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Hi
I have a little puppy called Kelsie who is 12 weeks old now (you might remember her from a few weeks ago when I wrote for advice because she was very poorly and we nearly lost her).
Well, we are looking for good tips on how to train her. Her toilet training is going okay, she 90% of the time goes to the puppy pads, but sometimes misses and when we take her outside, she does the toilet there and sometimes goes to the back door to go out which is great. So the toilet training issue isnt at all bad. What we are having problems with is when we are eating she constantly jumps up at our legs, barks at us and generally is being really greedy.
She also has a tendancy to bite peoples hands. We know she is only playing and isnt being nasty, but sometimes it does nip a bit and we try to stop her without hitting her, but we have found that a little tap on the nose and firmly saying NO! does work, but we hear alot of people saying its wrong to hit your dog, Obviously we don’t hit her hard, just a little tap on the nose so she knows its wrong. Do you think this will work?
She is brilliant on the lead, sometimes she has a go of chewing it while shes walking, but i can cope with that, but whenever she goes out a walk, she wont do the toilet until she gets back into the house, quite frustrating.
Also, in the car she has a dog carrier which she likes after the first 15 mins but sometimes she just barks and barks at me and sometimes I am scared i will loose control of the car as she is sooo loud and peircing. How can i stop her from barking at me? Once she is settled in her carrier, you wouldnt even know she is there as she is good as gold, but she does sometimes go mad in it and tries to scrape her way out of it.
I have found that giving her a treat when we 1st go in the car, it makes her quiet for a while, but i dont want to keep giving her treats as she might learn that its a good thing to bark as she will get a treat and i dont want that. Someone told me to scoosh her with a water scoosher when she barks at me, but yesterdat i soaked her soo much she looked like a drowned rat, and she still continued to bark. Naughty Girl!!!
Any tips on toilet training, how to stop biting, barking, jumping when were eating etc would be great. We know she’s only a baby, so were not expecting miracles. Hope to hear from you soon as your advice is always great and appreciated
Sharon and Kelsie xxx
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