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Why dog lovers have this preconceived view that small breed pups are more challenging to condition than medium sized or large breed dogs, I will never be able to figure out. Housebreaking a puppy, despite its size should never be difficult.

Small dog training, is no different from training a puppy of any other bigger sized breed. Although training any dog will have its peculiarities, related to its breed, practically all other facets remain identical, and the method to training the puppy should remain the same, regardless its size.

However, I will stray from the rule here, and agrree that small dog training may present complications in two arenas, (1) Aggression and (2) Puppy crate training. Nonetheless, this is not because the size of the dog breed is small, but 10 times out of 10, because of the owner.

If a smallish breed dog is aggressive and is hard to train, or if a smaller breed pup cannot be crate trained or poses challenges in being bathroom trained, it is the owner who has not knowingly contributed to this situation. Let us investigate how and why.

Aggression.

Smaller dogs are enjoyed because they are pretty, they are like playthings. Owners delight in having their puppy sit on their laps. This kind of indulgence is where the trouble starts. The inherent aggressive nature of the puppy, is to assert ownership over its sector, its food, even its trainer; all puppies need to be the alpha dog.

It is the aggressive streak in the canine animal that induces it to get on to the lap of its mistress, particularly when there are lots of humans seated in the room.

This is a obvious act of aggression. Instead of admonishing the puppy, every owner with the exception of no one, would hug the pup, despite the fact it jumped on to their lap without being called, fostering the aggressive streak in the pup. As a result the owner has accepted the puppy's inherent need to be the alpha dog.

Growling and getting upset at a bigger dog is another clear act of violence. To the owner, and even the people nearby, this is seen as cute, because one dog is little while the other is larger. Most owners praise the pup instead of checking it, when it displays this aggression with a larger dog.

These are but illustrations as to why small dogs are aggressive, and positively not because small dog training is problematic.

Potty Training.

Owners have a propensity to haul their small pups around where ever they are, even when they are in the house and that makes it plain difficult to bathroom train them

It is, as if by second nature that the owners of small breed dogs to lug the animal to the place where the pooch should go to the toilet and then lug it back into the house.

It is this practice of carrying the dog to its appointed toilet area that is the start of all problems. In addition, ever since the pup is by and large carried around so much it has no way of it telling or notifying the owner that it has to make its business.

Small dog training begins with treating the dog as any other large sized dog. They have to be transported to their potty area on a leash. If owners discontinue carrying their small sized dogs they would have no troubles in training them.

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