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11-12-2006, 03:13 PM | #1 |
YT 2000 Club Member Join Date: May 2006 Location: Alabama
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| Obedience school i'm considering taking my yorkies to a training facility or training classes. has anyone taken any of their yorkie babys to any kind of offical training? they have basic obedience and more including specific tasks. i wonder what that would include? so tell me your experiences what would some nice specific tasks for yorkies? here's the webbie of the local place i'm considering! http://www.cci-ss.com/index.html
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11-12-2006, 03:23 PM | #2 |
Donating YT 12K Club Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Council Bluffs Iowa
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| I've been taking mine to obedience classes through our local Kennel Club. They have learned so much and are doing really well. But all of a sudden Ollie has decided she doesn't want to walk in the ring. she will do the sits and downs and stays and recalls. But she is refusing to walk. Even when I work her here at home. I am pulling her along all the while and sometimes she just sits and refuses to move at all. I have no clue what brought this on. Chachi loves it and is almost ready to do it off lead. |
11-12-2006, 03:25 PM | #3 |
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| I took Shelby to Petsmart for class. It really wasn't a "strictly obedience" class. It was a lot of fun and I think that the class was as much for me as it was for her. I learned a tremendous amount of great stuff! Then when Seymour came along, I could apply it to him right away when he was little. Something that I recommend highly ...... plus it is a LOT of fun! |
11-12-2006, 03:25 PM | #4 |
YT 1000 Club Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: North eastern Illinois Suburbs
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| No matter where you go for your obedience training, they're only really worth going to if they provide training to you for Obedience AND manners. They must go hand in hand. Your Yorkie needs to learn to be controlable when not on a leash as well as when on. And no, I'm not speaking about off leash obedience. I speaking of just the manners. No jumping/pulling/barking/chewing/biting and so on... THEN you should also learn your basic: heel; sit; sit/stay; down; down/stay & come. If you want to get more advanced (and OH, is there tons more obedience to learn!) and precise and consistent, well, that depends on the capabilities of the trainers at the facility you choose and just how high their expectations are of themselves and the clients that come to them. I hope this helps. |
11-12-2006, 03:26 PM | #5 |
YT 2000 Club Member Join Date: May 2006 Location: Alabama
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| great sounds like fun ! my older one princess usually listens but sometimes they get to where they want to run off down the road and act like don't hear me that drives me bonkers!!
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11-12-2006, 11:42 PM | #6 |
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| Training is the BEST! I love working with my dogs. I think it's one of the best experiences you can have with your dog. Before I paid any money I'd ask the people what their experience training terriers is - terriers are a whole different kettle of fish to training working dogs - like GSDs. I'd also recommend you find a trainer that uses positive training methods - that is only praising the good behaviour (usually with some kind of treat) and ignoring the undesired behaviour. Rather than punishing bad behaviour. My first training course involved yanking dougal around with the leash to teach him heel. It was definitely NOT the way to teach him. We do agility now and I think we are doing quite well. I use a toy to train Dougal. WHen he's done the behaviour I want he gets to play with the toy with me - and that's how we NAILED the weave. Patience is the watch word with terriers - you gotta keep it fun and positive. Lots of short sharp bursts of training to keep their interest. Once you've done something five times they're bored and want to go do something else! Whoa ! Sorry for the long post.
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11-13-2006, 04:34 AM | #7 |
YT 2000 Club Member Join Date: May 2006 Location: Alabama
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| thank you yes i definately think treat training owuld work they come running when they hear that word or anything that remotely sounds like it ...lol thanks!
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11-13-2006, 06:42 AM | #8 |
YT 500 Club Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Middleville
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| I took Lola to puppy kindergarten and she did wonderful. There were large dogs(german shepherds), medium(corgi, daisy) all the way to small(Lola and another yorkie poodle mix. We leanred: sit, stay, heel, come, and a lot more. Lola actually won best trick and fastest sit in a game similar to musical chairs. Stay is wonderful because if she's heading somewhere I don't want her to, all I have to do is yell stay and she immediately stops. I highly recommend it.
