YorkieTalk.com Forums - Yorkshire Terrier Community


Welcome to the YorkieTalk.com Forums Community - the community for Yorkshire Terriers.

You are currently viewing our boards as a guest which gives you limited access to view most discussions and access our other features. By joining our free community you will have access to post topics, communicate privately with other members (PM), respond to polls, upload content and access many other special features. You will be able to chat with over 35,000 YorkieTalk members, read over 2,000,000 posted discussions, and view more than 15,000 Yorkie photos in the YorkieTalk Photo Gallery after you register. We would love to have you as a member!

Registration is fast, simple and absolutely free so please, join our community today!

If you have any problems with the registration process or your account login, please click here to contact us.

Go Back   YorkieTalk.com Forums - Yorkshire Terrier Community > YorkieTalk > General Training Questions
Register Blogs FAQ Calendar JavaChat Mark Forums Read

Reply
 
LinkBack Thread Tools
Old 02-15-2010, 09:38 PM   #1
Yorkie Talker
 
Join Date: Feb 2010
Location: Leroy, Al. USA
Posts: 10
Confused Getting her to stay in the yard?

Ok, so every time Bella gets out, she runs straight to the road or to my neighbors yard or the woods. I'm so scared she is going to get run over or lost and that would devastate me! So I have to keep her locked in, but I do put her on a leash and have it attached to a steak in the ground. I'll leave her out for awhile until she lets me know she is ready to come in. But sometimes she gets out and we can't catch her. I've tried getting her to come to her favorite toy and pretty much everything. We have to chase her down and eventually we catch her. Any suggestions?
J3nnif3r is offline   Reply With Quote
Welcome Guest!
Not Registered?

Join today and remove this ad!

Old 02-16-2010, 08:04 AM   #2
No Longer A Member
 
ARCHIE's Avatar
 
Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: NEW YORK
Posts: 16,218
Animal Smiley 049

I wouldn't leave her in the yard by herself tied to a stake without someone
being there with her. Too many things can happen to her. A strange dog
can attack her, a bird of prey can get her, she would be defenceless because
she couldn't get away. What's wrong with walking her on a leash until
she potties and take her back inside? Teach her to come to you indoors
and eventually take it outdoors but I would never leave her in the yard
by herself.
ARCHIE is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 02-16-2010, 08:16 AM   #3
Action Jackson ♥
Donating Member
 
Britster's Avatar
 
Join Date: Dec 2008
Location: Maryland
Posts: 17,814
Default

My first suggestion -- NEVER let her off leash until she is more trustworthy. Also never let her off leash close to a road, it's asking for heartbreak.

My first suggestion would be to buy her a REALLY long leash. I practice with Jackson on a 50 foot training lead that I found on eBay. I let him go out all the 50 feet, explore, sniff, etc, and then say "Jackson, come!" and I always give him a treat when he comes to me. Never punish them when you get them, even if you're mad that they just ran away.

It would also be good to take her to a large field, not close to a road, that's fenced in (dog park, baseball field, etc) and practice in an area where she's safe. Also, chasing them usually makes them run more. Typically running the opposite direction makes them be like "huh? where is she going?" or doing something odd, like you sitting on the ground, it makes you more appealing to them because you're doing something different. When you're chasing them, they think it's a game.

Another good thing to teach is the "stay" command. Practice having her stay at the door so every time that door is open, she doesn't bolt. Start with staying for 2 seconds with the door open, then move to 5 seconds, etc.

I suggest watching It's Me or the Dog on Animal Planet or Dog Whisperer on National Geographic.

Good luck!
__________________
~ Brit & Lights! Camera! Jackson! CGC ETD TKP ~
Follow Jackson on Instagram: https://instagram.com/jacksontheterrier
Britster is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 02-16-2010, 11:12 AM   #4
Yorkie Talker
 
Join Date: Feb 2010
Location: Leroy, Al. USA
Posts: 10
Default

Quote:
Originally Posted by ARCHIE View Post
I wouldn't leave her in the yard by herself tied to a stake without someone
being there with her. Too many things can happen to her. A strange dog
can attack her, a bird of prey can get her, she would be defenceless because
she couldn't get away. What's wrong with walking her on a leash until
she potties and take her back inside? Teach her to come to you indoors
and eventually take it outdoors but I would never leave her in the yard
by herself.

