is no way that dog was 8 weeks old when we got it and be as big as she is now. Her crate training went great. We used a pet taxi for her and she still sleeps in it at night. Fast forward to tonight and I dont know what to do. This is the smallest dog I have ever had. I think its the "stressed out" stigma that has me freaked out. I dont want it to hurt her, make her sick or kill her... --- In [email protected], Peggy & The Girls <phrpg5@...> wrote: > > Well considering that you gave her new food instead of giving it to her > mixed in with her old food, she probably is having an upset tummy. Pick up a > can of pure pumpkin tomorrow, that should settle her tummy, and give her > 1/4 tsp twice a day, for 3 days. And then add just a small amount of the new > food to her old food for a couple of days, then increase the new food again > for a couple of days until you wean her fully onto the new food. > > Guess you haven't had a puppy in a long time > > Peggy > > > > > -------Original Message------- > > From: leanneb65 > Date: 8/2/2013 12:39:52 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [Chihuahuas] Re: Night time..Oy Vey > > > Oh snap. She got herself so worked up she pooped diarhea. Hadnt seen that > before. Now what! > > --- In [email protected], "leanneb65" <leannebkr@> wrote: > > > > Okay. Here we are a few nights in and Baylee is really not liking being > alone at night. We had the issue last night with her and the previous nights > she didnt hardly wine at all. > > Tonight I put her in my room with her in her box. I put a sheet over the > top of the box but left the corner open. She has been jumping and whining > and crying for over 30 minutes now. Is there ever a time I shoud just pick > her up? I do not want to spoil her but dont want her to stressed either. > > Or is it best to put her in a separate room where there are no occupants > trying to sleep? > > Need to figure this out before hubby gets home from being on the road. > > > > Thanks again!! > > >
