Chihuahua – a small room doggie, more similar to a toy. But it should not mislead you – as well as any dog, a chihuahua needs education. The correct education of a dog is, first of all, its safety and your tranquility. And it is necessary to begin it from the first day when in your house this ridiculous, cheerful lump of energy appears.
Instruction
1. Of course, for this dog it is not required to take a full course of training as it is done by guard, hunting and fighting dogs. A necessary minimum for her will know the nickname, the place, to be able to walk in a collar on a lead and without it, not to elicit sterns at a table and not to stick to foreign people, to know the teams "To Me", "Row", "Foo", It "is impossible". Besides, she has to be accustomed to a tray.
2. Usually, the puppy begins to understand a nickname and the place practically from the first day. Chihuahuas are very bright kids and just at once begin to react to the name said aloud. But training will go much quicker if its progress is supported with a small piece something tasty. It can be apple or unsalted cracker. And it is obligatory – caress, each executed command has to be encouraged with a tender voice and stroking of a puppy.
3. To this dog social adaptation that she was not timid and hysterical is very important. Therefore begin to walk her in three weeks after a revaccination at once. In cold weather it is possible to walk with it, having hided under a jacket, but the head of a chihuahua has to be put out. Earlier acquaintance to the outside world well affects development of normal mentality in a dog. It will be done also by acquaintance to other dogs of the same small size good.
4. It is easy to train it and to the To Me team, you say it when you call him on feeding, and just calling up to yourself, stimulating obedience with delicacy. Whatever touching the puppy seemed to you, training him in teams, say them accurately and clearly. Do not alternate the word of team diminutive-hypocoristic nicknames and in other words, distracting a dog from her essence.
5. Surely accustom a dog that she quietly behaved when it is taken on hands, her falling can end with a trauma. Train it and It "is impossible" for team that the natural curiosity did not fail a dog. For this purpose use a sharp, but not strong tension of a lead, a strict voice. Stop its attempts to bark even if the reason on it is, otherwise you just risk to become deaf from its ringing bark which will accompany any manifestation of feelings.
6. Teach a puppy of a chihuahua to do a rack on a table, to show teeth, to react quietly when he is brushed, examine ears, eyes.