Miniature Breed Dog Potty Training

Precisely why dog lovers possess this preconceived idea that small dogs are more problematic to discipline than medium sized or large breed puppies, I will never be able to understand. Housebreaking a puppy, irrespective of its size should never be difficult.

Small dog training, is not all different from training a pup of any other sized breed. While training any canine will have its peculiarities, pertaining to its breed, almost all other aspects remain the same, and the method to training the canine should not be different, not withstanding its size.

Having said that, I will allow myself to be corrected here, and say yes to the argument that small dog training may create problems in two areas, (1) Aggression and (2) Puppy crate training. Nonetheless, this is not because the dog is small breed, but in every instance, because of the owner.

If a tiny breed puppy is aggressive and poses a training problem, or if a smallish breed dog cannot be potty trained or poses difficulties in being bathroom trained, it is the owner who has unwittingly contributed to this problem. Let us look at how and why.

Aggression.

Small dogs are preferred because they are sweet, they are like toy characters. Owners enjoy having their pet sit on their laps. This kind of indulgence is where the complication begins. The innate aggressive trait of the animal, is to take ownership over its space, its food, even its master; all canines need to be the alpha dog.

It is the violent streak in the dog that makes it to climb on to the lap of its pack leader, specially when there are plenty of people gathered in the room.

This is a obvious act of hostility. Instead of chastising and checking the dog, every owner bar no one, would pet the puppy, even though it jumped on to their lap unbeckoned, developing the aggressive streak in the pup. Therefore the owner has given into the pooch's basic instinct to be the alpha dog.

Growling and snapping at a much bigger dog is another obvious act of aggression. To the owner, and even the onlookers, this is seen as cute, simply because one dog is small while the other is bigger. Most owners cuddle the puppy instead of scolding it, when it exhibits this aggression against a larger dog.

The above are but illustrations as to why smaller breed pet dogs are aggressive, and it s not because small dog training is complicated.

Toilet Training

Owners tend to lug their small dogs around no matter where they are, even when they are in the house and that renders it impossible to house break them

It is as a reflex action that the owners of miniature breed dogs to tote the animal to the spot where the pup should do its dirty business and then carry it back into the house.

It is this practice of carrying the puppy to its toilet place that is the origin of all complications. In addition, since the pup is normally carried around so often it has no way of it indicating to or alerting the owner that it has to make its business.

Small dog training starts off with treating the dog as any other medium sized or larger sized dog. They have to be moved to their bathroom area on a leash. If owners stop carrying their tiny breed dogs they would have no obstacles in training them.

Dog crate training, is the best part of dog training, and so it has to be, even in Small Dog Training.

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