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I also did the leash around the house, I did this for quite awhile after we got Missy. You can also hook it to your belt so she gets used to following you around, we did that first before letting the leash go loose. That helped us tremendously both in keeping an eye on her and getting her trained in the house. Please also remember these little guys can be Very stubborn, loveable but stubborn! Missy will still dig in her heals and not move, especially in bad weather she will Not go out. I usually give in and pick her up and take her out... lately I've been giving her lots of praise 'good gi

So many Shih Tzu eat pooh, as well as other breeds. It's pretty easy to tell they're doing it when they jump up in your lap and try to give you kisses too! YUCK! Four of my five did it when they were young, but have (pretty much) outgrown it now. I tried the pills and other recommendations with the first one, and none of that worked. Luckily she outgrew it shortly after she turned one year old. (Oh, and she never ate her own, just my other dogs.) Other than the grossness to us (humans), it really isn't harmful (as long as it's a "healthy" (???) poop! All mommy dogs do clean up a

IME experience the only way to deal with a poop eater is to be right there to pick it up every single time. The issue is technically called coprophagia, and there are several theories about why some dogs do it. But no one really knows. As far as the leash issue -- I would put it on her and let her drag it around the house. If she won't move when you put it on then just let her stay where she is for awhile and increase the length of time slowly until she'll roam around the house dragging the leash and ignoring it.

As long as your are around her I would just leave it on her......beleive me when I say they are stubborn creatures. The more time the better. You will learn that she will have your wrapped around her paw in no time at all.

Welcome to Chatter and hopefully you will get some great suggestions on how to go about solving your issues with your new pup!! I think most of us have or had poo eaters........from my experience you just have to stay on top of them.....I tap my guys on the nose and use a firm NO.......I have tried the pills for poo eating, did the pumpkin and the crushed pineapple none of which worked for me, but the tap on the nose and the firm NO gets their attention. The leash issue........I would put the leash on her and let her drag it around the house with it on while under your supervision. She will

Coprophagia is so common in Shih Tzu that some friends of mine were once chastised by another friend for bringing a "fake" Shih Tzu to a dog show. The dog was a singleton puppy and he would eliminate at one side of the X-pen and then go to the other side and stare at the poop until it was removed (singletons are for some reason less likely to have this disgusting habit). I have known some people who teach the "leave it!" command and then apply that to the poop, but that assumes you are there to do so! I have finally made my peace with it. Most of mine have done it at one time or another, b

I finally let Lucey roam for free at 6 months. She has been toilet trained and accident free for 3 weeks before then. I got lucey at 12 weeks and I gave up on the crate training after 1.5 weeks, I really just couldn't get up enough times at night to avoid her peeing inside the crate. Instead, she was playpen trained, I confined her to the playpen after she ate and when I was not home and at night. I put the wee pad and wee pad holder inside the playpen. The playpen is inside my big bathroom. At about 16 weeks, she was then confined to the bathroom. The funny thing is I got her in the summ