My Nibbles was born on Feb. 13 of this year. And the other one we're still waiting on to become weened. I "hate" chasing him around the cage to pick him up...Also I think I did something wrong...I left him run around the bedroom...to get exercise...but he's not trained to come for a treat...so it was a chore to capture him. So new rule of thumb...train him to come for a treat...I figured if we make a sound and show him a treat...he will learn to come to the sound knowing that a treat will be involved.
But I was told that it's not good to give baby ones treats until they are 6 months of age...If that the case...how do I go about handling him and getting him to want to come to the door if I can't give him a treat to do so? The breeder said they gave all the chins raisins...Not a lot but to get them to come to the door.
Any advice is appreciated...I really don't wish to stress our chin out...and wish to do this right. I could let him run in the bathroom. It's a lot smaller...But not sure I wish to chase him down...I want to get him to know that I am not a predator...
But am not sure how to go about it. Since the ones we had LONG LONG AGO...were adults...and practically starved. Came for food and loved when we opened the door...