At 13 weeks what should I be teaching my Yorkie?

[eauxbehv]

Just curious as to if she is old enough to work on any thing else beside potty training.

TIA

[erickajm]

Most definitely! You can teach you dog anything.. sit is a good one to start with! Good luck!

[lemonlauren]

Of course potty training is the biggest and most important thing right now... but sure, start on some other tricks as well.

At 13 weeks, I think we were doing "sit" and "high-five" with Nikko. Sit is great to teach - it comes in so handy a little later on for all sorts of other general behavior training, so it's a good one to get it ingrained in her head right from the start.

Lauren & Nikko

[Hollee]

Ella is 12 weeks & she learned to sit in like 5 min and that was at 10 weeks old. Now she can also lay down and crawl

[Mom to Hot Rod]

Anything and everything! This is a very curious age for them and a very good age that they pick things up quickly. The key is consistency and repetition. Good luck.

[eauxbehv]

Okay, its training time .

Thanks!!

[Pam Campbell]

We do fetch!! Wasn't what I planned to teach her first but oh well. She loves to play fetch with her mini tennis balls or her teeny duck!

[Britster]

Anything, really!

Jackson knew Sit and Down by 13-15 weeks, I want to say.

[lemonlauren]

LOL, yeah... Nikko was doing fetch off and on by around 14 to 15 weeks (he was pretty sick with intestinal parasites in the beginning, but still played and learned hard whenever he felt decent enough). It started with us throwing kibble across the kitchen for him to chase down, and he would always go after it then bring it back to actually chew and eat it while he was beside us.

So we started "naming" the game by telling him "get it!" every time (seemed more natural than saying "fetch" at the time), and then eventually we figured out he'd return other items - like toys - we threw if we said "get it." Convincing him to place those items in our hand and let go instead of assuming it was tug-of-war time was a different story, but still... hahaha.

From what I understand, "fetching" just comes naturally to some pups, and others aren't as keen on it from the beginning. But it is a fun game if your pup is up for learning it, and it does help with exercise. Sheesh, they have so much energy when they're that young! And the more you can tire them out, the more they sleep... and when they're sleeping, they're not peeing and pooing in your house. So exercise and stimulation, no matter how you manage to do it, is definitely good at this stage. :-)

- Lauren & Nikko

[YorkieMother]

at 13 weeks he should be out in the world seeing tons and learning soical skills.

you need to cover 100 places, people, things and sounds by the time he is 16 weeks old to have a proper soicalization on a dog.

as for teaching they can learn anything and everything right now but make sure it is safe for thier growing body. for example I would start agility with a yorkie this young but not a big dog that we need to safe guard the growing hips.

jl

[Jett]

Jett is 16 weeks and knows "sit, stay,down and come".....I was so impressed how quickly he learned these commands!

[Soccer50]

Im trying to teach my puppy to sit. She is already 95% potty trained ! Thanks to my older dog
Sit is a challenge right now at 11 weeks (:

[Marilize]

I am a great fan of starting as young as possible. When I start to breed with June, I am planning to clicker train the pups before they leave home. They will also be leaving with a clicker and a training instruction booklet.

Anyway, June graduated from her first puppy class at four months! We are enrolling in another one in August, so we have a lot to work on. At 18 weeks, she can sit, lie down, stand on her hind legs, beg, wait and kiss. She also has a great recall. We are working on stay, high five and shake.

She isn't even the smartest puppy, I just started early. Cash is much smarter than she is, but starting early has really given her an advantage. I would recommend it to anyone.

By starting early, you can control them when they reach the difficult teenage stage. I wish I had started earlier with Cash, we started at about 6 months - in the midst of his teenage rebellion. June is almost 5 months now and we are prepared for the terrible teens!

[QuickSilver]

Marilize, how do you plan to teach the difference between Stay and Wait?

[YorkieMother]

Originally Posted by QuickSilver

Marilize, how do you plan to teach the difference between Stay and Wait?

My dog has stay do not move until I say so.

Wait is stop long enough for me to get out the door or into the car and then at your choice not mine you can move. Wait is also do not jump at my hand while I pick up the ball but once it is flying through the air by all means go get it without waiting for the release word.

It can be done.