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04-26-2008, 03:53 PM | #1 |
Yorkie Yakker Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Bel Air
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| He keeps darting out I have a problem with my baby. He has a fenced yard he plays in but it's like as soon as you open the door, he darts out as if he's being freed or something. He did the same thing when he was visiting my friend. She also has a fenced yard as well as two other dogs but as soon as the front door opened, he ran out and down the street. I'm not sure why he does that? Any ideas you can give me to train him from from running loose? Currently Cesar is only taking applications in Los Angeles and some other place, not MD so that's not an option. lol Please help. |
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04-26-2008, 04:02 PM | #2 |
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| ok before anyone rams down my throat I know I shouldnt have but after the last incident I couldnt have helped it and I iwsh I had done it the first time. I live on the second floor of an apartment building and there a lot of people who live in this area. Andy had this bad habit of running out the door I had so many fears of him accidently running off the edge or getting by me and I didnt even see him and he would get lost. The last time that is what happened. He got all the way down stairs and a good bit from the apartments. I called his name and told him to stay. walked out there picked him up and started shouting at him. Telling him he was bad bad bad and that he could get ran over or picked up by some crazy person (i know I looked like a crazy person shouting all the way to my apartment. He never ran out the door again. |
04-26-2008, 04:07 PM | #3 |
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| I've read on YT that some have put a fence with a gate in front of the door. I've seen them on different sites. They are U shaped with square corners. Good luck. I can imagine how scary that must be. I have a "bolter" that has nearly given me a heart attack!
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04-27-2008, 01:06 PM | #4 |
Yorkie Yakker Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Bel Air
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| I just don't get it. He has a huge backyard that he can run freely around in yet as soon as the front door or garage door opens, out he goes. He doesn't understand "stay" so he'll just run and run and run. I don't know what to do anymore. |
04-27-2008, 01:35 PM | #5 |
Currently Suspended! Join Date: May 2007 Location: Ohio
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| No advice hear, but I will watch this thread for some good input. As Koda and Kammie are the same way. Koda was not like that until the day after we lost Allie. Ever since the second the door cracks he is out in a flash if he gets the chance. Kammie does too but she will run out and turn around and run right back to us. Koda on the other hand will run straight up throught he woods to the people's house back in behind us right up to their front door. Weird huh?!!? Makes ya wonder about our sweet Allie and our wierd neighbors Last edited by erino77; 04-27-2008 at 01:36 PM. Reason: sp |
04-27-2008, 02:29 PM | #6 |
Blessed by Otis & Ollie Donating Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Plainfield, Indiana
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| My Otis is a "runner". I think that is what they call little doggies like ours. He has this great need to roam, hunt, and explore if given the opportunity. He's gotten away from me about 4 or 5 times. He takes off and doesn't look back. He doesn't acknowledge my calls or commands. In my opinion, he's got the terrier nature to hunt. I wondered if maybe it would get better as he got older. He just turned 4. He hasn't gotten out in a long time, but thats only because I take every precaution to make sure it doesn't happen. In the mean time, I chicken wired every opening in the fence and I keep 2 sections of an ex-pen in front of the front door. He doesn't go to anyones house without me first checking out all the fence and gates. People say he could be trained out of it, well, i've tried and failed. Good Luck, keep a close eye on him.
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04-27-2008, 02:54 PM | #7 |
YT Addict Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Canada
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| Hi Tootsie did the very same thing. The minute the door was opened she would sneak out and run up the street. I learned not to chase her, as they think it is a game, and will just keep on running. I now just say treat, (she knows what treats are) and she will turn around and come to me. Boy, I know how scary this can be, and it is really hard to figure out what to do. Good luck Janice |
04-27-2008, 03:01 PM | #8 |
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| My baby loved to run out the door. The main trick is to not run after them because they just keep running, grab a treat and they will come Another thing that I have done with my boy is that I put on his leash and opened the door and every time he tried to run out I would pull him back on the leash and say "no out" I did this everyday for about 3 days and he eventually caught on. Now when I open the door I just say "no out" and stays there. But occasionally he runs out. Also is your dog neutered? because sometimes they dash out because there could be a female nearby and he smells her.
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04-27-2008, 03:01 PM | #9 |
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| Fergie does the same thing. we have a very busy road in front of our house and woods behind our house. She has taken off into the woods a few times. One time she went near the road and I almost had a heart attack. |
04-27-2008, 03:41 PM | #10 |
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| Well with Jax and Jolie it is nice that I can open the front door and have them wait ... the door can be left open and they will not venture out... i knew with them they could not do this since I had a yorkie before who would run the second the door opened... so Jolie had obedience class and Jax has learned everything from her. But a treat and the word wait when the door is open is how mine learned . Consistency . Here is a pic just to show how they are ...
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04-27-2008, 04:00 PM | #11 |
YT 500 Club Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Ontario,Canada
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| Bear and Mindy do the same thing, especially Bear. He has radar for the front door opening. We hardly have the door open and he's gone. Freaks me out. It's happened twice, so now I make sure they are in their x-pen when we answer the door.
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04-27-2008, 04:02 PM | #12 | |
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04-27-2008, 04:06 PM | #13 |
Donating YT 500 Club Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Cold Lake, Alberta Canada
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| Tessa does the same thing! I bought a knee high fence at Wal Mart and put it in my front door way. It is too high for her to jump over but still short enough that no one has a problem stepping over it to get into the house. We are currently working on the "sit" and "stay" commands before I open the door.
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04-27-2008, 04:35 PM | #14 |
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| I would put a baby gate at the door until he learns the "stay" command. Just keep trying to teach him everyday, he will get it.
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04-27-2008, 08:04 PM | #15 |
Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Cisco, TX
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| Gate and door rushing is a serious problem-life threatening. I used the leash training mentioned above. I'll bet the treat idea would work too. Also, we never let ours go out the door or gate in front of us. They must "wait" until invited. This takes lots of practice - |
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