Welcome to the Group, Megan. The first thing that I did when my Desi growled at me was to turn him on his back and hold him there with gentle pressure. I heard that this teaches both not to repeat the behavior and you are the alpha of the house.
I don't know anything about poo eating.others have posted about that.just glad that mine never did that. From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Megan Sent: Thursday, January 12, 2012 9:00 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [Chihuahuas] our new puppy Hi group! My husband and I just got a 6 month old black&white long coated male named Valkan. He is just adorable. This is really the first chi (or even small dog) we've ever had - aside from the year we had our daughters 5 yr. old chi living with us. I feel like I am totally clueless as to training him. We have a herd of alpacas and 4 big livestock guard dogs (who are also hard to train) so I'm used to being the alpha but I'm very happy to find this group! We got Valkan from a wonderful breeder who believed that even show dogs are pets first, so he has been crate and ex-pen trained but I feel so clueless in some respects with this little guy that I'm feeling guilty about calling her so much! So - thank you all for being here! Here's my situation for today...any input as to the best way to deal with this would be really appreciated. Today, while sitting on the couch next to me, chewing on his rawhide stick, he growled and tried to bite me when I got too close to the chew. He'd done this once before so I was testing him. Obviously, this is totally unacceptable behaviour so I put him on the floor without the chew. Worked on this for awhile until he was behaving better. After this he pooped on his puppy pad and started to eat it...which he hasn't ever done. He's demolished the chewstick in a very short period of time this morning and the poop thing makes me wonder if I went a little too far timewise and stressed him out...or is he teething? or what? He is just adorable and I love him and want him to be well behaved but I really don't know what works best for chihuahuas. Thanks. Megan Burleson
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