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Chihuahua Training For a “Home Pet” Dog
Surely one event not to catch a family offguard is the arrival at home of a pet Chihuahua. But after the initial excitement has died down, then immediately starts some serious work. Indeed, no pet Chi can be allowed to dispense with valuable Chihuahua training to help it fit into its new home setting.
Housebreaking
Prior to getting your dog housebroken to start its Chihuahua training, it is advantageous to keep the dog limited to specific areas of the home. Otherwise, your dog ends up having the chance to poo or pee all over the place (which is the most likely to happen). Moreover, a habit that has started will be very hard to stop. By limiting the access of your dog, your pet will learn faster where it ought to relieve itself. Most homes start housetraining by keeping the dog confined to a room, or by leaving it in a crate or cage when there is nobody at home.
The aim of housetraining is to teach and train the chihuahua to relieve itself outdoors. Indeed a proven way to start the training is to attract it to the security and privacy of a cage or crate. You may also want to paper-train the dog, which involves putting newspapers down in an assigned area while it is still young and very open to training. You will also need to take the dog outdoors after meals. Try to get it to stay outdoors until it is done relieving itself. Give it plenty of praise when it complies. Once he comprehends that he needs to be outside in order to pee or poo, remove the newspapers.
The Need for Routine
It will help an awful lot if the dog learns to live according to routines and schedules. Set routines for activities like exercises, feeding times, walks, bed times etc. Stay consistent and stick to the schedule since the dog relies on order and predictability.
Clicker Training
Clicker training is another useful Chihuahua training method used to teach guard dogs and service dogs, and it works well too with Chis. The training involves a simple device called a clicker and which produces a clicking noise every time it is pressed. The device is meant to be pressed only to indicate that the dog will get a reward in a moment, and for no other reason than it was able to successfully do what was asked of it.
Begin the clicker training using basic commands. You can work on the training through simply commands like “lie down” and “sit”. Observe carefully your dog. When it accomplishes your goal for it, for example it shook hands, click and give it a treat. Work bit by bit on giving it more challenging commands. Thus, lets say you want the dog to proceed to a certain part of the house to get out of the way of some guests. First, place a mat or dog bed on the spot you want your dog to be. Make a click and give the dog a treat when you are able to make the dog lie down on the pre-arranged area. You can repeat commands verbally while you click and give treats.
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