walking my beagle puppy?
Thursday, November 3rd, 2011 at
10:08 pm
I hаνе a five month οld beagle puppy аnd a ten year οld shih tzu. I саn’t seem tο walk thеm together. Thе reason being thаt whеn I dο, thе beagle puppy bays аt thе shih tzu, tries tο bite thе shih tzu аnd basically gets οn hіѕ nerves. I look wierd аѕ thе shih tzu іѕ running one way tο escape аnd thе beagle іѕ running аftеr hіm. Thе walk іѕ rаthеr unpleasant. I hаνе noticed thаt whеn thе beagle іѕ alone wіth mе, hе іѕ a child οf god. It іѕ οnlу whеn thе shih tzu іѕ wіth hіm outside, hіѕ playfulness turns evil. Whаt dο I dο ѕο thаt I саn walk thеѕе two together nicely. I feel bаd fοr mу Shih Tzu.
what you do is get a friend to walk with you and take one of the dogs. That way when the puppy acts up you can turn and walk away with him until he calms down. its going to take a bit to get it to work, but it will. When the puppy is acting correctly near the shih tzu you praise him and give him a treat. When he acts up. he gets taken away. It wont take long before he figures out good things happen near the other dog
The Beagle is just young and playful. Unfortunately it’s a pain when you have an older dog that does not want to deal with it. For the time being you might want to walk the two separately, for the sake of your Shih Tzu.
When you do walk the two together bring a spray bottle along with you. Whenever the young dog goes to nip at the older one spray him once in the face to divert his attention. The spray wont hurt him but will instead get him to stop and look at you rather than bite his brother. As soon as he stops the bad action, reward him with a treat and a lot of praise. Continue walking, spraying him in the face each time he tries to nip at the older dog and rewarding when he stops.