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Originally Posted by This Is Sparta  My father trained 2 german shepards, a collie, a few other dogs including a small chihuahua the same exact way. all dogs were pefectly house broken and the most loving pets i have ever known. So i honestly dont think you should rule out a little physical punishment.
like i said sometimes she is defiant, but most of the time she is a really good dog and still so very loving to me. so i dont think it will harm her relationship with me, as it did not with my father and our other dogs.
I tried the yelling at her and just verbally trying to get her to stop, but she still shows defiance and she only really stops with some physical punishment.
and believe me, i am in no way hurting this dog the way im hitting her. im hitting her firmly but not enough to actually hurt her.
And the personality of a chihuahua is similar to a yorkie. actually probably even more fiesty, and has a worse attitude all together, so if anything my chihuahua would have really hated me and my father, but she didnt, she was so attached to me and did not change with my father at all when i lived with my parents. |
I owned a German Shepard, Rottweiler, and a Mastiff. Although they need firm pack leader training. I never layed a hand on any of my "bully" breeds. There is no excuse, and the fact you think it's ok to hit an BABY yorkie for "defiance" is sickening.
I decided to avoid this thread early on, but after reading your response I couldn't any more.
