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09-18-2005, 03:17 PM | #1 |
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| My yorkie is sooo stubern!! My yorkie will not stya still for 1 second and treats are the only thing that gets his attention!! How can I keep him focused on me??Help! Please! |
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09-18-2005, 03:22 PM | #2 |
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| How old is he ? |
09-18-2005, 03:26 PM | #3 |
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| he's 2yrs old. |
09-18-2005, 04:02 PM | #4 |
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| It's going to take time, but you need to use treats to build up behavior, then treat-wean them after that. How much practice have you done with "stay" (using treats and formal training), per day? For example, I get out the treat bag and run Chewy through "stay" for five minutes, twice a day. Every week I find myself a littel farther away from him, not looking at him, and sometimes testing him by aping about. He's planted though...firm training and repition will get you results. Take himn to a quiet room. Put him in a sit. Hold your hand in front of his face (like a stop-gesture) and say "STAY." Then give him 1 treat. Visibly hold the second treat in hand. Take two steps back, maintaining eye contact. If he moves say "Uh-uh...No sir!" In a sing-song way that you would to a child. Then repeat, sit, STAY (with hand), and two steps back. If you see his ears perk up and it looks like he's going to stand, repeat "Stay...." After three seconds or whatever interval you can drag it out to, say "Okay!" and hold the treat out for your pup. If you can, take him to a beginning obedience class where an instructor can show you personally how this is done. Obedience is for more than the dog, it's for you! It teaches YOU to be a trainer, and that's worth a million bucks when you have a stubborn little Yorkie to deal with! |
09-18-2005, 07:56 PM | #5 |
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09-20-2005, 12:07 AM | #6 |
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| Yorkiegurl, since he is treat-motivated, he might respond nicely to clicker training. You might want to check out that thread. Hamoth, when you put your dog in a 5 minute stay, does he get treats along the way or only at the end of that time? I know you gradually build up to it, but right now, it's hard to imagine my puppy being able to hold a stay for that long! |
09-20-2005, 10:47 AM | #7 |
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| Her get's verbal reinforcement (positive) for the duration of his stay. Treat at the end. I only try this when he's warmed up. We made a game of it, and what really worked to lengthen his time, was playing a game where I hid a favorite toy while he stayed and then "Okay! Go get it! Where is it? Huh? Go FIND it!". He goes bonkers and searches the whole house untill he finds it. Sometimes I think he won't find it or has lost interest. An hour later he might come to me with the toy: "I found it, damn you!" Last edited by Hamoth; 09-20-2005 at 10:49 AM. |
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