 So many issues - one at a time?
With a 13-week-old puppy, we seem to have many many many issues and trainings to work on. I'm overwhelmed and I'm sure poor Maddie is too.
I don't know if I should work on one thing at a time or all of them at once. I feel like I'm saying "no" a hundred times a day (eating cat poop, chewing on the baby gate, biting, nipping, chewing on coffee table books, chewing on coffee table, eating leaves, peeing in the house, etc. etc.). I'm even overwhelmed just trying to figure out what words to teach her for things. "No!" for bad things she does. "Go Pee Pee Outside" for going potty. "Bed" for getting her into her crate.
It's been 27 years since I had a puppy and I guess this time will go by and I won't remember these first rough months. But I'm firm on wanting a well behaved, well trained, happy Yorkie. I don't want to mess her up and I know she's right at that age where I easily could.
Thoughts? |