Chihuahuas have a reputation for being a bit difficult to train, but as long as you are consistent with your Chihuahua obedience training, he will eventually learn to obey your commands. It will take patience and persistence on your part, so make sure that you are armed with both if you want the training session to be effective. It is also important to use plenty of praise to encourage your Chihuahua in his training sessions, and a cookie or two will not be a bad idea either!

How to Train Chihuahua ?

The most important commands for your Chihuahua to learn during Chihuahua obedience training are sit, stay, come and down. Even if that pup is merely jumping up and down at your kneecaps, dogs that jump are not well-trained dogs. Another important command that your dog needs to learn is “no”. This command should always be given in a firm, low voice with a stern facial expression, so that your puppy learns right away that no means no! It is also important to give the command when your dog is in the middle of an infraction, like when he wraps his chops around your designer sandals. If you do it minutes or even seconds after the offense, your dog will have no idea what you are talking about.

Once “no” is a part of your pup’s vocabulary, begin working on the commands like “come” and “sit”. With plenty of praise and cookies, your puppy should be able to learn these commands fairly quickly. Make sure that you offer simple, one word commands with plenty of positive reinforcement when your dog does your bidding.

Before you ever head to the breeder to pick up your puppy, you should be well prepared for the Chihuahua obedience training that lies ahead. If you need additional help with the task, you can find plenty of books and Internet sites that can get you started, or you can enroll you and your puppy in an obedience training course. These classes are designed to teach dog owners how to teach their dogs, and can be a highly effective method of Chihuahua training – as long as you and your puppy faithfully complete the homework every week.

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大部分幼年时期的狗狗都有爱咬东西的习惯。有的狗狗甚至已经成年了，都还是喜欢咬东西，恶作剧。

为什么狗狗会有这样的癖好呢？？

原因有几个：

1. 这是因为狗狗天生就有‘好管闲事’、‘好奇心重’的天性 。东西没玩两下，就把东西咬得稀烂了。
2. 狗狗在出生后3-6个月里，正是换乳牙的时候，由于牙床发痒，所以特爱咬东西。
3. 精力太过旺盛，没得发挥，于是就乱咬东西。

以前我家宝贝3-8个月大的期间里，也超爱咬东西的。什么打呀、骂呀。。。都不管用:p

不过，有管教始终好过没管教啦～

宝贝过了‘叛逆’期后，这个毛病就慢慢改善了^_~

其实，当狗狗犯‘咬癖’时，主人是能够做一些事来给狗狗纠正的哦。。。

• 当面制止

当狗狗一咬它不该咬的东西时，主人就该马上当面制止，大大声说“不可以！”

这样，狗狗渐渐就会明白这样的行为是主人不喜欢的了。

当然，有时候不是每次都那么巧可以当面抓个正着的。

所以，主人能够做的是：制造机会让它‘犯罪’ :p

刻意放些东西引起狗狗的注意，狗狗一旦中招，主人就可以马上施行管教了。

（呵～我不是教你诈，只是制造机会教导罢了:p)

•  限制狗狗的活动范围

如果狗狗是因为换牙或‘劣性未除’而乱咬东西的话，建议在无人看管的情形下，最好限制狗狗的活动范围。

不要让狗狗习惯，在没有主人的监视下，咬东西咬得不亦乐乎哦^_~

• 买狗狗玩具

狗狗是一定会咬东西的，既然一些属于主人的物品是狗狗不能咬的，那么就要另外补偿它的‘咬瘾’了。

市场上有卖各样形形色色的狗狗玩具，是被设计成可以让狗狗咬个够本的。

好像什么，牛皮制假骨头（这个还有洁净牙齿的功效哦）、硬硬的小球、咬下去会发出响声的玩具。。。。。

这些都能满足狗狗爱咬东西的欲望^_~

• 消耗狗狗多余的精力

增加狗狗的运动量或散步时间，让狗狗尽情挥洒旺盛的精力，这样狗狗就不会那么爱恶作剧了。

好像我家宝贝也一样，每天晚上的时间，老公都会拼命跟它玩耍，跟它玩‘抢布游戏’、‘捉迷藏’、还有各样动作的训练。

每次游戏结束后，宝贝都很快就呼呼入睡，不要说乱咬东西，连乱吠都减少了呢^_~

•  把东西收好

如果不是要刻意‘引诱它犯罪’的话，那些不想让狗狗咬的东西，最好都放高或收藏起来。

在狗狗还未调教好之前、又在没有主人监管的情形下，主人乱放东西让狗狗能够触及甚至是咬得稀烂，那就是主人的责任了哦~_~

不知道你们在管教狗狗不让它乱咬东西方面又有什么心得呢？？

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柴犬也可以称之为日本犬。因为它们从以往就在日本各地生活，非常热衷于狩猎鸟或兔子，是日本猎人的好助手。它们虽属小型，但是勇猛果敢，充满气魄！

柴犬虽然天性警觉性强可是对待主人却非常忠心哦～但来到面对其他人或其它狗，柴犬就会很害羞，不大擅于交际。这也是为什么柴犬自小就急需培养社会化，否则就会很害羞、不懂得和其他人相处了^_~

