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03-02-2015, 01:20 PM | #1 |
YT 1000 Club Member | What tricks have you taught your Yorkie? I am just curious about what tricks your Yorkie knows? I got my dog 6 weeks ago and as soon as I had a treat out for him he would sit, so he obviously knew sit. Whenever I would come home he would stand on his front legs and paw at me with both feet and it was so adorable. I am trying to teach him that trick on command. I did get him to stand up on command and sometimes he does what I would call beg, to be sitting but then put his paws up, but he does both/either of these with the UP command and I am trying to separate them into up and beg so that they are different. I am getting a Yorkie Mix puppy in a few months (due to be born in about a week) and I am wondering what kind of tricks I can teach her/him as they are growing? I had a Fox Terrier mix growing up that lived to be 19 years old and he was amazing! He knew: Sit, down, crawl, roll over, play dead, beg, stand, stay, dance. Probably more, but I can't think of them right now. He was super easy to teach tricks to and loved to learn. You could take a banana and point it at him and say "Bang" and he would fall over and roll onto his back and put his feet in the air and play dead. He was so cool. I also had a corgi/border collie mix as a young adult and she knew a bunch of tricks. She was the kind of dog that I could put in a sit, tell her to stay, turn my back to her and walk 60 feet away. Turn to face her and then put my fingers down at my side which was my "come" command and she would put it into high gear to get to me. She was fun. Maybe it is silly but I think teaching a dog more than just basic sit, down stay is a great bonding experience.
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03-02-2015, 01:25 PM | #2 |
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| Max does all the basics (sit, stay etc)....I can point my finger like a gun at him and say BANG and he will fall on his side and stay motionless...he loves to close the kitchen cabinets for me (15 minutes and a little peanut butter was all that trick took)...I put him on my chest and say "where's daddy's nose?" and he puts his paw on my nose |
03-03-2015, 07:29 AM | #4 |
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| I'm trying to teach Louie all the important stuff, and so far it's been going pretty well. He's five months old, and he knows sit, down, stay, and come. Whether that's good or bad for his age, I don't know, haha. We're working on perfecting those before working on too much more. Next will be drop it and leave it. I'd like to teach him to back up, retrieve specific objects, and to go to his crate on command as well. I also want to try heel/better leash walking ... He doesn't pull when on a walk, always walking beside me or behind me. However, he often swaps from my left side to my right side, and he gets distracted too easily. I know he's a pup, but it's important for his safety that he learns not to do that. I'm not really going to bother with the cute stuff like dance and shake until much later, if at all. As adorable as it is, I want to focus on obedience training. With your new pup, I'd definitely get the basics down and make sure s/he's attentive to you during training sessions before teaching him/her all the cute stuff. This is my first dog, though, so I could be wrong. Iunno'. XD |
03-03-2015, 07:39 AM | #5 |
YT 1000 Club Member | I will teach all the basics first as that is the first step to trick training. I am hoping the new puppy will have the aptitude to learn lots of tricks. My 9 year old Yorkie has the aptitude and the brains, but it is slow. He is an older dog and they are harder to teach new tricks to. He knew sit when I got him. He knows beg and stand, but he uses them interchangeably when I say UP. I am trying to teach UP and BEG as separate things. He has almost learned HIGH 5 as well, but that is kind of hit or miss at this point. He will do it great one time and then not do it at all the next. Trying to teach him to be a BEAR is also within his talents as he does this on his own, but so far won't do it on command. I am working with him though. He is so sweet and so special. I do hope the puppy has the aptitude for tricks though as I haven't had a good trick dog in years! Teaching tricks after basic obedience is one of the best bonding experiences I have had with some of my dogs. My English Setter knows sit, stay and down and also TOUCH (come). He just has no desire to learn anything else. Oh, he also knows Leave it, one of the best commands to teach a dog. I taught it by putting a treat on the floor and telling him to take it. Then put another treat on the floor and fairly forcefully say Leave IT. If he tries to take it cup your hand over it and do not let him get it, all the while saying Leave it. After he gives up trying, most will sit or lay down then remove your hand and say Take it. Let him eat it and then do it again. Now, when I walk him I can tell him Leave it to any object and he will leave it. It is a great command to teach them at a young age. Also, give is a good thing. He does know give as well. He is one that likes to play fetch but if you try to take the toy from him he will bite your hand on accident while he tries to get a better grip on it. I will say give or drop and he will let me have the toy to throw again. Unfortunately he is a big slobbery dog and so after about 3 throws the toy is so nasty! I can't wait to work with the smaller dogs and maybe a little less slobber.
