I'm ordering Yorkies For Dummies, thank you! In the meanwhile, Moxie and I have a session with a highly praised and rec'd dog behaviorist/ trainer that specializes in small dogs. I'm new to small dogs so even if it's mostly for me to learn, that's fine. They use clicker training I believe. Moxie really needs help with house training, going in her crate at night, and expressing her friendly desire to meet new dogs and people in a non aggressive way (she howls, barks, and whines, even though she is excited, not angry). As well as barking indoors and socializing better w/ other dogs (the family I saved her from never let her outside). I'm going to do this session and then see if I can take it from there, we need another one, or we should do classes. This company also runs a small dog playgroup so hopefully, this will be good for us both in the long run, even though I bet Moxie will have some sass about having to follow new rules. |