Training Yorkie to come and stop.

[Epoc]

My Yorkie is 11 months. We live on an acre with a fenced back yard. When we let our puppy out of the back yard, if neighbors are out in their yard, puppy runs right over to them and just barks like crazy and will not mind when I say stop or come and runs from me so I can not pick him up. Any suggestions?

[gina17]

I had the same problem with my yorkie. She barked like crazy and wouldn't stop no matter how much i said "no", "stop" or "come" even though she does understand those general commands. What i did do however was catch her (even though it was insanely hard every time) and put her in cage for a time out for about 15 min. After a few weeks, she learnt her lesson and eventually stopped barking when we told her to.
Good luck!!!

Gina

[JadeD]

Good luck! These are some of the most stubborn dogs known to man, and believe me, as a Taurus myself, I know stubborn!

Teek ran out the door on Christmas (right before we sat down to dinner) and wouldn't come and I had to chase him, in my Christmas outfit, up a muddy dirt road for 1/2 a mile! He finally got tired and I was able to grab him. Of course he ran through every single mud puddle too. LOL

Rowan will get out and he will run back and forth across our very busy street and scare me half to death!

Raksha is the only one of my yorkies that listens although every once in a while she gets it in her head to run off and off she goes and she is the fastest of the bunch.

Mine are all on leash, but sometimes they do run out the door like that on accident. We had to install a gate on our porch so if they get out they can't just run out in the road and it helps a lot, but they do sometimes still get out. Teek getting out happened at a relative's house when other relatives were bringing in gifts.

I hope you can train him. I would suggest a 30 foot training lead and teach him to come back while attached to that.

[Britster]

Both such important commands!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jauuFGzQNhg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2-_rxxKxseU

[canana]

My opinion would be to try focusing on training them "come" and "stay" before you let them run loose outside. First in a small contained space, maybe a room. Then gradually larger space, maybe living room etc. Then add distractions (like toys, treats lying around) and make sure they'll "come" straight to you and "stay" as long as you want them to stay.

The problem with letting them roam and chasing them in your yard...they'll think it's a game of chase, which they LOVE. And I think to continually do that, will only reinforce them to not come and not stay when you want them to in dangerous situations.

Once you've mastered "come" and "stay" indoors. You can try training them outdoors with a long leash on, but, step on the end so they can't run from you if they wanted to. And then gradually, they'll start coming to you even without a leash. And then gradually, they'll come to you outdoors, even with distractions, such as neighbours etc.

In my experience, every time they came, I made it a HUGE deal and did a huge celebration, "you're the smartest, cutest, bestest little boy Everrrrr" with lots of ear scratches and treats. I also learned that it was beneficial to get a hold of their collar, or just touch the back of their neck, before giving the the treat. Best was teach them to sit first before they ever get treats anytime anywhere.

I never let my baby off-leash when we're near any roads because I would rather die than if a car drove by and hit him!! Can't even fathom the thought! I occasionally let him pay in parks where it's safe. Just make sure your neighborhood doesn't have many Eagles. That's a whole other story...

**all based on my many hours of watching Youtube videos it's kind of worth it

***Zack George has great free training videos on Youtube. But I really learned lots from Kikopup. She's AWESOME & AMAZING (I'm just a fan, not affliated with her in any way). You should look up her videos on crazy dog tricks she taught all her many dogs.