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03-03-2015, 07:56 AM | #6 |
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| Oh yea, I've dealt with slobber. Ick! The little ones will have A LOT less slobber, trust me, haha! I just now decided to start working on "drop it" with him. He doesn't have it down, but he seems to get the gist. We're also working on "bed time". He picked that up really quick! I'll probably focus on those two tricks (plus sit, stay, come, and down which he already knows) for the next week before moving on. I'll definitely teach him "leave it"/"take it" after that, using your method! It sounds pretty easy, hopefully he'll pick up on it. I think I started training when Louie was 15 weeks old or so. Even the pups can be very smart and willing to do tricks! It's adorable! |
03-03-2015, 08:14 AM | #7 |
YT 1000 Club Member | My little Yorkie I just got had to learn "my language" which meant a whole lot of his turning his head to make sure he heard me. I repeat what I said and he turns his head again. He has been with me 6 weeks and he has learned my language. He knows "go to grandma's house" and is ready to go and visit with her dogs. He picked up go to bed and goes to the baby gate and waits for me to open it so that he can go downstairs and get into bed for the night. That took about 2 nights and after that I would ask my husband "are you about ready for bed?" Teek would look at me and run to the baby gate. I kind of miss those head turns though as they are so cute! He already knew what go outside was and would quickly trot to the door and sit down. He is exceptionally smart. I hope the new puppy is as well. My friend owns the parents and so I know that they are both smart. The dad (Yorkie) is a huge snuggler. When I go see my friend her dog just melts against me and snuggles with me. He is really quiet but friendly. He will just sit there and snuggle with you for an hour if you let him. I think we will get a very trainable puppy and it will be half Yorkie!
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03-03-2015, 02:13 PM | #8 |
Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: Panama City Beach
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| Geez, I'm a terrible dog trainer....Tyson knows sit and leave it. I can't for the life of me teach him to stay! We are working on quiet right now. I use the "shove a treat in his mouth and say quiet the second he stops barking" method. I think it may be making him bark more..... There was a member here that taught her Yorkie to growl on command...I thought that was super cute
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03-03-2015, 02:23 PM | #9 | |
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03-03-2015, 03:17 PM | #10 |
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| I've recently got my Yorkie at 6 months had him for 4 days and he doesn't listen when I tell him come he doesn't answer to clapping snapping or whistling.. He looks at me like I'm crazy and lay back down |
03-03-2015, 03:41 PM | #11 |
YT 1000 Club Member | I am teaching Teek Leave it, he is doing pretty good. Teaching your dog is come is something that took me a few dogs and a training class to get down. You have to get a treat and then call the dog and I use the word Touch as my Come command. You have to praise them like crazy when they do come to you. I learned also to grab the dog when they do come as you are giving them the treat. That way if the dog gets loose and you need it come to you then they are used to you grabbing them. The biggest mistake people make with Come, is when the dog gets outside and they call the dog back and the dog comes and then they yell at the dog for getting outside in the first place. I had my big dog get out and I got down on a knee and pretended I had a treat and told him to TOUCH and he saw me like that and he came running back to me. I was able to grab his collar and took him inside all the while telling him what a good boy he was and that he needed a treat (my dogs know that word!) and I gave him a treat for coming back and never said a word to him for slipping out the door in the first place. Use treats and when they will do that take turns calling him from across a room with another person and give him a treat when he comes to you. Training classes are an awesome experience for you and for the dog. I highly recommend enrolling the dog in a training course at a local pet center. I have done PetSmart and a local trainer and the Pet Sense classes were just as good if not better than the local trainer was. It is a great bonding experience for you and your pup too. Because is so much older I will just continue to train him as I have been to several training courses with different dogs over the years and I even started online classes to be a trainer, but then I lost my job at a petstore and they closed down so I didn't get very far into it. I would take a new puppy to training courses because it is more for the good experience and bonding with me and the puppy. Look into courses for the dog it is well worth the money and you will have a better dog at the end of each course you take.
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03-03-2015, 07:38 PM | #12 |
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| Moki is 2 yrs 8 months. He will sit, sit up, shake both paws, hi five both paws. He knows left from right. Dance, touch down dance, roll over, Play dead roll over. Up, down, Stay, come, leave it. Doesn't walk ahead of me when I say heel. Never darts out the door with out permission. Rings the bell to go potty outside. Fetch all his toys by name. Quite bark. Bark quit when asked please.ect ect.. Stay and come are the most important. Winnie is 16 weeks. She is potty pad trained. Stated to ring the bell to go outside and potty. Shake one paw, sit , sit up and come. Moki is solid on work command. Winnie is still gettting may take 2-3 tries still. training is fun for us. |
03-04-2015, 06:04 AM | #13 | |
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I think Teek will learn a few more things, he is very smart. I am looking for ideas for my daughter's Yorkie Mix puppy (it should be born about any day!) so I can teach it at a young age. Thanks for all the shares on what your Yorkie can do and suggestions, keep them coming.
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03-04-2015, 04:47 PM | #14 |
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| Short trainings 3x aday and it can take awhile. Some are easy some take months. But seems the more they know the faster they get. patience is the key they get tired/fristrated and so do we. then its time to quit. |
03-05-2015, 11:31 AM | #15 | |
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We started with obedience training before we moved onto tricks. Penny, our 2 1/2 year old is working on improving on all her basics with attention to focus, duration and distance. Our almost 9 y/o Guinness is solid with obedience, has gone on to learned quite a few tricks- say your prayers, sneeze on command, get me a tissue, moonwalk (Micheal Jackson), shut the door and push the button etc..
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