My puppy is about 12wks old now. I've been walking him on a leash from day one and have started some basic obedience training.However, I have a few questions.
1. How should I go about teaching my puppy leash manners? When I walk him he gets so distracted by the environment that he continually stops. I gently pop the leash but and call out to him but this only works less than 10% of the time.
2. I have a four year old shitzu along with my 12wk old lab. She is fixed and he soon will be too. I allow them to play together in the yard, but I never allow it in the house. The Shitzu is still dominant over him,but I expect that to change before too long.How can I teach the lab puppy to be gentle with the shitzu?
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1.) There are lots of posts on this I suggest no leash corrections, he does not know what you want so popping the leash really doesn't mean anything to him and is unfair.
2.) I do not allow puppies to play with or have contact with older dogs or other puppies for at least the first several months. To help prevent dogginess I separate them, it allows the puppy to bond faster with me and prevents any accidents from happening.
I would not allow your Shitzu to be dominating the puppy. Playing still effects rank and manners.
The best way to prevent injury to all dogs involved is to closely supervise and have the dogs on leads, but again JMO I keep pups separate from all other dogs in the household for several months and slowly intro them initially as distractions and then as potential canine companions.
I would not allow your Shitzu to be dominating the puppy. Playing still effects rank and manners.
The best way to prevent injury to all dogs involved is to closely supervise and have the dogs on leads, but again JMO I keep pups separate from all other dogs in the household for several months and slowly intro them initially as distractions and
So in your opinion I should keep them separate? I have no problem with doing this if it would benefit my dogs in the long run.
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Sorry Russell, dog terms got the best of me Dogginess is essentially dogs prefering other dogs to humans/their handler among other things. Being too doggy can effect training and bonding and the doggier a pup/dog is the more sensitive to body language they tend to be which can be a good or a bad thing depending.
I would keep them separate but that is me I want my dogs to be neutral to other dogs as much as possible. The best playtime, work time, all time comes from me, the hand that feeds. All play between dogs here is supervised. As adults or just older pups I do allow interaction between the dogs in my household but it depends on each dog, how the training is going, and what my goals are for the pup.
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Puppy training questions
#196017 - 05/22/2008 10:17 PM 
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I suggest no leash corrections, he does not know what you want so popping the leash really doesn't mean anything to him and is unfair.
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