She is very cute <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />
Eating poo is a sign on lacking some nutrient..... they will eat their poo to "recycle" the nutrient - trying to prevent any further losses....
The easiest way to supplement this, is to take some vegetable scraps chuck it in a blender (or grate it fine) and pour about 2 table spoons over her food every time you feed her (asuming its a her - cant remember what i read <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/evilgrin1.gif" alt="" />)
Also (and any vet will disagree with me here, and all breeders will agree with me - breeders see their dogs every day, while vets only sees them when they are sick)) giver her some RAW chicken necks... bones and all.... Chicken neck bones are the only bones that CANNOT choke a dog (which is why i use them for young dogs)... her tummy may run for 1 day, but her tummy will adjust and build up the right enzimes in no time... I feed my dogs raw bones at least 2x a week (2% of their body weight so if she weighs 1kg, you give her 20grams of raw meat. this, along with the vegie scraps, will take care of ANY nutrients they are not getting in their processed dog food(chucnks / tins).
About the training.... before you get mad at her for not listening to you.... adjust your commands a little bit...
Before you give a command, say the dog's name... this way, she will know, you are now talking to HER, and not just talking....
If she poo's inside, take her by the neck, shove her nose into the poo, and give her a smack ON THE NOSE and put her outside for a few minutes.(that is where their mothers bite them if they do something wrong, so they understand that a smack on the nose means NO DONT DO THAT - smaking on the bum takes forever for the dog to figure out it means DONT DO THAT, or the message of the smack gets lost on the LONG way to the brain.... bottom line bum smacks dont work until the dog is mature, and even then the nose works better.... on the nose you also dont have to smack hard and she will soon enough know when she does something wrong (you will see her pull a face when you lift your hand).
Teaching her to sit works the same (but very quickly if you do it when dishing out the chicken necks "treat". Tell her to sit "Woof, SIT", and push her bum down... if she stands up again, you repeat the command, and push her down again... when she stays sitting for about 5 seconds, give her the treat... after that, start doing it with all her snacks, food etc... (teaching them to sit before you give them food has the added benefit of them not bumping the bowl out your hand in a rush to get to the food)
If you take her walking, dont let her run ahead on the leash... pull her to your side and tap your leg twice (for some reason they undersrand that tapping a place means that is where you want them to be). If she pulls ahead, jerk her back(not slowly pull), and tap you leg twice again and then release the pull on the leash again... she should walk next to you without pulling on the leash within a 3 hour walking time (broken up into several walks - lets say over a 6 day time - 30 minutes each)
These 3 things make up the basics of every command. you know how to tell her NO DONT DO IT and she understands it, You know how to tell her where to come to (tapping twice on the place where you want her - she will understand that very soon). and you know how to make her sit (which will be the basic of stay later on).
Been training fox-terrorists for 5 years now and they are the most difficult to get them to "listen", and my parents were chow-chow breeders who firmly believes that puppies go our "trained" - they also included giving the owner "training" <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/evilgrin1.gif" alt="" /> (just telling them HOW to give commants etc - the same i told you now)...
Hope you cuty-pie becomes an angel in no time <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/biggrin.gif" alt="" />
