Is allowing your puppy/ dog to sleep in your bed considered bad training?
Dog owners, please answer!
My husband and I just recently got our first puppy together (a 9 wk old Mini Dachshund). It’s his first dog. I have a lot experience with training puppies, and usually I stick to crate training. This time we are allowing the puppy to sleep under the covers with us, mostly because my husband wants to sleep with his new puppy. I don’t mind it, because he’s so cute. So far, it’s going alright but I’m about to switch back to my ways because I wake up with a dog in my face, or he cries to go out. What are your experiences with this? Any suggestions?
He does have a bed on the floor, and usually sleeps there first. When he cries for me that is when I bring him out and then into the bed. For those who don’t know, Mini Dachshunds only get up to 10lbs, and cannot jump onto the bed (ours is King sized). Also, Dachshunds are very loyal and constantly want to be with their owners!
Yes. A dog is a pack animal and to train a dog properly, it needs to learn its place in the pack. You – the humans – are the pack leaders, and the dog comes lower down the chain of power. As the pack leaders you get the best, and the first, and the dog waits until you are done. You get the higher softer resting place, and the dog gets a lower one (A basket or crate). You eat first, and the dog eats later (never let a dog beg while you eat). This way he learns his place in your life, and there are no mistakes. A dog that believes he is the pack leader can become aggressive and take over your life. Far better to establish the rules when a pup to avoid problems later on.
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