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Mimi84 · 07-10-2009, 09:49 PM

My yorkie is about 3 1/2 months old - and when we first got her (at 8 weeks) we would take her for walks and she loved to go ahead and sniff things - she would go so far that she was at the end of the retractable leash. I let her get away with this for a while b/c i figured she was just little and needed to explore.
Then when i tried to get her to walk beside me, she didn't want to - and would sometimes pull more just b/c I was telling her to come back towards me.
Now we use a choke chain when we go for walks. We asked the vet before using it - and the vet said they are fine for yorkies. Within our first walk she was walking next to me - we attached the choke chain to the retractable leash and locked it as short as it would go, so that she didn't have room to pull.
There are times when we let her have the full leash - and we use the command "heel" and she comes right back to us.

I would suggest getting a choke chain and using that for a while - and then switch back to the regular collar or harness (we use just a collar)

07-10-2009, 09:49 PM	#19
Mimi84 YorkieTalk Newbie! Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Alberta Canada Posts: 2	Choke Chain My yorkie is about 3 1/2 months old - and when we first got her (at 8 weeks) we would take her for walks and she loved to go ahead and sniff things - she would go so far that she was at the end of the retractable leash. I let her get away with this for a while b/c i figured she was just little and needed to explore. Then when i tried to get her to walk beside me, she didn't want to - and would sometimes pull more just b/c I was telling her to come back towards me. Now we use a choke chain when we go for walks. We asked the vet before using it - and the vet said they are fine for yorkies. Within our first walk she was walking next to me - we attached the choke chain to the retractable leash and locked it as short as it would go, so that she didn't have room to pull. There are times when we let her have the full leash - and we use the command "heel" and she comes right back to us. I would suggest getting a choke chain and using that for a while - and then switch back to the regular collar or harness (we use just a collar)