With all due respect, jerking a little dog's chain collar is a great way to hurt them. At that size, its quite easy to cause neck problems, plus risk damaging the trachea with repeated yanking. In the NE right now temps are below freezing, without the windchill. Leave the clothes on, its not FL and she's not paris hilton's pup, its cold out.
Penny can, spray bottle, something to redirect her focus then immediately give her something else to focus on and always reward the proper behavior. Its easy to yell and focus on the negative, but somewhere along the lines she has to be taught what is ok as well. Start puppy classes, start asking for sit before she eats, gets out of her crate, gets her toy thrown, etc. Exercise does help curb some of the crazies too. Nice thing is that at this size its easy for them to run around the house when its too cold for outside play.
When the St. B's are calm, and she's had exercise enough to be mellow, then put them together. Best to let them smell her sweater or whatever first, but chances are they certainly know she's there and are just waiting to make her acquaintance. Will the big guys settle down on a verbal command if they get rowdy? Avoid having them together during high stress times at first (feeding, going outside) until they've worked out foot placement and not squashing
Its doable, might take a lot of work, but she's young enough to teach. Good luck
And if nothing else they make great hot water bottle substitutes
Penny can, spray bottle, something to redirect her focus then immediately give her something else to focus on and always reward the proper behavior. Its easy to yell and focus on the negative, but somewhere along the lines she has to be taught what is ok as well. Start puppy classes, start asking for sit before she eats, gets out of her crate, gets her toy thrown, etc. Exercise does help curb some of the crazies too. Nice thing is that at this size its easy for them to run around the house when its too cold for outside play.
When the St. B's are calm, and she's had exercise enough to be mellow, then put them together. Best to let them smell her sweater or whatever first, but chances are they certainly know she's there and are just waiting to make her acquaintance. Will the big guys settle down on a verbal command if they get rowdy? Avoid having them together during high stress times at first (feeding, going outside) until they've worked out foot placement and not squashing
Its doable, might take a lot of work, but she's young enough to teach. Good luck