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11-13-2006, 09:34 AM | #9 |
YT 2000 Club Member Join Date: May 2006 Location: Alabama
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| awwwww man i got an eamil from them and there's no way hubby will pay that much Good Morning; Thank you to begin with for contacting us. Our basic classes start at $500.00, you will have 9 commands (sit, stay, sit in motion, down, down in motion etc.) all on leash and this is done in-kennel. It will take from 4 to 6 weeks depending on your dog. The next step is Advance Obedience training and it runs $800.00, (that is 500 + 300) , this gives you all the commands off leash and will include a place (someplace for you to send your dog out of the way) The commands also can be taught in another language other than English. This is so that you will be the only person able to control your dog. Specific tasks training involves a little more........... there are many that we offer, so depending on what the outcome of your dog is would be how we would train your dog, ie.......alert dog, personal protection etc. Then the costs for this would be of course the outcome. I hope I have answered your questions, if not please feel free to contact us at 1-334-792-9882. If you are in the Dothan or surrounding area, I will be glad to set you up with 1 hour free with our trainer to discuss your possible training. If not, call and I will put you with a trainer to discuss this. Have a great day and again thank you for your interest. Regards; Rachel Billiot Director i was going to ask for it to be my christmas prezzie but that's a bit high .awwwwww
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11-13-2006, 09:42 AM | #10 |
YT 1000 Club Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: North eastern Illinois Suburbs
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| "Thank you to begin with for contacting us. Our basic classes start at $500.00, you will have 9 commands (sit, stay, sit in motion, down, down in motion etc.) all on leash and this is done in-kennel. It will take from 4 to 6 weeks depending on your dog. This is a long time for these commands to be taught-if they're using treat training methods then that would make sense I suppose...The next step is Advance Obedience training and it runs $800.00, (that is 500 + 300) , this gives you all the commands off leash and will include a place (someplace for you to send your dog out of the way) The commands also can be taught in another language other than English. This is so that you will be the only person able to control your dog. This is an OLD way of thinking. And is inaccurate. Dogs aren't stupid, it's easy enough to retrain dogs. There are two of my dogs that know German/English and French-no joke. Point? Just fun to have a multi-lingual pet. They're better at it than we are! Specific tasks training involves a little more........... there are many that we offer, so depending on what the outcome of your dog is would be how we would train your dog, ie.......alert dog, personal protection etc. Then the costs for this would be of course the outcome. I hope I have answered your questions, if not please feel free to contact us at 1-334-792-9882. If you are in the Dothan or surrounding area, I will be glad to set you up with 1 hour free with our trainer to discuss your possible training. If not, call and I will put you with a trainer to discuss this. Have a great day and again thank you for your interest." The price is quite reasonable to be honest! But that's for Boarding and Training. NOT classes or Private lessons like I thought you were more interested in. |
11-13-2006, 09:42 AM | #11 |
YT 500 Club Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Middleville
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| My class was $60, I believe Petsmart charges $90.
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11-13-2006, 09:45 AM | #12 |
YT 1000 Club Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: North eastern Illinois Suburbs
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| What? Personally NOT for treat training after the age of 4 months. And in regards to the earlier post about ignoring bad behaviours and only praising the good ones, I cannot agree w/ that at all. Just like children, I believe that they should have concequences that are proportionate to their actions. And praise just the same. You must be fair. If handled properly w/ a knowledgeable trainer, there is NO reason to not consider using a leash and collar w/o treats to train your dog. The results in my experience are quick, conciese and fabulous. And a toy IS used after a release command is given. Some people seem to think that it's all correction and no praise-how awful. "They" must've just had a bad training experience, bravo for not continuing THAT. HOWEVER, if done properly, it is quite effective for ANY breed of dog of ANY size and age (4 months +). |
11-15-2006, 06:39 AM | #13 |
YT 2000 Club Member Join Date: May 2006 Location: Alabama
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| oh they don't just get rewarded and that's all i just think using treat to help trAIN AND GET the attention of princess would help i don't want them to be boarded i want them to be trained with me im just about to email and ask them if thats what it is thanks
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