Puppy Problmes

Question
A local dog rescue center asked me to rehome a Yorkshire terrier. I have now had him for almost three months.

He is an eight month old uncastrated Yorkshire terrier. I also own a four year old cavalier King Charles spaniel (male) and a two year old male Yorkie. Both are uncastrated. I have owned dogs for many years, but have never come across one with the particular problems the puppy has.

My problems are this:

-   he is very dominant towards my two year old Yorkie,
-   While out on walks (all three are taken out twice a day for an hour each time), he barks and growls at any dog that we see. I have tried ignoring him, and verbally reprimanding him. Nothing seems to stop him.
-   Although he is house trained, he will still pee in the house. Again, nothing I've done will stop this.
-   He can also be very nervous, and will jump at the slightest thing some days.
-   He is quite nippy, and likes to lick everything.
-   He pulles very badly on the leash, and I am finding it very hard to train him to walk at heel.

I know very little about his early training/socialisation. I also don't know anything substantial about his parents. I have been told that they were quite snappy, and this worries me. How much influence do the parents have on the puppy?

Please can you give me some advice about how best to train my pup!

Yours,

Syd  

Answer
Hi Syd

The parents have all the genes to go into the pups.  If they were bad then the pups will be.  No all however, but it is bad to breed temperments that are not one hundred per cent excellent, I do not.

This males needs neutered to even start for he is becoming highly Dominant and it will get worse.  He will stop peeing on things if fixed, he is covering his territory, so house breaking with two others in useless when he is a stud dog.

Work with him alone, look at the video of ony of my pups it is young and learning at 16 weeks old, but this is how u start them.   Alone, make him sit at your left knee, then say, Fuss or heel.  Take one step at a time, if he pulls, stop and sit again.  Start over and if he pulls, stop and sit.  Make him sit still until your ready to heel.  Do this over and over until he knows your the Boss and he must start to obey, then pet and praise or use a treat to influence.

It sounds like he had very little socialization, so I would walk with the other two dogs only after you have worked alone with him.  Do about 15 minutes at a time a couple times a day.  These little dogs I really do not have much patience with, this is why i no longer breed the Terriers.  They are so hiper and nippy.  visit my site, click on the video and watch Dr Ron work his pup he bought from me.  It will give u an idea of what to do.

Kind Regards
Patt
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