Puppies For Dummies

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Training Your Dog To Deliver to Hand

Force fetch training is training your dog to fetch or pick up a dummy, bird, or other object on command. The purpose of force fetch training is to prevent the dog from dropping the birds, having a hard mouth, and create a disciplined behavior.

Start your lab pup by never allowing them to drop the dummy or bird.  The behavior you are looking for for is the delivery of the dummy or bird to your hand.  You should start this behavior at an early age.  When the puppy is retrieving never advance to the puppy.  Stand still or take a step back as the pup returns to you with the dummy.  Puppies naturally love to chase and be chased.  If you go to the puppy as he is returning in the retrieve he will  have a tendency to turn and playfully run from you.  Use the former and move away from the pup a step or two as he retrieves the dummy.

Attach a 6 foot length cord to the puppy's collar.  When the puppy comes to you, crouch down and gently place your hand under the puppy's chin to reinforce the holding of the dummy.  Praise the pup as he holds the dummy in his mouth. Then take the check cord and guide him to the heel position.  After the pup is in heel position with the bird or dummy in his mouth praise and reward the dog.  Repeat this exercise until it becomes a natural sequence for the dog to fetch, hold the dummy, and take a heel and sit position.  Do not take the bird or dummy until the dog has completed the series of steps and is in a heel sit position.

We recommend you use a canvas dummy.  Using a plastic dummy increases the probability that you will have problems with the pup not wanting to deliver to hand.  Plastic dummies are slippery when wet and not as comfortable for the dog to carry.

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Training Puppies For Dummies

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I was wondering if anyone could give me some advice on housetraining a chihuahua puppy (6wks old)?

I am trying to keep her in her pet taxi (large one) while we are unable to watch her but she screams and it breaks my heart. I feel like I have to pick her up. I have a puppy pad in the taxi with her. I started her out in the bathroom but she still went in the floor instead of the pad unless I made her get on the pad. I also put her in the bathtub today while at work and she didn't use the pad. She will use it during the night (in the taxi only) but when we are home she wont use it. I can take her out of the taxi and put her on a pad and she will not use it but then she will go in the floor as soon as she walks off the pad. I know she is only 6 weeks old and she will have to learn but can someone tell me some step by step instructions on how to house train her. I need one of those books for dummies I think.

I love the book "The art of raising a pupppy". There's some great advice in there.

Stop picking up your chi every time she cries. This is the root of the "yappy, agressive chihuahua" behavior. Teach her to listen to you when you say "no".

1) 1st thing in the am get her out of her crate and take her outside on her leash. Tell her "go potty". Repeat the command until she potties. If she won't put her back into her taxi and wait 5 minutes, then repeat. If she does..

2) Take her inside with you, but be sure she does not leave your side. Gate her into the room you are in, etc, but do not give her an opportunity to make a mistake.

3) take her out about every 30-45 minutes for now. As she gets more successful you can gradually increase the time. If on any of her trips outside she does not potty, repeat the steps in step 1.

Remember, give her every opportunity to succeed!! Praise, praise, praise when she does. When she makes a mistake, don't make a big deal out of it, just resolve to keep a better eye on her and get her out more. If at any time you cannot watch her, she must be in her taxi.

Best of luck with the new baby!!!

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