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Ezekiel Jute · 11-05-2009, 11:56 AM

I was just curious at what age everyone started training their Yorkie tricks? Zeke is 4 months and we have started teaching him the basics...sit, down, stay, come, release. He is still learning these but i want to teach him fun tricks too. Also my husband and I use both treats and his toys to encourage him. It just seems like we are going through a lot of treats and I dont want him to gain weight. Is there anything else we can use besides food?

capt_noonie · 11-05-2009, 01:47 PM

I was training Uni with plain old kibble when she was about 4 months. HAHAHA she didn't know what a treat was until she was over a year old!

But you can use bits of cucumber, carrot, tomato, hard boiled egg white, tiny bits of string cheese. I have noticed though, that once we started giving Uni tastier treats, she would just forget we were training and just whine to get at the treat. That's why we just used kibble when she was a baby. Now she understands when we are in "training" mode, but in the baby stage, it's just "OMG what is that? I want more! so yummy!" and she wouldn't listen.

good luck!

capt_noonie · 11-05-2009, 01:48 PM

Oh by the way, I see you are in OC as well. We have local yorkie meet ups monthly, if you are interested. PM me.

raindrop · 11-05-2009, 03:02 PM

what i do is take a part of sky's food and use that as treats for training - so she isn't getting any extra food just part of its not in her bowl. Then occasional treats are for very difficult tasks etc (sky particularly loves pieces of sausage - but these definately arent low fat!)

Britster · 11-06-2009, 05:23 AM

I started when Jackson was 11 weeks old. First was simply "sit" and then the rest soon followed! Now he knows about 11 tricks but we're still working! I always use his FAVE treats, little bits of cheese, or just plain chicken breast pieces. That's what we use to teach him new tricks usually. But his favorite treats ever are Wellness treats, they're little square shaped, as well as these little tiny treats made by Bil Jac and another by Nature's Recipe that I got at Petsmart. I usually break treats up in tiny pieces if possible. He doesn't care how tiny it is as long as he gets it.

11-05-2009, 11:56 AM	#1
Ezekiel Jute Yorkie Talker Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Tustin, CA, USA Posts: 15	tricks? I was just curious at what age everyone started training their Yorkie tricks? Zeke is 4 months and we have started teaching him the basics...sit, down, stay, come, release. He is still learning these but i want to teach him fun tricks too. Also my husband and I use both treats and his toys to encourage him. It just seems like we are going through a lot of treats and I dont want him to gain weight. Is there anything else we can use besides food?

11-05-2009, 01:47 PM	#2
capt_noonie Donating YT 2000 Club Member Join Date: May 2009 Location: Anaheim, CA Posts: 2,433	I was training Uni with plain old kibble when she was about 4 months. HAHAHA she didn't know what a treat was until she was over a year old! But you can use bits of cucumber, carrot, tomato, hard boiled egg white, tiny bits of string cheese. I have noticed though, that once we started giving Uni tastier treats, she would just forget we were training and just whine to get at the treat. That's why we just used kibble when she was a baby. Now she understands when we are in "training" mode, but in the baby stage, it's just "OMG what is that? I want more! so yummy!" and she wouldn't listen. good luck! __________________ Captain Noonie--the scurge of the seas...of Anaheim!It's peanut butta jelly time! *Co-Founder of the I Heart* Johnny Depp Club For movie quality costumes (for humans) go to ACosplayLifeForMe.com**

11-05-2009, 01:48 PM	#3
capt_noonie Donating YT 2000 Club Member Join Date: May 2009 Location: Anaheim, CA Posts: 2,433	Oh by the way, I see you are in OC as well. We have local yorkie meet ups monthly, if you are interested. PM me. __________________ Captain Noonie--the scurge of the seas...of Anaheim!It's peanut butta jelly time! *Co-Founder of the I Heart* Johnny Depp Club For movie quality costumes (for humans) go to ACosplayLifeForMe.com**

11-06-2009, 05:23 AM	#5
Britster Owned by Jackson ♥ Donating Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Annapolis, Maryland Posts: 4,037 Blog Entries: 1	I started when Jackson was 11 weeks old. First was simply "sit" and then the rest soon followed! Now he knows about 11 tricks but we're still working! I always use his FAVE treats, little bits of cheese, or just plain chicken breast pieces. That's what we use to teach him new tricks usually. But his favorite treats ever are Wellness treats, they're little square shaped, as well as these little tiny treats made by Bil Jac and another by Nature's Recipe that I got at Petsmart. I usually break treats up in tiny pieces if possible. He doesn't care how tiny it is as long as he gets it. __________________ Brit & JACKSON Jackson's YouTube Channel Last edited by Britster; 11-06-2009 at 05:24 AM.

11-05-2009, 03:02 PM	#4
raindrop Yorkie Talker Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: UK Posts: 18	what i do is take a part of sky's food and use that as treats for training - so she isn't getting any extra food just part of its not in her bowl. Then occasional treats are for very difficult tasks etc (sky particularly loves pieces of sausage - but these definately arent low fat!)