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02-20-2012, 06:12 AM | #1 |
Yorkie Talker Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: Williamston, SC
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| How to discipline your Yorkie pup... Hi, I've got a 13.5 week old pup who is doing really well for the most part. As will all pups, they need correction at times. What are some of the best methods? I've heard some talk about using a water/squirt bottle, etc. Is this effective? I'm just trying to look for another alternative to the stern "No!" that I've been trying to use. She's gotten into the habit of pulling her potty pads around her "room" and chewing on them. I've caught her in the act a few times and tried to scold her, but she continues to do it. She has tons of toys in her room, but for some reason is attracted to playing with those pads, which is really gross, especially when they are dirty! I want to make sure she knows that I'm the boss, but I don't want her to ever be scared of me either. |
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02-20-2012, 10:09 AM | #2 |
Katie Scarlett's Mommy Donating Member | I am no help here! My first thought was 'good luck with that.' Tee hee! I do not mean that ugly in any way, but in a humorous way. We have the HARDEST time getting onto Katie Scarlett! She is just so dang cute, it is all we can do not to smile or giggle at her wacky antics. But I do know that some of their antics (such as the potty pad chewing) can be very frustrating. We tried the squirt bottle, she thought I was playing. I tried shaking the can of coins...worked for about a week. I tried shaking a jar of marbles...worked a few times. I try stern 'no' or 'eh eh' and sometimes it will work. We are working on 'leave it' command now. It's a work in progress. Our trainer at class taught us this. Also when I tell her to leave it or get onto her, I (try) to make stern contact with her with my eyes. I stare at her and she stares right back. I do not look away until she does. I read somewhere that when they look away, in doggy speak, they are submitting to you. So that seems to help a little with us. But for us, I guess I am a softie and I overlook a lot of Katie Scarlett's uh-oh's. We are not strict disciplinarians with her. She pretty much does her own thing most of the time, but she knows what she can and can't do. She will test you, but again, I do the eye thing or 'time out' and she immediately quietens down. Being just me and my hubby, no skin kids, this works for us. And I know many do not agree with time out, but it works for us. Katie Scarlett knows exactly what the words 'time out' mean. I can ask her, do you want time out, when she is doing something she shouldn't, and she immediately quietens down and is good. For us, time out is where I place her in her crate for a minute or two, no longer than 3 minutes. I don't put any toys or anything in there with her. And she figured out quick what time out was. Now I rarely have to put her in time out. She knows when Mommy means business. Good luck!
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02-20-2012, 10:23 AM | #3 |
Crazy about Kacee! Donating Member Join Date: May 2005 Location: Kansas
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| I would suggest a pad holder.
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02-20-2012, 10:42 AM | #4 |
♥ Love My Tibbe! ♥ Donating Member Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: D/FW, Texas
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| Play the game of "leave it" with her. Whenever she has the pad in her mouth, tell her to "leave it" and offer her a high-value treat or squeaky toy(whichever is her passion - food or toys). When she does drop the pad to take the better deal, praise her and instantly replace with pad she had in her mouth with the treat or the toy and quietly remove the pad as you repeat "Good girl leave it!" over and over and praise her with physical rubbing/patting. It will require a container of treats or pile of squeaky toys on the table, ready for the "game" so keep your table stocked with whichever she prefers to trade her pad for - the food or the toys. So every time you see her with the pad, tell her to "Leave it" in a VERY upbeat and lilting tone of voice, grab your item of "trade" - food or toy - and go toward her smiling and laughing a little. Let her see the "trade" and when she drops the pad for the other, praise and offer the treat/toy instantly, removing the just-dropped pad and praising vocally as you do. Eventually, she will learn that she had rather have the trade, will readily drop the pad and take her choice eagerly. After a time, you can just say "leave it", as she approaches the pad and she will run to you instead for her treat/toy. Finally, as she approaches the pad, say "leave it", and just praise her w/out the trade item - lots and lots of praise. Eventually, she will learn that "leave it" means don't approach the pad or whatever the item is that you don't want her to take in her mouth. The trade items and all of the praising are just tools to get her to look at this training as a fun game alone the way but this game is also teaching her to listen to you as it has great rewards. Eventually, she will learn to listen to and respond favorably to commands that you give her because is has become a habit - it will be what she does. But make a fun game out of any form of training with a young dog or dog you are just training so they will engage more readily but all the while you are training them to learn to do what you say as a matter of course without thought on their part. Have fun and watch her respond!
