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01-12-2015, 05:01 AM | #1 |
Yorkie Yakker Join Date: Jan 2015 Location: Middlesbrough, UK
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| Please help!! :( Advice needed I'm new to this but I am needing some advice regarding my boyfriends yorkie. I just want to know if this behaviour is normal for a Yorkshire terrier or if the dog is in fact just a little s**t! The dog is 2 and has lived with my boyfriend and his family since he was 6 months old and has had normal training done with him just nothing seems to work. Is it normal for him not to come to call, even in the house? it seems as though it will only do something when it wants to do and even the simplest of things like wanting to shut the door to a room and it's sat in the way it will not move if you ask it to and growls at you if you try to move it, so you have to wait until its ready to move?! I have never seen anything like it in my life! It also climbs up on the kitchen work top to eat food (we are not sure how it gets up there is nothing for it to climb up!!) this happens literally in the space of two minutes when someone pops upstairs or goes to the toilet, its ridiculous! Also I have known yorkies to be friendly and happy dogs but this dog when me and my boyfriend even touch start whimpering and barking at us even though I have been there since they got the dog and am not new to its life. It cowers when I walk in the room even though I have never shouted at it or hit it in my life and when I pick it up to move it when people are in the room it yelps like I'm hurting it but it doesn't do it when anyone else picks it up and doesn't do it when I'm in the room on my own with it. It has just started to not go to the toilet outside really.. maybe a wee here and there but its walked 3 times a day and goes out in the garden and will not go for a poo and then comes inside (after they have to leave the door open for half an hour and it wont come inside when asked) and will go for one on places like the sofa and beds?!(this is a constant behaviour when I am not there as well) We really don't know what to do anymore. It has also bit me 3 times.. not broke the skin but hard enough to leave a bruise and scratches and they happened when I was sat on the sofa by myself but has never even gone to do it when people are in the room. It has different people in the house all the time and its behaviour with them is strange and unpredictable and it barks constantly.. pretty much all day even if there is someone in the house it chooses to sit and bark alllll day. We are really stuck on what to do! help |
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01-12-2015, 11:43 AM | #2 |
Donating Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Bay Area, California
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| Wow, there so much going on here! My advice is to hire a private professional trainer/behaviorist and get the whole household involved, but the person that this dog is closest to/bonded with will have to step up and take the lead. This person will have to be this dog's everything and the rest of the household can help and support by being on the same page. Larry92, does it/the dog have a name? I'm sensing that there is not only frustration, but do you even like the dog?... Him or her?
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01-12-2015, 07:46 PM | #3 | |
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01-13-2015, 09:11 AM | #4 | |
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Larry92, I want to apologize for offending you in any way. I don’t usually post… I’m much more effective one-on-one showing people the training techniques I've learned than articulating/ explaining in writing but I felt compelled to respond to you and help the best I can because it's clear you care deeply for Jake.
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01-13-2015, 09:35 AM | #5 |
2+2=4 X the Love ♥ Donating Member | No dog is ever to old to learn . . like the saying you cant teach and old dog new tricks. Not So ! This pup just needs someone or anyone to invest in this dog in order to get them trained properly. I really think that the dog could benefit from "Umbilical Cord Training" otherwise known as "Leash Training" or Tethering. Its where you keep the dog on a leash and harness (frontal hook for leash is best) and use lots and lots of praise and the occasional small treats to teach the dog the basic commands and to teach them their boundaries with in the home. Believe me it works, I used this same method to train all 4 of my pups and I swear by it. I would suggest that if you use this method of training that with your fb's dog you be very patient and start off slow do to what I would consider fear by the behavior you have described. Just use a nice stern voice but not too harsh just enough so that he gets that you are asking him to do something/command.
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