My Bunjee went to his first obedience class at petsmart this saturday. needless to say, at 10 weeks and 1 day old, 2.8 lbs, he was the smallest and youngest of the bunch.
He was curious throughout the entire session, sniffing away at all the shelving and flooring. I even skipped his morning feeding that morning so that I can get him to pay better attention in class...no such luck. So that made training more difficult.
And because all the other puppies had several lbs and inches on him, he consistently backs away and hides under shelving, behind me, between my legs, etc. if i bend down, he'll want to be picked up and led away from the big pups, which i refused, but he'd try and jump on me, burrow under me, at one point, he even contemplated if he would make the jump onto my bent knee.
would socialization be easier to start with pups his own size? for those who had dealt with shy and fearful pups, how did you get them to work the issue out? |