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    Things puppies can chew on unsupervised...?

    Okay, is there anyone that would like to actually answer my question?
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    Things puppies can chew on unsupervised...?

    We have one of those everlasting treat ball thingys... she's barely made a dent in it and she's had it in her room with her for at least 2 weeks. Maybe she doesn't like the flavor of it tho... or maybe it really is everlasting!
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    Things puppies can chew on unsupervised...?

    Depends... sometimes it can be as little as 45 minutes in the evening (after a lot of attention and exercise) during the days it's for about 5 hours at a time, sometimes more if it's a bad day (but not too often if we can help it). Oh and the reason that she's not crate trained yet is because...
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    Things puppies can chew on unsupervised...?

    My husband thinks that the reason our 11 week old puppy has started tearing the puppy pads when she's home alone is because she's bored... she's confined to a bathroom for the day with her crate, a puppy pad, a treat ball, a stuffed kong and some miscellaneous things. She doesn't like...
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    Puppy Kindergarten?

    So I have a friend who recommends the Petsmart Training Class (or puppy kindergarten)... the puppy socialization class only. So I've been debating on taking Lola, once she's old enough to this class and see what they have to offer. But I wanted to ask if anyone recommended this course, or...
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    Two training questions - biting and putting on leash/collar

    I don't understand why I keep reading from people on forums that 9 weeks is too young... everything I've read from training books has said it's never too young to start. I mean, I know that she can't stay for long but she's made a lot of improvements. Oh and yes, we are working on recalls...
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    Two training questions - biting and putting on leash/collar

    Okay my 9 week old Chihuahua mix puppy Lola has been with us for 2 weeks. We started clicker training a few days ago but we've been training her without the clicker since we got her. She knows how to Sit, we've been working on Stay... and we've been working on her Sitting instead of jumping up...
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    Introducing myself!

    Hi! I'm a brand new dog owner - we recently adopted our Chihuahua mix Lola from an animal shelter almost 2 weeks ago. She's almost 9 weeks old, only 5 pounds and quite the handful. I'm currently trying to housetrain her, not to mention we started clicker training today (we've been...
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