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Originally Posted by Amelia  Hi Everyone,
Amelia is my 18 week old sweetie. Eventhough she is the cutest and smartest thing, we are having trouble training her. The biggest issue is that she runs away from us and won't COME. Since we are potty training right now, Amelia spends most of her time either in her crate by my side while I do homework (just went back to school), in her playpen that has newspapers down and her carrier to sleep in, or with one of us watching her. The problem is that the second, the milli-second, she gets the chance she runs away and then it is a game of "catch me if you can", which usually includes going potty where she is not suppose to. I am sure it is all fun and games to her (and I am sure we look very funny trying to catch her). She will not respond to the Come command off of the leash and with a treat or toy she will come close enough to see what it is and then dash off before she can be caught. Does anyone have any advice? Do I need to keep her on the leash all the time she is out of her crate or pen? The girls hate this, but I get frustrated having to catch her again and again.
Also, I just read some information today that says I should decide between indoor potty training and outdoor potty training. What do you do? What is the most successful for Yorkies? We live in Arizona, really cold or rainy days come once in awhile, but the heat can get stifling during the summer. Any thoughts?
And one last question - how much do your pups sleep? Amelia is either going full tilt or napping. Sometimes 3 or 4 hours at a time. Is this normal?
Thanks for your responses in advanced. We are very excited about the new adventure of being a Yorkie owner.  ~C |
If you keep her leash on you can catch her when she runs away. When our Pebbles was a puppy she would run under the bed so we couldn't get to her. I started keeping the leash on her and when she would run I could catch her much easier. That is until she wised up and before she would run she would stop, look at me, GRAB THE END of the leash and run.
But that's a whole other story.
She is not too young to start training her to do simple commands and she will learn very quickly. Come is of course the most important command, followed by drop it.
Puppies sleep a lot and sounds like she is acting like your typical little girl. As for potty training, it really is your call on this. There are many people her that do a combo of both with great success. I just recently started to put a pee pad at the back door since I was missing poop and they were going at the back door in the laundry room. I thought we were good but I think it must be the extreme cold. Not the end of the world and we just move on.