Why dog lovers have got this preconceived belief that small breed puppies are more problematic to educate than medium sized or large breed dogs, I will never be able to figure out. Housebreaking a puppy, in spite of its size should not pose a problem.

Small dog training, is no different from training a dog of any other larger sized breed. Whereas training any canine will have its peculiarities, based on its breed, practically all other facets remain similar, and the strategy to training the puppy should stay the same, regardless its size.

Never the less, I will allow myself to be corrected here, and admit that small dog training may present complications in two facets, (1) Aggression and (2) Puppy crate training. Nevertheless, this is not because the size of the dog breed is small, but ten times out of ten, because of the owner.

If a smaller breed puppy dog is aggressive and poses a training problem, or if a tiny breed pup cannot be crate trained or poses obstacles in being toilet trained, it is the owner who has not knowingly contributed to this state of affairs. Let us analyze how and why.

Aggression.

Smallish dogs are preferred because they are adorable, they are like playthings. Owners delight in having their doggy sit on their laps. This particular indulgence is where the trouble commences. The basic aggressive character of the animal, is to declare ownership over its sector, its food, even its trainer; all pups desire to be the alpha dog.

It is the aggressive streak in the puppy that provokes it to place itself on the lap of its pack leader, especially when there are lots of humans sitting in the room.

This is a clear act of aggression. Instead of chiding the pup, every owner with the exception of none, would pet the pooch, despite the fact it jumped on to their lap without being called, promoting the aggressive streak in the dog. As a result the owner has okayed the pup's instinct to be the alpha dog.

Growling and snapping at a a larger size dog is another clear act of violence. To the owner, and even the people who witness it, this is regarded as cute, because one dog is tiny while the other is large. Most owners shower affection on the puppy instead of chastising it, when it displays this aggression with a larger dog.

What is stated above are but good examples as to why small puppies are aggressive, and not because small dog training is very difficult.

Toilet Training

Owners choose to haul their small pups around where ever they go, even when they are at home and that makes it plain difficult to potty train them

It is, as if by instinct that the owners of smallish breed dogs to tote the animal to the designated place where the pooch should go to the toilet and then tote it back into the house.

It is this pattern of carrying the dog to the outdoors to poop that is the root of all roadblocks. In addition, since the pup is as a rule carried around so much it has no way of it telling or warning the owner that it has to go to the bathroom.

Small dog training begins with treating the dog as any other normal dog. They have to be shown their toilet area on a leash. If owners stop carrying their small breed dogs they would have no troubles in training them.

Dog crate training, is the most important part of puppy training, and so it must be, even in Small Dog Training.

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