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Originally Posted by Francie I mean fear biting must start pretty young...and what sort of on-going training do you start doing to you avoid a nippy yorkie when they are grown up, without getting "harsh" with the little pup?Francie |
The most important thing to do with a puppy to avoid fear aggression later is to socialize them
extremely well when they are little! If you have a young puppy, you need to expose him/her to as many different people and as many different dogs as you possibly can, ensuring of course that these are positive experiences.
Some experts say expose your puppy to 100 different people and 100 different dogs by the time that they are 4-5 months old! The pup needs to continue to be exposed to different people & dogs after that as well, but they say up until about 4-5 months is a CRUCIAL window.