I have a wonderful 4 pound chihuahua who is 15 months old. 90% of the time is a happy sweetheart of a pooch who does no wrong...but when you turn your head just WATCH OUT. He starts running and pounding his front paws on the doggie gate to get out of the room, will get into anything and everything, etc. I know that he knows the difference between what he should touch and shouldn't touch. He won't DARE touch anything (for example, a plate) on the coffee table with me in the room...but the second I leave he is all over it, pulling the plate off and making a mess. Currently I just say a quick "no" and then pick him up, show him the mess and say "no" again. He won't dare touch the mess and turns his head from it to show he wants nothing to do with it...but the moment you leave he is after it again. Short of telling me not to leave a plate on the table, what disciplinary techniques could I use? (I say this because it is not always a plate of food. It could be anything at all.
2007-03-03
19:50:48
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