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Old 05-29-2008, 11:35 AM   #1
mocha2008
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Default Is my dog being defiant?

Hello all,

I'm new to YT, and I just wanted to say thank you to everyone for all the great info. and advice. I have a 5 month old yorkie poo named Mocha. She is about 2.5 lbs and super cute and friendly.

She has been taking obedience classes for three weeks now. Last night, one of the trainers told us that Mocha was being very defiant, because she wouldn't come to us when we called her. Recall has been a problem for us. She barks at us when we try to call her, and she wants us to chase her. The trainer told us that we are not showing her that we're in charge, so we could start tethering her to us all the time. That way when we call her, if she ignores us, we can pull her to us. This seems a little extreme to me. She's still a puppy and all. We are crate training her, so she is confied quite a bit. When she has free time in our kitchen, I like her to be able to roam around since she is confined so much. I'm not sure if the tethering will show her dominance and help her to learn to come to me.

Does anyone have any experience with tethering to teach dominance? Has anyone else had problems with their dog coming to them? We know we aren't supposed to do anything negative after we have called her. We try to make her coming to us a positive experience, but so far it hasn't helped.

Any advice would be greatly appreciated
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