The reason why dog lovers hold the preconceived view that small breed dogs are more challenging to train than their medium sized or larger breed counterparts, I will never be able to figure out. Small dog training should not pose a problem.

Small dog training, is in no way different from training a puppy of any other sized breed. Whilst training any puppy will have its peculiarities, according to its breed, most all other aspects remain exactly the same, and the method to training the puppy should stay the same, not withstanding its size.

However, I will allow myself to be corrected here, and admit, that small dog training may pose complications in two arenas, (1) Aggression and (2) Puppy Crate Training. Even so, this is not because the fact that it is a small breed dog, but ten times out of ten, because of the owner.

If a small breed puppy is aggressive and is hard to train, or if a smaller breed dog cannot be toilet trained or poses complications in being toilet trained, it is the owner who has unwittingly contributed to this state of affairs. Let us analyze how and why.

Aggression.

Small dogs are enjoyed because they are adorable, they are like dolls. Owners enjoy having their dog sit on their laps. This particular indulgence is where the complication gets going. The basic aggressive trait of the dog, is to take ownership over its domain, its food, even its leader; all puppies strive to be the alpha dog.

It is the ruthless streak in the canine animal that induces it to jump on to the lap of its owner, especially when there are plenty of persons sitting in the room.

This is a outright act of ruthlessness. Instead of chastising and checking the dog, every owner with the exception of none, would hug the pooch, although it jumped on to their lap without being called, promoting the aggressive streak in the pup. By doing this, the owner has given into the puppy’s basic instinct to be the alpha dog.

Growling and getting upset at a much bigger dog is another blatant act of aggression. To the owner, and even the onlookers, this is regarded as cute, because one dog is little while the other is big. Most owners pet and pat the dog, instead of checking it, when it exhibits this aggression towards a larger dog.

The above mentioned are but illustrations as to why smaller breed dogs are aggressive, and definitely not because small dog training is problematic.

Bathroom Training.

Owners tend to haul their small dogs around where ever they go, even at home and that renders it impossible to toilet train them.

It is as a reflex action, that the owners of miniature breed dogs carries the animal, to the area where the puppy should go to the bathroom, and then carries it back into the house.

It is this practice of carrying the puppy to its appointed toilet area that is the cause of all roadblocks. In addition, since the puppy, is as a rule, carried around all the time, it has no way of it suggesting to, or warning the owner that it has to poop.

Small dog training, commences, with treating the dog as any other medium sized or larger sized dog. They have to be moved to their potty area on a leash. If owners avoid carrying their tiny breed dogs they would have no troubles in training them.

Puppy crate training, is the most interesting part of canine training, and so it must be, even in Small Dog Training.

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