Best advise I found, before bringing home this TINY puppy, was 'Treat a Yorkie Puppy as if it will Grow to be a Big Dog'. Glad I saw that. Otherwise I might have let her get away with more than she should. I have trained dogs all my life....CRATES are wonderful. Dogs prefer them. Crates make the dog feel safe, like a den. But if they can sit on your lap instead....well? OF COURSE they prefer that. Think of the puppy like a baby person. If you do everything for them, they will never figure out how to.....anything.
Keep us posted on how your training is going....it encourages us all! These TINY dogs with those Big Brown Eyes....can wrap us around their wills, leashes and lives! Ha Ha |