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    Help! I Cannot Train 2 Puppies At Once!

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    Hi. I am currently having 2 10 weeks old pups (Whiskey and Shayla), and I find it extremely difficult to train them.

    1. When I train Shayla to come and sit, Whiskey will come and steal her treat. Therefore, I am really not sure if the behavior is reinforced.

    2. Because I am having trouble training one when the other pup is there, I resort to ask my OH to hold one of the pup in a different room so that I can concentrate just on one pup. However, the other pup will start yelping and whining loudly the moment he/she lose sight of the other one that the pup that I was training with will not concentrate and whine as well. Both of them do not seem to want to be separated.

    PLEASE HELP!! I am getting increasingly stressed because I seem to be getting nowhere!! I want to train them other skills as well such as 'down' and 'heel' but how can I when they do not want to be separated even for 3 seconds???

    Hi Vivien :laugh:

    My husband and I bought two puppies (litter mates) at the same time for the same reasons you have bought two puppies. Yes, it certainly is a lot of work and an extra challenge with litter mates.

    We found it a challenge to train both boys at the same time, however, it is not impossible. The method we used to teach the basic commands such as 'sit', 'stay', 'drop' etc was to separate them at dinner time. My husband would take one dog outside on the verandah and I would stay inside with the other. As both were hungry for their dinner that is what they were focused on rather than being separated. If your dogs are food motivated (as ours are) and are separted for dinner time, you might start to have some success. We also kept their training sessions very short at this stage, no more than a few minutes.

    I will add that we were also taking the boys to puppy class during the first few weeks they were with us (they are now 6 months old), so we were shown the method of teaching the basic commands using food. I can tell you that both boys will do what they are asked now when they are together. I wish you the best of luck.

    fluffyblackpoodle

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