Is There Any Way To Part-time Train This Papillon?
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My mother-in-law (who is my landlady) bought a papillon from a petstore, about eight months ago. She admits the puppy was an ‘impulse buy’, but loves him a great deal. I don’t believe in buying from petstores, and I’d thought she didn’t either, but this puppy reminded her of a dog she’d had before, so she bought him the day after she saw him.
The problem is, he runs wild. My significant other and I attempted to crate-train him when he was a puppy, but my mother-in-law didn’t like the idea of him being in a cage for any length of time, so she sold his crate and pen, and no more training was done. She does not discipline him at all, and he runs wild. He plays rough with the cats, steals food, and destroys everything in his path. I don’t think it’s fair to him to let him go without structure and training, but I don’t know how to train him alone, if no-one else will enforce anything. What can I do? I love this dog, but he ruins everything, and needs discipline.
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Don’t buy a pet store puppy. they have many a behavior and medical issues.
I would talk to a pro trainer.
the little tiny dog thinks he dominant, he needs a trainer now