By all means, find another trainer and take your Yorkie to obedience classes.
I bet your Yorkie was rejected because of it's size and the trainer worried about injurues from the other large dogs.
20 years ago, I took my Yorkie to obedience classes when she was a pup, and it was a joy for both of us for the rest of her life.
BUT, all the other dogs in class were "giants", namely standard poodles, rotties, German sheppards, etc. She was the only toy dog in the group...there weren't even any miniature sized ones.
We even continued to go on to tracking classes (one owner was was a policeman training his rottie for his work) just for the fun of it, and my Yorkie was always the best in the group. I used to laugh and tell them her talent stemmed from her nose being closer to the ground (it was really because she was the smartest), since they all envied my dogs abilities.
Being terriers, Yorkies may be considered hard to train due to their stubborness, but we religiously practiced for 1/2 hour, 5 days a week, and that is what made the traing so successful.
You can't beat a well trained dog. My Yorkie could hardly wait each week to go to her Party.
It was a blast. I never laughed so hard in my life! it was like watching "The World's Funniest Animals" except it was in real life.
I'm in the process of enrolling my 2 5-month-old pups in classes right now. I can hardly wait to go! One trainer I recently spoke to, who won a Canadian Agility Championship with her Yorkie, stated that Yorkies are Border Collies wearing Yorkie suits, because they are so intelligent. I agree!
Please go find another trainer and let the two of you have FUN! |