Training
I need some help in training my new teacup poodles. I have always owned bigger breed dogs and I had no problem with training them. If I needed to I could always use a heavy hand when my alpha role was being challenged but now I fear I would hurt the small dogs if I tried to get a little physical. Even the other day when I tried to tap their behinds to get them to sit I thought I might hurt them. How do I effectively train such a small animal to sit when they are already so close to the ground?
I recently took my new adopted dog to the vet to get an overall health report done. Everything was fine except the vet mentioned that I will need to start cleaning the dogs teeth here before too long. Out of all the dogs that I have owned I have never paid too much attention to their teeth but I have given them great chew toys to work off any plaque. I am not sure how to clean the teeth of teacup poodles. I did go out and buy a human baby toothbrush and a finger brush so hopefully now the dog will get use to it and not try to bite me.
