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Some dog owners seem to derive fun from teasing Papillon puppies. Of course the definition of teasing is so broad, and this leads us to the point that teasing and roughhousing as a whole is either positive or negative, formative or otherwise.

Believe it or not, positive teasing exists, and from a papillon training point of view, it can be a lot of fun for both owner and dog. Teasing can even build a puppy’s confidence by gradually making predictable the weird things that people do. Non-stop teasing, together with the malicious type, are different; they are no-nos beyond doubt.

The positive teasing alluded to here include momentarily restraining the dog, hiding the toys or treats of the pup, making funny faces or dances in front of it, but promptly following it up with a consistent praise for the dog plus a reward or a treat. The dog’s eventual confidence will generally arise from its acceptance of your unexpected actions as reinforced by the praising and the reward. Obvious in all this is that there are proper moments for being unpredictable, and that there ought to be moments too for being the clear-headed and assertive alpha pack

Puppies need to prepare to take in a good amount of teasing now and then. For example, without the preparation, whats a dog to do when chased by a child screaming with outstretched arms? Besides, dogs in general understand and participate in chases on the condition that they are aware it is not harmful to them.

Based on what we know in Papillon Training, how can it be known if a particular afternoon of teasing is already overboard? After a few bouts of dog hugs, or of the monster-walk chasing, try standing a good distance from the dog while asking it to come over for a treat. If the dog approaches with all signs indicating a good-natured reaction (head held high, tail wagging), then the dog has taken the game well. If its otherwise, then the dog approaches with wariness, if not fear, as shown by the licking of lips, the lowered head and tail, then the lying down or rolling over when you asked for him to sit.

What’s to be done now? To repair the damage, get the dog to come to you by reinforcing its approach primarily through treats. Note that the deceptive thing about teasing is that it can grow harmful or beneficial, which is why it makes sense checking always, say every fifteen minutes, that your puppy is having a good time.

Before we end, it is also important to be able to know how to control the dogs in the thick of friendly play. Here is one test to know if you still have control of the dogs. At any time, you only need one or two command in order to get your dog to stop playing and lie down calmly. But if the dog is still a whirlwind in spite of all your arms flailing, then there is too much rough play, and papillon training needs to step in.

A squirrel dog’s adolescence years is a rocky period of learning—or worse, unlearning—that can significantly affect the dog’s adult years. Not heeding your pap’s need for education can lead to an ill-mannered, fearful and hyperactive dog. Check out the following papillon training notes how to take good care of your dog’s socialization needs.

Socialization often turns rocky during a dog’s adolescent period, and most of the time its because of the timing of the dog’s maturing. Puppy classes recede into the past, and most owners are settling into a familiar set of daily procedures for the dog by the time it is five or six months old. At home or at the park, day in and day out, the dog interacts and plays with generally the same familiar set of faces. As a result, the “teener” dog eventually ends up intolerant of all save a small inner band of friends since way back.

If your adolescent papillon does not get out and interact with a healthy amount of unfamiliar faces on a regular basis, the dog’s socialization so far might suffer. If at five months the dog was very sociable, by eight months the dog is chock-full of defensive and low self-esteem behavior. What used to be one of the friendliest dogs in the block is now skittish around house guests, or barks, snaps and lunges with hackles. All this papillon training information show the importance of not just being content with puppy socialization, but following it up with the socialization of your adolescent dog.

More on the socialization of your papillon with other dogs, this time. Everybody needs to know the basic idea that teaching a dog to have good relations with all dogs is more of wishful thinking than reality. The first big idea is that even wolves or jackals in the wild are not used to being chummy and welcoming towards strangers, while we human trainers sometimes expect too much in handling the dogs. Indeed, the next idea to consider is that a dog dog breed may never actually have very tight friendships with each and every dog down the street. Lastly, no dog can seem to live without having quarrels or arguments. If there is a dog that avoids and shuns confrontations, then it is the rarity.

A dog midway between puppyhood and adulthood is in a socialization dilemma, as we have said, but in the following case owners are once more the responsible role players. Small dogs may get affected by the fear for their safety of their owners, so their meeting big dogs is curtailed. In the same way, owners of large dogs are similarly concerned that their working breeds may hurt significantly smaller playmates. To end, this indeed is the critical vicious cycle that papillon training need to work on promptly: how to deal with dogs that get less socialization due to (sometimes legitimate) safety concerns, in order to cut down on future behavior issues that arise from even lesser socialization?