__________________ Jeanie and Tibbe One must do the best one can. You may get some marks for a very imperfect answer: you will certainly get none for leaving the question alone. C. S. Lewis |
02-20-2012, 12:29 PM | #5 |
♥ Maximo and Teddy Donating Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Northern Virginia
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| ^^I agree with positive reinforcement and redirection methods. With Max, this proved to yield much better results much faster. Scolding or being tough only brought out the wild side and caused him to completely lose focus on me and what I was trying to communicate to him. An "uh uh uh" or "that's not good for you" and then redirecting the pup can be more effective than a stern "no." Often ignoring the pup and walking away is a good way to get the pup's attention. Yorkies like to follow their humans and find out what they are doing. Be sure to have a daily routine of basic activities that you do at about the same time. Work on basic obedience and trick training: sit, stay, down, and so on. This kind of work helps with overall behavior modification.
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02-20-2012, 12:30 PM | #6 |
Hook Em! Bevo & Mack Donating Member Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Texas
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| Shes just a baby!! Im dealing with a new one at the moment too!! He cant seem to ever find the potty pad!! lol.... I too, would suggest a potty pad holder (available at petsmart, petco, etc)..or washable potty pads (what we use now)...there are members here that sell them...one is 107barney.... You might check into that!!!
__________________ Kendra Bevo and Mack & grandpups Bryleigh and Jaxon |
02-20-2012, 12:32 PM | #7 |
♥ Maximo and Teddy Donating Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Northern Virginia
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| Want to add that I believe spray bottles have their uses, but not for general behavior molding. Your pup will probably not know why she is being sprayed.
__________________ Kristin, Max and Teddy |
02-20-2012, 12:39 PM | #8 |
Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Tennessee
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| The potty pad holders can create a new challenge. They can shred the center and have puppy pad snow everywhere so that isn't always a solution. |
02-20-2012, 12:47 PM | #9 | |
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This is what has worked best for me. A firm NO followed by turning away and ignoring for a minute. Yorkies want to please so badly and seem to know when they've disappointed you, so use it to your advantage in training. And then praise, praise, praise the positive!
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02-20-2012, 07:30 PM | #10 |
♥ Love My Tibbe! ♥ Donating Member Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: D/FW, Texas
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| A 3 month old pup can pick up the "leave it" and redirection to the treat/toy just like an older dog. They catch on very quickly and learn early that your interrupting them at whatever they are doing with a word often leads to a very nice reward. It is a very good lesson that can be learned very very early in life by any pup or even very old or lifetime unruly dog. I've trained many a dog from young puppyhood up or even a dog with a long history of misbehaving with this method. Of course, to train any dog this way, you must be continually positive, always on the alert and make it fun. And training a dog is not for the easily discouraged because the pup or dog goes right back to doing the old behavior over and over at first until the light bulb goes off in their heads. But once that light goes on - Wow! What a lovely breakthrough and what a sense of achievement for the team you are becoming. Thereafer, the training actually does become easier as your little partner accepts your words and direction more and more quickly as a part of his learned automatic response to your commands. It is a fun, loving and very rewarding way of dealing with your little four-legged companion's explorations and exploits as you grow together in your relationship.
__________________ Jeanie and Tibbe One must do the best one can. You may get some marks for a very imperfect answer: you will certainly get none for leaving the question alone. C. S. Lewis |
02-22-2012, 09:03 AM | #11 |
YorkieTalk Newbie! Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: Dubach
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| Washable training pads Looking for washable trainng pads, where can u buy them? |
02-22-2012, 01:59 PM | #12 |
Yorkie Talker Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: sulphur springs, texas
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| Help! My doggie is six months old and won't come to me......ever......he only comes to me when I don't call him or don't notice him....like he comes and sits in my lap if I am reading or working on the computer but he won't come to me at all if I call him...at night he cuddles up with me and loves me....but still won't come to me....I've never scared him and I don't hurt him ever....what am I doing wrong? His name is Beauregard Rhett Butler and I call him Beau... |
02-22-2012, 02:48 PM | #13 |
♥ Maximo and Teddy Donating Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Northern Virginia
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| YT member 107barney creates beautiful washable training pads. Here is her site: Washable and reusable dog and puppy pee pads, belly bands, and diapers by T. Bumpkins & Co.
__________________ Kristin, Max and Teddy |
02-22-2012, 02:54 PM | #14 | |
♥ Maximo and Teddy Donating Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Northern Virginia
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Make sure when you ask him to "come" that it isn't just for undesirable things, or things he isn't jumping to do. Make sure you associate it with desirable things too, like a little loving, play time, a walk.
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02-22-2012, 03:54 PM | #15 |
YT 3000 Club Member Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: NY
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| Do you have one of the plastic frames to put the pee pad in? Gracie took off with the pad the first day I had her. I went out and purchased the frame at Walmart and have never had a problem with that again. Most puppies have a thing about paper, tissues in particular. I still have to put tissues only in the tall garbage because she will grab them out of the small basket if I put them in there. |
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