Hi,
I have two puppies, Dixie and Nico. Dixie is a chihuahua/toy poodle mix, female and is about 6 months right now and Nico is a chihuahua/pomeranian mix, about 7 months old. I have had Dixie since she was 7 weeks old and at 3 months I adopted Nico (4 months at the time).
Here is the deal... Dixie is driving me insane. I have tried everything possible, reinforcing rules on her from everything Cesar Milan has used, to training manuals, to tips from the internet and to obedience school. She is just out of control and will not listen to me, and trust me, I am doing everything possible for her to realize she is not the boss of me! She jumps all over me when I get home from work and bites my hands like crazy. She jumps up onto everything from furniture to my countertops (yes, she jumps that high!), she rips everything in her path (i.e. shoes, clothes, etc.), when I was confining her to a smaller area, she ripped my walls up to the drywall paper and ripped all my carpet up. She gets very jealous of my other puppy although I give her the most attention! She takes his food all the time! I lover her to death but she is making life miserable! My other puppy Nico is such an angel!!!
So this leads me to this avenue - boot camp. Anyone have experience with this??? A friend of a friend sent his dog away for a month and he came back like a doggy soldier!!! Let me know what you guys think!
Thanks!
I have two puppies, Dixie and Nico. Dixie is a chihuahua/toy poodle mix, female and is about 6 months right now and Nico is a chihuahua/pomeranian mix, about 7 months old. I have had Dixie since she was 7 weeks old and at 3 months I adopted Nico (4 months at the time).
Here is the deal... Dixie is driving me insane. I have tried everything possible, reinforcing rules on her from everything Cesar Milan has used, to training manuals, to tips from the internet and to obedience school. She is just out of control and will not listen to me, and trust me, I am doing everything possible for her to realize she is not the boss of me! She jumps all over me when I get home from work and bites my hands like crazy. She jumps up onto everything from furniture to my countertops (yes, she jumps that high!), she rips everything in her path (i.e. shoes, clothes, etc.), when I was confining her to a smaller area, she ripped my walls up to the drywall paper and ripped all my carpet up. She gets very jealous of my other puppy although I give her the most attention! She takes his food all the time! I lover her to death but she is making life miserable! My other puppy Nico is such an angel!!!
So this leads me to this avenue - boot camp. Anyone have experience with this??? A friend of a friend sent his dog away for a month and he came back like a doggy soldier!!! Let me know what you guys think!
Thanks!