She's never far from me. She is right out my front door and I'm always in eyesight of her. Trust me, I watch her like a hawk. I have taken her out to use the bathroom but she will just walk and walk but will never use it. She waits till we are back inside. I will walk her around and try to train her by getting her to come to me while she is on the leash. But she has a mind of her own.
J3nnif3r is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 02-16-2010, 11:16 AM   #5
Crazy about Kacee!
Donating Member
 
yorkieusa's Avatar
 
Join Date: May 2005
Location: Kansas
Posts: 21,173
Default

Put baby gates at your doors until she is trained. Not many live long doing that... Also, you mention you live by the woods. We've had other yorkies on YT that were grabbed by coyotes just as they went out the front door. Just be careful.
__________________
Karen Kacee
Muffin 1991-2005 Rest in Peace My Little Angel

Last edited by yorkieusa; 02-16-2010 at 11:17 AM.
yorkieusa is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 02-16-2010, 11:20 AM   #6
Yorkie Talker
 
Join Date: Feb 2010
Location: Leroy, Al. USA
Posts: 10
Default

Quote:
Originally Posted by Britster View Post
My first suggestion -- NEVER let her off leash until she is more trustworthy. Also never let her off leash close to a road, it's asking for heartbreak.

My first suggestion would be to buy her a REALLY long leash. I practice with Jackson on a 50 foot training lead that I found on eBay. I let him go out all the 50 feet, explore, sniff, etc, and then say "Jackson, come!" and I always give him a treat when he comes to me. Never punish them when you get them, even if you're mad that they just ran away.

It would also be good to take her to a large field, not close to a road, that's fenced in (dog park, baseball field, etc) and practice in an area where she's safe. Also, chasing them usually makes them run more. Typically running the opposite direction makes them be like "huh? where is she going?" or doing something odd, like you sitting on the ground, it makes you more appealing to them because you're doing something different. When you're chasing them, they think it's a game.

Another good thing to teach is the "stay" command. Practice having her stay at the door so every time that door is open, she doesn't bolt. Start with staying for 2 seconds with the door open, then move to 5 seconds, etc.

I suggest watching It's Me or the Dog on Animal Planet or Dog Whisperer on National Geographic.

Good luck!
That's some great advise. I do practice the stay command. When we go out I tell her to stay and she does ok with it. Also I like the idea about the longer leash and going to a park. I'm gonna try that. I'll also try watching the shows you suggested. Thanks so much.
J3nnif3r is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 02-16-2010, 12:07 PM   #7
YorkieTalk Newbie!
 
Join Date: Feb 2010
Location: Phoenix AZ
Posts: 8
Default

I recommend a fence. You should never let your dog run lose unless you know for absolute certain that she will not run away when distracted.

It really isn't fare when an unleashed dog runs up on someone with a leashed dog aggressive dog. Not to mention a yorkie is a small dog and could be easily damaged.
Spike-a-roni is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 02-16-2010, 01:22 PM   #8
Action Jackson ♥
Donating Member
 
Britster's Avatar
 
Join Date: Dec 2008
Location: Maryland
Posts: 17,814
Default

Quote:
Originally Posted by J3nnif3r View Post
That's some great advise. I do practice the stay command. When we go out I tell her to stay and she does ok with it. Also I like the idea about the longer leash and going to a park. I'm gonna try that. I'll also try watching the shows you suggested. Thanks so much.
You're welcome! Good luck!

I learned a lot from those 2 shows. You can find some episodes on Hulu - Watch your favorites. Anytime. For free. and youtube as well.

Quote:
Originally Posted by Spike-a-roni View Post
I recommend a fence. You should never let your dog run lose unless you know for absolute certain that she will not run away when distracted.

It really isn't fare when an unleashed dog runs up on someone with a leashed dog aggressive dog. Not to mention a yorkie is a small dog and could be easily damaged.
I agree, a fence is GREAT... however, they are not cheap! My dad has a big fenced in yard and it's sooo nice being able to just let Jackson out, whereas I can't at our regular home. But like I said, I have a 50 foot leash that gives him a lot of room and I will allow him off leash at times if I'm watching 24/7. I can't afford a fence.
__________________
~ Brit & Lights! Camera! Jackson! CGC ETD TKP ~
Follow Jackson on Instagram: https://instagram.com/jacksontheterrier
Britster is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 02-16-2010, 01:31 PM   #9
Pixie and Daisy
Donating Member
 
spiritwings1202's Avatar
 
Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: CT USA
Posts: 2,680
Default

