 Advice on punishment
I have a 6 month old yorkie pup named Lick who is the cutest terror ever. I have had him since he was 2 months old. He is my first puppy, and I have been learning along the way. Unfortunetly, I spanked him and have raised my voice at him on many occasions when he does something wrong. Since reading many of the posts on this site I have come to the conclusion that I am handling punishment totally wrong. As of yet I have not seen any negative side effects of the spanking, but I can only think it is a matter of time. I spanked while housebreaking, but to date Lick is about 85% when using the pad and has no issues about going outside, in fact it is about his favorite thing to do, besides chasing my girlfriends cat around the house.
I guess my question is this: I am not going to spank or yell at Lick anymore, but what else can I do to make him realize he did something wrong? He is very headstrong and requires a lot of guidance and attention. He takes direction well at times and could care less other times. He drives me crazy, but I love the little stinker to death. Please help.
Chris |