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Originally Posted by yogisdad  i know as painful as it might be to actually punish your puppy, in this case of such an act its very necessary. although you may want to extenguish all your options first.
1. if you have the time. monitor you dog constantly and keep the poop away. if you are away half the day and you pup is pooping in its cage and then eating it while you're gone then this method will not work but its what i used along with very loud scoldings. he got the idea.
2. listen carefully cuz this one is hard...take two fingers and put them together...now lightly smack the nose when you catch your yorkie doing it. along with very loud NO.
3. if none of those options are at your disposal then simply put a doggy diaper on your yorkie while you are away. come home, take it off and monitor.
diapers are cheap, fingers are free and God gave you a voice.
at no time do i condone beating your yorkie but a pat on the nose never hurt anyone.
ps. steps 1 and 2 may result in a sad yorkie for times not exceeding 2 hours. |
Well, I had to take a few breaths before replying. I will try to
gently disagree here, lest my post get lost in confrontational nonsense land.
I would never "smack a dog's nose", lightly or otherwise. I would never put a diaper on my dog w/ the intent of forcing him to sit in his own feces.
Lastly, I think "steps 2 and 3" will result in a very distrustful, nervous, head-shy, shamed yorkie - not just a "sad one".