I do not let my dogs off a leash especially Daisy. She has been a runner since she was 12 weeks and still is at 6 years. Everytime I give her a chance to play ball without a leash she blows it by looking at me and bolting for the woods. She won't come when you call she just goes about her merry way. My husband let her out to greet me once with the leash attached to her, and she ran to me and made a mad dash for the woods. I called her about 15 times and nothing. So I was starting to panic bc she had a leash attached to her and I was afraid she was going to hang herself or something. I pushed the panic button on the car and she came running to me. lol I do not give her one inch of freedom unless she is fenced in. Give her an inch and she takes 20 miles. lol
__________________
Proud Mom of Daisy and Pixie
spiritwings1202 is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 02-16-2010, 01:40 PM   #10
Donating YT 500 Club Member
 
Cha Cha's Avatar
 
Join Date: Nov 2008
Location: Where the deer and the antelope play
Posts: 7,069
Default

Quote:
Originally Posted by Britster View Post
My first suggestion -- NEVER let her off leash until she is more trustworthy. Also never let her off leash close to a road, it's asking for heartbreak.

My first suggestion would be to buy her a REALLY long leash. I practice with Jackson on a 50 foot training lead that I found on eBay. I let him go out all the 50 feet, explore, sniff, etc, and then say "Jackson, come!" and I always give him a treat when he comes to me. Never punish them when you get them, even if you're mad that they just ran away.

It would also be good to take her to a large field, not close to a road, that's fenced in (dog park, baseball field, etc) and practice in an area where she's safe. Also, chasing them usually makes them run more. Typically running the opposite direction makes them be like "huh? where is she going?" or doing something odd, like you sitting on the ground, it makes you more appealing to them because you're doing something different. When you're chasing them, they think it's a game.

Another good thing to teach is the "stay" command. Practice having her stay at the door so every time that door is open, she doesn't bolt. Start with staying for 2 seconds with the door open, then move to 5 seconds, etc.

I suggest watching It's Me or the Dog on Animal Planet or Dog Whisperer on National Geographic.

Good luck!
I too am needing some help in this dept. This is great advice, and I am going to work on some of these exercises. Thank you! We do have a fenced in BACK yard, but I have one that is trying to bolt out our front door. We are working on the sit and stay and she is doing well, but I am afraid once she makes it out with a kid that is not paying attention she will be gone! I am going to work on her in our front yard with some of these exercises.
__________________
Shelly and the girls Moka Mylee
Cha Cha is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 02-16-2010, 01:41 PM   #11
Senior Yorkie Talker
 
Maddie23's Avatar
 
Join Date: Oct 2008
Location: Texas
Posts: 154
Default

Quote:
Originally Posted by spiritwings1202 View Post
I do not let my dogs off a leash especially Daisy. She has been a runner since she was 12 weeks and still is at 6 years. Everytime I give her a chance to play ball without a leash she blows it by looking at me and bolting for the woods. She won't come when you call she just goes about her merry way. My husband let her out to greet me once with the leash attached to her, and she ran to me and made a mad dash for the woods. I called her about 15 times and nothing. So I was starting to panic bc she had a leash attached to her and I was afraid she was going to hang herself or something. I pushed the panic button on the car and she came running to me. lol I do not give her one inch of freedom unless she is fenced in. Give her an inch and she takes 20 miles. lol
My Maddie is the same way. I can have her sit and wait at an open door for as long as I want to. She will NOT go through the door to the outside until I release her... BUT.... let a door open to the outside with no one there to tell her to sit and wait and ALL bets are off. Out so goes and off she goes. Found out the hard way when I had workers at my house and she climbed, yes climbed, over the baby gate in the hallway to see what was going on! And talk about FAST. She is down the street before I can even get outside. Oh, and the call and her name and run the other way. HA. Good luck if she will even pause to look back!!! The only way to get her back is to yell down the street "RIDE!!!! MADDIE WANT TO GO FOR A RIDE????!!!!!". That furbutt will do anything to go for a ride!
Maddie23 is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 02-16-2010, 02:35 PM   #12
YT Addict
 
JenniferLeigh's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: Calgary
Posts: 357
Blog Entries: 1
Default

The long leash is a great idea.

Lexi used to try to get out into the front yard, it's like she knew it was out of bounds so when she did get lose - she'd run around like crazy. Impossible to catch.

The problem was, that she wouldn't listen to me. I started taking her to the offleash dog park. I liked this because it allowed me to have her offleash in an open fenced area - with lots of distractions. It took awhile but now she comes when called.

