 It was touch and go for a while
After being owned by a Shih Tzu for 15 years I was not totally ready for the different type of personality I was facing when my baby came into my life. I had not wanted another dog after my FooFoo dog left me. He was so well trained and such a good friend but after a few months I knew I was not meant to live without sharing my life with such a loving creature. I had always wanted a Yorkie so I started looking into finding one. At first Gracie was a perfect angel. She basically house trained herself with the help of pee pads. It was when she was about four and a half months old that the bossy, challenging part of her personality came out. It was a struggle for me to make her realize that I was the boss around here and not her. You want your baby to love you but I knew I could not allow the bad behavior she was exhibiting anymore than I would allow my human children to behave so badly. It was for her own good and the good of our family that I educated myself on how to be THE BOSS and convince her that she was not THE BOSS. I must say I have had much success in this endeavor but I have found that each family member and basically everyone who enters our home must use the same tactics in order to have consistent success with this strong willed four legged child. |