I Want A Small Dog?????????????????

October 10, 2009 by admin  
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Okay I have two Golden retrievers and i am 14 years old. I really really really really really really X100,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000… and infinity and beyond…… want a papillon! they are so adorable but i cant convince my parents to get me one.. i told them and told them how much i want one but they keep saying how annoying their barks are, they are hard to potty train, and they are hyper and annoying… i have no idea what to say to that cuz ive never had a small dog.. i think what else is turning them off is our friends have a really annoying Pomeranian that i hate so much by the way because they dont train their animals at all and it barks and pees all over and has diarrhea problems and so . idk what to do they also use my grandmas dogs for example. she spent a lot of time training them and they still pee and poop in her house (he has two Chihuahuas) and they say ohhh well little dogs can’t hold it as long as big dogs and we are gone for long periods of times a lot.. well its true my parents go to work form like 7- 5 and im in school and i play sports all year round and we go on vacation during the summer but we usually find a pet sitter from our familly usually my granma who owns the little chichi’s . Can i get a papillon or not? if so how do i convince my parents to get one??? omg i would love one sooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo… much!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!…

I Want To Start Showing My Papillon Puppy, But I Don’t Know Where Or How To Begin. Any Pointers?

September 18, 2009 by admin  
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I want to enter my 8 month old Papillon puppy in some dog shows, but I’m so confused. I have no idea on where to train her or in what areas I need to focus on for competition. I’m a true beginner, so any training tips would be awesome! I almost just want to take her to a personalized trainer who knows how to train top quality show dogs and pick her up when its over. I don’t even know what I as her handler would be expected to do. HELP!

Help! I’m Potty Training My Papillon Puppy But She Doesn’t Want To Co-operate!?

September 4, 2009 by admin  
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I have a 8 wk old papillon puppy. I’ve had her 2 weeks. We are having a really hard time potty training her. We also have a 9 yr old papillon boy.
We have the potty pads. But she doesn’t use them. So she wears a diaper when she’s in the house to avoid accidents.
When I know she’s about to go, if I have enough time I put her outside. If I don’t have enough time, I hurry & put her on the potty pad.
We have the routine that when I wake up, I put her outside for at least 10 min. If I see her go, she gets a treat when she comes back in. When I leave for work she goes in her kennel. When I get home I take her back outside. Same as earlier. I try to take her outside alot through out the evening. When she’s not outside she wears a diaper.
If she does go in the house, she gets her nose rubbed in it, then I put her outside.
I was hoping that seeing my boy go outside would help encourage her to go out there, but doesn’t seem to do any good.
None of this has helped. Suggestions?