I would arm myself with treats, when she got too far away - I'd call her back. If she came she got a treat and lots of encouragement. Even if she came back without me calling her, she would get a treat/praise.

For your situation, I would try putting on a long leash as Britster suggested and train with her in your yard. Everytime she gets to the edge, call her back. If she doesn't come, use the leash. Remember treats and praise! I would also train her to wait at the door until you give her the command. My dogs are all trained to do so.
__________________
Jennifer Leigh
JenniferLeigh is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 02-16-2010, 02:39 PM   #13
YT 500 Club Member
 
Nico29's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jan 2009
Location: USA
Posts: 734
Default

Quote:
Originally Posted by ARCHIE View Post
I wouldn't leave her in the yard by herself tied to a stake without someone
being there with her. Too many things can happen to her. A strange dog
can attack her, a bird of prey can get her, she would be defenceless because
she couldn't get away. What's wrong with walking her on a leash until
she potties and take her back inside? Teach her to come to you indoors
and eventually take it outdoors but I would never leave her in the yard
by herself.

Very true. All it takes is one second for a tragedy to occur. Also, there are so many yorkies being stolen from people's yard. She wouldn't even have a chance to get away from whoever was trying to get her. Finally, maybe you can set up a baby gate in front of your door. Maybe you could either get a trainer to help you or spend A LOT of time training her not to go past a line you designate.
__________________
[CENTER][FONT=Century Gothic][SIZE=3][COLOR=darkorchid][B]
Nico29 is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 02-16-2010, 05:00 PM   #14
YorkieTalk Newbie!
 
Join Date: Feb 2010
Location: Phoenix AZ
Posts: 8
Default

if you have a large yard and need to tie the dog out what you can do is run a rope in the air from point to point, for example your house to a tree in the yard. Put a pulley on a lead and let the pulley run the length of the rope giving the dog a nice long run.
Spike-a-roni is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 02-23-2010, 03:49 PM   #15
Yorkie Talker
 
Join Date: Feb 2010
Location: Leroy, Al. USA
Posts: 10
Thumbs up Update on Bella

Ok I have an update on Bella. You guys have all given me great ideas. She is getting good at sitting at the door and not going out unless she is on her leash. I also have a small weight attached to her leash so she can't run too fast. This way I can catch her if I need to. But she is doing much better. She doesn't run to the road and she comes back to me when I squeeze her toy. She doesn't eat treats (don't know why, but she won't eat them) but I do praise her and she is getting better.
J3nnif3r is offline   Reply With Quote
Reply

Bookmarks



Thread Tools

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is Off
HTML code is Off
Trackbacks are On
Pingbacks are On
Refbacks are Off




Google
 

SHOP NOW: Amazon :: eBay :: Buy.com :: Newegg :: PetStore :: Petco :: PetSmart


All times are GMT -8. The time now is 12:41 PM.


Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.8.9
Copyright ©2000 - 2024, vBulletin Solutions, Inc.
Copyright ©2003 - 2018 YorkieTalk.com
Privacy Policy - Terms of Use

