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01-22-2006, 03:54 AM | #1 |
Yorkie Yakker Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Australia
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| How Do I Stop Her Running Away? Leah runs straight out the front door anytime it's open and on to the road and doesn't come when she is called which leaves me chasing her. But when she is inside she comes when she's called. So any help would be great!
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01-22-2006, 04:14 AM | #2 |
Yorkies Rock My World! Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: North Carolina
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| Teach her to sit at the door. Oh man, this is scary for you, isn't it? When you or anyone else opens the door, make sure before you do you locate your pup, and have her sit/stay as you go out the door. Praise and reward. Never let your pup go out the door first. Also, I keep a leash on Wosie at all times (except when she is crated) and that makes her a bit easier to control in these kind of situations, and easier to catch if she's running. Good luck!
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01-22-2006, 06:12 AM | #3 |
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| We are in the process of training Missy and Muffie to sit and stay going in AND out any door (front door, back door, patio door, CAR door) - we teach them to stay until we get in/out the door and turn to face them. We then tell them "Let's go" - naturally they're on the leash all the time during this training. Missy is still on the leash tethered to me in the house and will be for a few months to come.
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01-22-2006, 10:50 AM | #4 |
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| You've already received some VERY good advice! I'd like to add a couple things... First, is there a way you can put a babygate across your door? Either inside or outside the door? I realize it will look funny outside the door, but keeping your baby safe is important. I like the idea of teaching her to "sit and wait" at the door and I also like the idea of keeping a leash on her in the meantime if you can't do the babygate. I *do* understand about sometimes having a great recall and not at other times. We have that problem at times, too. What we are supposed to do is very gradually increase the level of distraction working up to the hard ones. So if Leah has a great recall inside, you might try practicing it repeatedly in the backyard (if it's fenced). When she's great at that, then you might move to the front yard at a time when there aren't likely to be alot of distractions. You might want to start the exercise with a long leash or rope attached just in case. What trainers have told me is that you don't want to give them a chance to practice refusing you. So, until we are sure that they'll respond appropriately (or unless we have them tethered so that we can make them comply), we shouldn't give the command. Could you ask for a "sit" or something and then go get her?
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01-23-2006, 07:07 AM | #5 |
YorkieTalk Newbie! Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Pennsylvania
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| Thanks for the advise! I have the same problem with my yorkie. She only darts away in the front yard. The back yard she goes slow and sniffs around a bit. She is more used to the back yard though. |
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