{"id":627,"date":"2016-03-03T20:41:10","date_gmt":"2016-03-04T01:41:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tessier-silky-terriers.com\/?page_id=627"},"modified":"2016-03-03T22:23:40","modified_gmt":"2016-03-04T03:23:40","slug":"silky-terrier-training","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/tessier-silky-terriers.com\/?page_id=627","title":{"rendered":"Training"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Training a Silky isn&#8217;t just about tricks, though they can be fun. It&#8217;s about having a good time with your dog.<\/p>\n<p>While &#8220;everybody knows&#8221; that big dogs need discipline and dog classes, training a Silky isn&#8217;t quite so obvious. I&#8217;ve long felt that small dogs get a bad rap around trainers and owners. It&#8217;s the &#8220;Awwwww isn&#8217;t he cute&#8221; factor that allows small dogs to get away with the kind of murder no one would let a big dog do.<\/p>\n<p>Once a Silky Terrier gets used to pottying in the house or barking his head off or pulling like a sled dog, it becomes &#8220;normal behavior&#8221;. Not so cute any more and definitely caused, not by your delightful cutie, but by YOU.<\/p>\n<p>Silky Terriers need exactly the same gentle, positive and consistent training as their bigger cousins. Small dog training is very similar to training a big one; they are just a smaller package.<\/p>\n<p>I know how to train small dogs. I have accumulated hard-won knowledge over the last 30 years.<\/p>\n<p>You will get expert and honest training advice; if I don\u2019t know the answers, I have many experienced friends who can help. You deserve to know the easy, problem-solving techniques we have learned over the years.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_16\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-16\" style=\"width: 519px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-16\" src=\"http:\/\/tessier-silky-terriers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/Jack-6.27-7-1024x680.jpg\" alt=\"Ch. TNT Panama Jack\" width=\"519\" height=\"345\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tessier-silky-terriers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/Jack-6.27-7-1024x680.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/tessier-silky-terriers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/Jack-6.27-7-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 519px) 100vw, 519px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-16\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">This is well behaved Ch. TNT Panama Jack getting ready to give a kiss.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Training a Silky isn&#8217;t just about tricks, though they can be fun. It&#8217;s about having a good time with your dog. While &#8220;everybody knows&#8221; that big dogs need discipline and dog classes, training a Silky isn&#8217;t quite so obvious. I&#8217;ve long felt that small dogs get a bad rap around trainers and owners. It&#8217;s the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-627","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tessier-silky-terriers.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/627","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tessier-silky-terriers.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tessier-silky-terriers.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tessier-silky-terriers.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tessier-silky-terriers.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=627"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/tessier-silky-terriers.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/627\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":665,"href":"https:\/\/tessier-silky-terriers.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/627\/revisions\/665"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tessier-silky-terriers.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=627"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}