Obedience

Question
Hello Mell Lyttle,

I have a beautiful female Papillon aged at 3 months and I wish to enroll her in a weekly obedience class rather than a boarding school.
Are there any in Victoria that you could suggest? The reason my puppy needs obedience is because she barks and yaps and I don't want to get her into that habit. She also bites fingers, toes, noses and any bits of skin that she can sink her little but sharp teeth into! I want to train her to grow into a well mannered companion dog.

Thank you
Sincerely,

Kristin

Answer

Hi Kristen,

Your puppy is acting like a normal, untrained puppy. You can find an obedience class in your local yellowpages under "Dog Obedience", or your veterinarian may be able to give you some suggestions for where an obedience class might be found in your area.

Until then, you can certainly work with your puppy to stop him from nipping. Read more here:

http://www.ehow.com/how_18746_stop-puppy-biting.html

http://www.canismajor.com/dog/bite2.html

http://www.perfectpaws.com/bite.html


And read about teaching your puppy to stop barking here:

http://www.ehow.com/how_2269255_stop-puppy-barking.html

http://www.ehow.com/how_4577246_train-puppy-not-bark.html


Best of luck,

Patti