Smallish Breed Pup Training

The reason why dog lovers hold this preconceived notion that small breed pups are more difficult to train than medium sized or large breed puppies, I will never be able to understand. Housebreaking a puppy, in spite of its size should never be difficult.

Small dog training, is in no way different from training a puppy dog of any other size. Although training any puppy will have its peculiarities, according to its breed, almost all other aspects remain similar, and the method to training the pup should be the same, irrespective its size.

However, I will make an exception here, and accept that small dog training may create problems in two facets, (1) Aggression and (2) Puppy crate training. Nonetheless, this is not because the size of the breed is small, but in all case studies, because of the owner.

If a small breed dog is aggressive and is difficult to train, or if a small breed dog cannot be potty trained or poses obstacles in being bathroom trained, it is the owner who has unknowingly contributed to this dilemma. Let us examine how and why.

Aggression.

Smaller dogs are loved because they are cute, they are like toy characters. Owners enjoy having their doggy sit on their laps. This kind of indulgence is where the difficulty gets going. The natural aggressive nature of the canine, is to claim ownership over its space, its food, even its master; all pups need to be the alpha dog.

It is the hostile streak in the pup that causes it to get on to the lap of its master, above all when there are plenty of people sitting in the room.

This is a obvious act of violence. Instead of reprimanding the animal, every owner with the exception of no one, would cuddle the dog, even though it jumped on to their lap unbeckoned, promoting the aggressive streak in the pup. By doing this the owner has seconded the dog's inherent need to be the alpha dog.

Growling and getting angry at a a bigger size dog is another obvious act of aggression. To the owner, and even the people who witness it, this is seen as cute, just because one dog is very small while the other is big. Most owners praise the dog instead of admonishing it, when it exhibits this aggression against a larger dog.

What is stated above are but illustrations as to why small breed pups are aggressive, and definitely not because small dog training is problematic.

Bathroom Training

Owners are inclined to lug their small dogs around where ever they go, even when they are in the house and that makes it practically impossible to toilet train them

It comes natural to the owners of small breed dogs to carry the animal to the area where the pup should do its dirty business and then tote it back into the house.

It is this practice of carrying the pooch to the place where is should do its business that is the cause of all problems. In addition, as the pup is as a general rule carried around so often it has no way of it indicating to or warning the owner that it has to make its business.

Small dog training commences with treating the dog as any other sized dog. They have to be taken to their potty area on a leash. If owners avoid carrying their miniature breed dogs they would have no obstacles in training them.

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