柴犬有一项常见的困扰问题：警戒心过强！

警戒性强且害羞的性格令柴犬很容易对其他狗狗引起挑战心 ，对客人也会出现不停吠叫的情况。甚至有时候会不喜欢被人家抚摸，进而对饲主展示攻击性的动作。所以饲养柴犬的饲主要有接受其天性的心理准备，并且严加管教哦～

柴犬小小档案：

性格：勇敢、活泼、明锐的感觉、对饲主忠心，对他人却很小心。

运动：成年的柴犬不止要散步、跑步更要一起游戏！

居住环境：室内或室外均适合。

容易管教度（满分为5颗星）：

运动量 Rating: 4 out of 5 stars

性格温和度 Rating: 2 out of 5 stars

乱吠多寡度 Rating: 4 out of 5 stars

亲和度 Rating: 2 out of 5 stars

你们觉得柴犬它样子可爱吗？？

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真的，什么idog、宠物闲情、dog news我都有～不过个人较喜欢idog 杂志。因为里头狗狗的资讯多，广告少，访问也没有这么多。idog杂志的原文是日文，出版后才被翻译成华文的。

至于宠物情缘，现在是可以到网上阅读了。。。 可是，我还是比较喜欢idog

昨天，特地到书店逛逛希望搜罗到新的狗狗杂志。可是真的少之又少哦～

idog、宠物闲情、dog news都没有最新的。我已经注意好几个月了，就是没有新出版的。有的都是2007年甚至是2005年版的。。。

为什么会这样呢？？

1. 难道是题材都写完不知道要怎么写了吗？？

2.还是没有市场需求（我已经很努力的买了），所以不出版了？？

3. 连宠物情缘也没有卖了，该不会是因为已经放在网页上供人阅读了，所以就不出版了？？

4.书店觉得宠物杂志销不出，所以不进货了？？？

噢。。无论什么原因，好希望出版商赶快出货，店主赶快进货，这样我就有得update自己了:)

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Before Choose Your Dog Breed

Ok, come back to the question. How to choose dog breed easiest to rare and train? This is a question by one of the reader in my guest post yesterday. As I mentioned always, don’t ever rare a dog or pet if you are not able to bear the responsibility. I really don’t like some master love their dog very much only within few months. Then just keep them away or don’t border them at all after that. Take care them like your child or baby.

We must accept that animal is just like human. Not a specific breed has same characteristic for all. Each individual still have their own characteristic, so must keep continue to train them as they grow up. But I would like to list down dog breed that I think is easiest to rare and train in average. Please be rational to the breed type.

How to Choose Dog Breed?

Its depend on your interest. Ask yourself, what type of dog breed you like? What is the purpose you rare pet? Is your house size convenient for your dog size? How many hours you able to spend for your dog everyday? All these sample question above will help you to choose the correct breed for yourself.

I am not going so details on each factor. I’ll just recommend 3 types of dog breed for first time potential dog master. They were  divided into 3 categories:

Large size -  If you rare dog to guard your house and your house compound is big enough. You might consider to rare large size dog. The easiest to train large size dog such as Golden Retriver, Labrador and German Sherpard are good choice! These dog breeds are high obedience and suitable as a guard dog. Also, these breeds are easier to find. Of course, Dalmations also in my recommend list, but not so easy to find here in my country.

Think twice, is your house compound big enough for them to exercise? Are you affordable to fulfill their big stomach? Do you have enough time to take bath for them? If yes, they might be very good choice for you.

Medium size - Medium size dog is flexible to rare in house or outside the house. Its easier to train and maintain their hair cut or food compare to large size dog. The easiest training breeds are Miniature Poodle, Beagle and Schnauzer. Although schnauzer is “not so easy” to train type, it is still a smart breed. Remember, this is just an average view. Each dog still have their own characteristics.

Small size -  Normally people rare small size dog in house. Definitely not for guard house. More like a pet or playmate. I would recommend Toy Poodle and Chihuahua. If you really want rare in house, make sure you do all preparation before you do so! If not, it might be terrible experience for you.

My two cents

In my opinion, I like toy poodle the most. I think it is the easiest to train breed of all time. Also, smaller size easier to take care. What do you think? Which dog breed you recommend? Please put in comment below

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I would like to discuss on dog training since I have about 2 years experience. Some dog lover did asked me how I train my dog? Well, this is a long long story to tell. You might find step by step guide at Dogtist. But I would like to share more important factor other than technical part. What is that?

The Relation Come First

Your relation with your dog affect the training progress! Yes, the relation come first. Normally we define a success training by looking at the dog obedience to their master. Of course, a good trainer or master must have well relation with their pet before talk about obedient. A dog will listen to the people it love, even though they are not its master. Why? Their relation. So, you see how important is your relation with your pet before training them.

So, next question. How to improve your relation with your lovely dog? Maybe different people have their own opinion. I have some suggestion for who that have not do so.

