 Barked: Sat Sep 13, '08 8:33pm PST |
 | |  | | Hi All! Although we weren't offically invited--we found your group and joined anyway! Hope you don't mind. We live in Hatboro, PA--not at all far from Winnie in Lansdale (hint, hint).
We are having some training issues and would love to hear some of you Chi owners experiences. I have two other small pups too, but Pita is a Shi-Chi (Shih-Tzu/Chihuahua mix) and was the easiest puppy to train. She got everything the first time I showed her. In fact, she still does! Never had an accident and was always anxious to please. Chloe was difficult to potty train (in fact, she still has issues, not necessarily accidents), but was never aggressive or mean. Phebe has a personality all of her own--and only 13 weeks old. She growls at me, bites, runs away from me, walks away from the potty paid and pees in her own spot (yep, right in front of me), steals food from the other dogs, and finally constantly bites and pulls the other dogs hair (making them cry) 
I've posted in the training forum, and did get some good advice--but it seems more geared towards bigger dogs. I need some good old Chi advice! 
I'm sure MANY of the behaviors above are simply puppy behaviors, but I want to know how aggressive I should be with a 13 week old pup and what how I should be correcting the problems (ie squirt gun, voice, positive reinforcement etc).
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Thanks for the invite Poncho Villa. I was hoping that maybe we could get a group together once in a while. I am actually in Lansdale about 20 minutes from Philly. I would love to socialize with other Chihuahua's since all I ever see is my mom. She's afraid to take me to other groups with big dogs so a Chi Group would be wonderful!!! Let me know what you all think.
~Jack
We live near Pittsburgh, PA. So if anyone wants to get together somewhere near there, let us know!
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