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Originally Posted by Maximo  Littermates tend to be rough with one another, but you can't let a 6 week old do this with a 14 month old as noted above. Too dangerous. You do have take the role of the mom doggy and teach your pup boundaries and bite inhibition.
I brought my 2nd Yorkie home when he was 8 months. He wanted to wrestle his adult Yorkie brother a lot. When things got out of hand, I raised my voice "Nooo!" and clapped my hands. I taught the boys keyphrases like "settle down."
Nipping at the neck is fighting. My boys will still snap mouths at each other when they are overly excited. I redirect them to something positive like playing a few minutes of fetch or doing tricks for treats.
We also had to do a little separating with the xpen and baby gates in the first couple of months.
I highly recommend using positive reinforcement training with non-physical corrections. When I tried the latter, it only hyped up the pup. |
Ok thank you. I get what you guys are saying here, and understand, although I do want to note that the adult dog your talking about is a Shih Tzu and quite small himself. Its not like im allowing her to play with a Saint Bernard. But still, I get the point.
The problem I do have however, is everyone keeps telling me I need to teach her all the stuff her mother would have, ok, I know that, But no one seems to have any suggestions as to HOW to teach her these things, nor exactly what it is I need to teach her that the mother dog would have. Its not something I have been able to find so far on the web either. Ive entered every kin of combination or words to search it I can think of. I can do individual behaviors, but most of them have to do with adult dogs. Ther eis no list out there that is titled....
"Got a puppy that's too young to be away from its mother, here is what you need to teach them and how."
Or if there is, I havnt found it yet.