i ask this question and maybe i didnt really make myself clear on whats going on. i adopted a jackabee from a shelter and she was pregnant by a poodle and now i have 2 puppies 1 male 1 female they are almost 5 months old. my problems is that if my husband or i go to punish them for chewing something up or for doing something wrong exceptionally the female puppy she acts like i just beat her and i haven't even touch her yet all we do is put them in there cage but, if we approach them exceptionally the female she cowards down and cries really loud. she pees if you walk up to her or try to pet her i dont want people to think that we beat our pups or our dogs when we punish them we would never hurt our babies.they chew on every and anything they can find they remind me of my daughter when she was2 years old.i dont want our pippies to act like they are so scared of us when we get onto them what can i do to fix what i am doing wrong she is a very smart puppy she can sit and shake and listens well but chews,pees and gets really scared of us how do i get them out of this stage or what am i doing wrong. i have 4 dogs total i have a jackabee witch is almost 2 now that's the mother of the puppies and i have a sheltie that i also adopted from the shelter that is 2 also and my pups witch are almost 5 months old my dogs are like my children and they get treated like my children i really don't think that they know that they are dogs. i just don't want people to come to our house and see my pup cowering down to us like shes really scared i don't know what to do about this can someone help me please if you have question to help answer me you can email me @ [email protected] any help will be very appreciated