Why dog lovers hold this preconceived notion that small breed dogs are more challenging to educate 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 a problem.
Small dog training, is no different from training a puppy dog of any other size. Whilst training any dog will have its peculiarities, based on its breed, almost all other aspects remain similar, and the approach to training the puppy should be the same, irrespective its size.
With that said, I will stray from the rule here, and admit that small dog training may create problems in two facets, (1) Aggression and (2) Puppy crate training. However, this is not because the size of the dog breed is small, but in all case studies, because of the owner.
If a small breed pup is aggressive and is hard to train, or if a tiny breed dog cannot be potty trained or poses obstacles in being potty trained, it is the owner who has not knowingly contributed to this dilemma. Let us examine how and why.
Aggression.
Tiny dogs are enjoyed because they are adorable, they are like toy characters. Owners enjoy having their doggy sit on their laps. This indulgence is where the trouble gets going. The natural aggressive characteristic of the puppy, is to declare ownership over its space, its food, even its master; all pups want to be the alpha dog.
It is the aggressive streak in the pup that causes it to jump on to the lap of its mistress, especially when there are plenty of people sitting in the room.
This is a blatant act of aggression. Instead of reprimanding the animal, every owner bar none, would hug the pooch, even though it jumped on to their lap unbeckoned, promoting the aggressive streak in the animal. As a result the owner has seconded the dog's behavioral instinct to be the alpha dog.
Growling and getting upset at a a larger size dog is another obvious act of aggression. To the owner, and even the people who witness it, this is looked on as cute, because one dog is very small while the other is big. Most owners pet and pat the pup instead of chastising it, when it exhibits this aggression against a larger dog.
What is stated above are but examples as to why small pups are aggressive, and definitely not because small dog training is different or difficult.
Potty Training.
Owners choose to lug their small dogs around where ever they go, even at home and that makes it plain difficult to toilet train them
It comes natural to the owners of small dogs to lug the animal to the designated place where the pup should do its dirty business and then tote it back into the house.
It is this habit of carrying the dog to the place where is should do its business that is the cause of all dilemmas. In addition, ever since the pup is as a rule carried around so often it has no way of it indicating to or warning the owner that it has to go the toilet.
Small dog training begins with treating the dog as any other sized dog. They have to be taken to their pooping area on a leash. If owners discontinue carrying their small breed dogs they would have no obstacles in training them.
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