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100 101 102 103 104 105 106 107 108 109 110 111 112 113 114 115 116 117 118 119 120 121 122 123 124 125 126 127 128 129 130 131 132 133 134 135 136 137 138 139 140 141 142 143 144 145 146 147 148 149 150 151 152 153 154 155 156 157 158 159 160 161 162 163 164 165 166 167 168 169 170 171 172 173 174 175 176 177 178 179 180 181 182 183 184 185 186 187 188 189 190 191 192 193 194 195 196 197 198 199 200 201 202 203 204 205 206 207 208 209 210 211 212 213 214 215 216 217 218 219 220 221 222 223 224 225 226 227 228 229 230 231 232 233 234 235 236 237 238 239 240 241 242 243 244 245 246 247 248 249 250 251 252 253 254 255 256 257 258 259 260 261 262 263 264 265 266 267 268 269 270 271 272 273 274 275 276 277 278 279 280 281 282 283 284 285 286 287 288 289 290 291 292 293 294 295 296 297 298 299 300 301 302 303 304 305 306 307 308 309 310 311 312 313 314 315 316 317 318 319 320 321 322 323 324 325 326 327 328 329 330 331 332 333 334 335 336 337 338 339 340 341 342 343 344 345 346 347 348 349 350 351 352 353 354 355 356 357 358 359 360 361 362 363 364 365 366 367 368 369 370 371 372 373 374 375 376 377 378 379 380 381 382 383 384 385 386 387 388 389 390 391 392 393 394 395 396 397 398 399 400 401 402 403 404 405 406 407 408 409 410 411 412 413 414 415 416 417 418 419 420 421 422 423 424 425 426 427 428 429 430 431 432 433 434 435 436 437 438 439 440 441 442 443 444 445 446 447 448 449 450 451 452 453 454 455 456 457 458 459 460 461 462 463 464 465 466 467 468 469 470 471 472 473 474 475 476 477 478 479 480 481 482 483 484 485 486 487 488 489 490 491 492 493 494 495 496 497 498 499 500 501 502 503 504 505 506 507 508 509 510 511 512 513 514 515 516 517 518 519 520 521 522 523 524 525 526 527 528 529 530 531 532 533 534 535 536 537 538 539 540 541 542 543 544 545 546 547 548 549 550 551 552 553 554 555 556 557 558 559 560 561 562 563 564 565 566 567 568 569 570 571 572 573 574 575 576 577 578 579 580 581 582 583 584 585 586 587 588 589 590 591 592 593 594 595 596 597 598 599 600 601 602 603 604 605 606 607 608 609 610 611 612 613 614 615 616 617 618 619 620 621 622 623 624 625 626 627 628 629 630 631 632 633 634 635 636 637 638 639 640 641 642 643 644 645 646 647 648 649 650 651 652 653 654 655 656 657 658 659 660 661 662 663 664 665 666 667 668 669 670 671 672 673 674 675 676 677 678 679 680 681 682 683 684 685 686 687 688 689 690 691 692 693 694 695 696 697 698 699 700 701 702 703 704 705 706 707 708 709 710 711 712 713 714 715 716 717 718 719 720 721 722 723 724 725 726 727 728 729 730 731 732 733 734 735 736 737 738 739 740 741 742 743 744 745 746 747 748 749 750 751 752 753 754 755 756 757 758 759 760 761 762 763 764 765 766 767 768 769 770 771 772 773 774 775 776 777 778 779 780 781 782 783 784 785 786 787 788 789 790 791 792 793 794 795 796 797 798 799 800 801 802 803 804 805 806 807 808 809 810 811 812 813 814 815 816 817 818 819 820 821 822 823 824 825 826 827 828 829 830 831 832 833 834 835 836 837 838 839 840 841 842 843 844 845 846 847 848 849 850 851 852 853 854 855 856 857 858 859 860 861 862 863 864 865 866 867 868 869 870 871 872 873 874 875 876 877 878 879 880 881 882 883 884 885 886 887 888 889 890 891 892 893 894 895 896 897 898 899 900 901 902 903 904 905 906 907 908 909 910 911 912 913 914 915 916 917 918 919 920 921 922 923 924 925 926 927 928 929 930 931 932 933 934 935 936 937 938 939 940 941 942 943 944 945 946 947 948 949 950 951 952 953 954 955 956 957 958 959 960 961 962 963 964 965 966 967 968 969 970 971 972 973 974 975 976 977 978 979 980 981 982 983 984 985 986 987 988 989 990 991 992 993 994 995 996 997 998 999 1000 1001 1002 1003 1004 1005 1006 1007 1008 1009 1010 1011 1012 1013 1014 1015 1016 1017 1018 1019 1020 1021 1022 1023 1024 1025 1026 1027 1028 1029 1030 1031 1032 1033 1034 1035 1036 1037 1038 1039 1040 1041 1042 1043 1044 1045 1046 1047 1048 1049 1050 1051 1052 1053 1054 1055 1056 1057 1058 1059 1060 1061 1062 1063 1064 1065 1066 1067 1068 1069 1070 1071 1072 1073 1074 1075 1076 1077 1078 1079 1080 1081 1082 1083 1084 1085 1086 1087 1088 1089 1090 1091 1092 1093 1094 1095 1096 1097 1098 1099 1100 1101 1102 1103 1104 1105 1106 1107 1108 1109 1110 1111 1112 1113 1114 1115 1116 1117 1118 1119 1120 1121 1122 1123 1124 1125 1126 1127 1128 1129 1130 1131 1132 1133 1134 1135 1136 1137 1138 1139 1140 1141 1142 1143 1144 1145 1146 1147 1148 1149 1150 1151 1152 1153 1154 1155 1156 1157 1158 1159 1160 1161 1162 1163 1164 1165 1166 1167