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Originally Posted by SirTeddykins  Yes, that's it! Time and dedication and the willingness to consider alternate ways. If you are able to give all of this, then you will succeed. I had Teddy for 8 months from a puppy and I thought I had him trained and I found out he was peeing in my house when I was away due to separation anxiety. I blamed myself, him, the breeder everyone and everything. In the end, I had to accept that he had an issue but I didn't have to contribute to it by doing things which made him even more insecure. So, I had to research anxiety in toy dogs, visit the vet for advice, came to YT!, change the way I did things, change my expectations of him etc. Daily, I am learning from my dog and he learns from me. It's a relationship that is challenging yet satisfying because he loves me, wants to please me and I want him to be happy in his very short life which is shared with me.
Please keep coming here for advice. Are you in the UK? If so, call your local RSPCA for a behaviorist recommendation. They will recommend the behaviorist they use to ensure dogs are adoptable. I'm in Leicester and I was not happy with my 'trainer' so refuse to recommend him but I didn't go through the RSPCA for a recommendation. I relied on 'recommendations' which were rigged by him...lol I got ripped off and fooled!!!!! haha
Anyway, hope to see you around and learn about progress  |
I will try and keep everyone updated on progress with him
it's going to be hard but hopefully it will be successful. Yes I'm in the UK we are living up north near Middlesbrough
I have a bestfriend who works in Leicester so I'm there whenever I get a spare weekend. Oh I never thought of trying the RSPCA, that's such a good idea I will phone them tomorrow
thank you so much you have been so helpful!