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Originally Posted by Bluebells  I’d be thrilled if he focused for five minutes. But I have to (guiltily) admit I’m not working too hard at it yet. When he’s in his pen, I’m concentrating on potty training, and when he’s out of his pen I mostly let him run and play, because he needs to burn up some of that endless energy to sleep at night. After his run and play sessions, I spend a few minutes trying to get him to accept a few strokes of his brush. I need to start working on “Leave it” again, trying with two toys instead of a toy and a treat, but I haven’t tried it yet
He’s still squatting to pee, and I haven’t seen him do any “marking” yet. I hope I’ll be able to get him neutered before that becomes a problem. Although I have to also admit that I’m awfully nervous about the surgery. He’s so little, and I know some little dogs don’t handle anesthesia. |
I am sitting here and LOL remembering my little wild indians zooming through the house. I will admit, I wasn't strong enough to stop them. Life is so new to them, I just let them have fun. We were campers when I had puppies, we, meaning my two older yorkie girls 3 and 6 years old, me and this last baby. She was 7 months old, escaped from our campsite and took off into the woods, I was lucky to catch her, she was focused on running free, I picked up a small branch, called out FETCH, threw it behind me, when she turned, ran passed me I caught her. That is when I learned small dogs must be trained commands. That is not to say, even if she was trained to stop, sit, stay, wait it would have worked with these terriers.
They are so cute and funny as puppies, it is so hard to be firm with them.