• Time - Spend time with them daily. Play with them, feed them, and train them to obey everyday at fixed time. Also, talk to them like a child. According to some animal scientist, a mature dog’s IQ similar to a 3 years old human. It means they can understand what you say and what you mean. Talk slowly, clearly and show them what you mean. This is another type of training. I rather say it is a door to better relation. Hence, don’t expect to success your training tricks with once a week training schedule. It won’t work!

• Environment - If you are staying in a big family, your dog might not know who is their master. Other than time, you should provide an environment just for you (as a master) and your dog. The purpose of the environment is for your pet to know more about you and your life. Such as ask your pet to sit down and listen to your singing Ask them to stay with you when you are surfing the net. Ask them to watch you when you are washing your car. All these environment is to let your pet know more about your life. I think it should build up their trust on you. What do you think?

Basically I think that’s 2 simple things that we can do for our lovely “son” and “daughter”. How you improve your relation with your pet? Please put in comment  below

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我家宝贝也常这样。每次罗厘停在家隔壁的商店要下货时，由于墙壁挡着，宝贝只看到罗厘那高高的货柜而没有见到任何人 ，她害怕得很呢！一边声张作势吠得很凶，一边就躲进她的小小狗窝里。。。所以说我家宝贝真的很胆小。很多时候吠叫都是因为对方已经侵入她的‘安全距离’范围，宝贝觉得很没有安全感哦~_~

其实人类也会有这样的倾向哦～好比如在搭巴士或公共交通工具时，大部分的人，如果有得选择的话都会独自坐或坐在离陌生人较远的位子。这就是为了要与陌生人保持‘安全距离’啦～

那如果去到朋友家时，家里有狗狗；抑或在路上走路，突然迎面走来一只陌生狗狗时，要如何表现自己绝对没有要侵犯她的意思呢？？

在狗狗的社会里，陌生的人或狗狗若正面盯着对方看，有着“要不要打架啊？”的挑衅意味哦！

所以当接近狗狗时，最好先保持一定的距离，然后慢慢后退。这样狗狗可能会停下留意观察。过后在慢慢的接近狗狗，这时狗狗可能就会马上逃走了。事关这对狗狗来说，是“逃跑距离”，实行“三十六计，走为上计”

无论如何，当遇见陌生的狗狗时，为了不引起他的警戒心，记得不要老盯着他，也不要突然走近他哦～

花点时间慢慢缩短彼此的距离 。如果环境许可，可以先绕到狗狗身后，然后横向接近。这是接近陌生狗狗的上上策 ^_~

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呵～可爱吗？？

7/7/08 （星期一）今天，我和老公会到云顶去玩耍。第二天才回来马六甲。

so。。学英文博客常说的一句：spot me in the Genting for a free cup of coffee ^_~

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我家宝贝就经常会这样。有时候看见我们拿书包，钥匙打算出门时，她也会那样定住，头歪一边的傻傻看着～

狗狗这样的表情其实是要表示她对某句话或某件事感兴趣。

换句话说，“吃饭”呀、“逛街”呀。。。 都是引起狗狗兴趣和期待的词句，是狗狗喜欢做的事，所以很想再听主人说一遍。

然而，当狗狗听见某些不熟悉的声音时也同样会露出酱的表情，头歪歪的。只是还会加多一样，就是，狗狗会全身僵直不动，处于戒备状态 ^_~

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不好意思让大家来了又来还没有新文章出现。其实是因为这两天我这里的网路真的不太好。connect到可是load不到，真是气煞！

dogtist不像ichrissie,大家来到这里都是为了阅读有关狗狗的资讯，我可不能像写ichrissie life blog 那样随性乱写，对吧！所以难免会有慢工出细货的现象 :p

好了废话不多说 ^_^ 想问大家，当狗狗间在打架的时候，身为饲主的我们该怎么办呢？？

其实，狗狗在小时候互相玩耍打闹就好比每个人在孩提的时候都曾和另一个小孩打打闹闹那样正常。

狗狗之间的斗争，不只限于公狗。这样的情形也会出现在公狗vs母狗；母狗vs母狗身上。

在狗狗的社群里，他们会借由打打闹闹来决定自己在群体中的地位&规则。然而进到人类的家门后，事情就可以有另一种做法了。

就是，以其让狗狗们自己决定顺位，倒不如让饲主们来决定！而且一旦决定了要让哪只狗做老大，全家庭成员都得一起配合遵守，然后共同教育那只被定为老二的狗狗，不可找老大麻烦；吃饭要等老大吃后才轮到老二。。。。。这样狗狗们在家庭里的顺位就会慢慢的由饲主确立出来。

另一个做法是较为原始的，就是让狗狗们自行决定自己的顺位。

那么当狗狗们一旦开始打架的时候，饲主就最好不要插手。如果擅自加入则很可能让狗狗们彼此消不了气，进而演变成长期的恶性斗争。

尤其是小狗们之间的打斗，就让他们在安全的范围里打个够吧～打到他们彼此协议谁是老大为此。顺位定下后从此大家就会有安宁的好日子过了～

狗狗们是怎么个打闹法来决定顺位？？？在网路上搜罗到以下短片：

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