TEACHING OF SMALL DOGS

In recent years there has been a large increase in the number of dogs belonging to small breeds. Some of the reasons for this are that small dogs are more cute, more playful, more comfortable to carry and because of their size theoretically have fewer problems – or smaller if you will – in living with us.

Let’s take a

closer look at the reasons why we become owners of a small breed dog: -Food for the child or for an elderly person.
-We want a small dog to be easily transported.
-Do not be oppressed in the apartment.
-We are looking for a toy dog ​​to relax.
-We want a little dog for hugs or
– They gave us a gift instead of a book or a CD.

Reality

 The whole group of small dogs – Pincher, Chihuahua, Kanis, Maltez, Yorkshire, Jack Russell, West Highland Terrier, Pekingese and everything else – are quadrupeds with a great soul and courage, but small in size.
All the problems and worries that are created by the behavior of a large breed dog, for the small ones are as if they do not exist.
Speaking with examples, if a Boxer puppy starts chewing on a chair, we panic, because we wonder what he will eat when he grows up. But if our little Spitz does it, we don’t worry about “what damage can such a small mouth do?” If a German Shepherd puppy makes his need in the house, we get hysterical, but if our Kanisaki does it, “well, and what happened, he only made two drops” and we collect them immediately. So, the big ones will stop doing damage and getting dirty in the house, but the small ones may sometimes never find out.

… And the result

Let’s now look at some problems that seem small depending on the size of the dog, but often last a lifetime and make life difficult for us.
If dogs do not learn from an early age to get dirty outside, there will be times when they will do so out of revenge for some reason, on the carpet or in the middle of the living room, even on our bed.
Other times, they take an object, e.g. a sock, they hide, as they are small, under a piece of furniture and sometimes they try to bite us if we go to get it from them.
They bark incessantly because we left them alone at home, because we don’t play with them, we don’t give them our food, a visitor came and didn’t caress them or they don’t want him, or even because we talk on the phone or drive and don’t pay attention to them.
An equally important problem is the great manifestation of jealousy in humans and other animals – with barking and sometimes with biting – due to the constant hug.

More mature, smarter and more vengeful?

Small breeds mature faster than large breeds, ie at the age of 8-9 months they have formed their character and have already taken their path, so it is good and necessary to take care of their education from an early age.
There is a view that small ones are smarter than big dogs and this is because as they are small, we take them with us everywhere, they are always by our side, we talk to them more and they understand our habits more easily, unlike big ones, that all this is difficult.
Also, the perception that small dogs are vindictive and evil is due to the fact that we teach them badly.

Basic obedience and socialization

So we understand the need to get a small dog into some cohabitation rules so that we can all have a better time.
These rules of cohabitation are none other than a basic obedience program adapted to the particularities of the small tribes.
Socialization is essential for all races. The dog must learn not to pull the leash and not to drown, to come near you when you call him, either in the park or at home, and not to chase him. Listen to the prohibitive “no” when you don’t want to do something, wait outside a store until you finish your shopping and go out to pick it up, stay quiet at home without doing any harm and bark unnecessarily. If it is too small, get used to the cage to move around easily.
The view that small dogs, due to size, do not need, does not apply and I face this every day. Most of the phones I receive at school for dogs aged 3 and over are mostly small animals, which live in the house with daily problems that get bigger as time goes on.
Excessive tolerance in dogs, whether small or large, as well as violence, create neurotic and spoiled animals. The same goes for education. Violent methods, lack of restrictions and tolerance for everything, lead to the wrong path and many problems.
The training of our dog, then, has nothing to do with his size, but with the quality of his relationship with us.

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