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Originally Posted by ptrivilino  Hi - My first post on a very informative "Yorkie" site - thanks to all for the great information here.
We got Bailey in September of last year from a rescue (our first rescue adoption, and it is so gratifying). Bailey is a little girl (5.5 lbs at adoption and now just a bit over 6) approx. 5 years old. She came from a breeder (so I'm guessing puppy mill). It has been so much of a pleasure seeing her change and adapt to her new home. She is doing extremely well and becoming a very loving, trusting and enjoyable little doggie. My only problem thus far - she will run off at the smallest possible opportunity and is quite a project to recover. It has happened 3 times now, totally by mistake. We are definitely learning from our mistakes. She does not run and hide, just runs and runs until something gets her attention - then we catch up.
My question here is: does anyone have any ideas on how to change that behavior? My inclination is to bring her somewhere that is fenced in, let her go and attempt to get her to come back on her own. |
Yorkies aren't the best at coming when called rescue or not. lol
We adopted our little girl from a no kill rescue almost 2 yrs ago and she only runs if we try to leave. I once left her on a park bench next to hubby while I walked to away, she waited a min then jumped down and ran after me. Lucky she was leashed to her carry bag which she was dragging behind her so she was easier to catch. She was only running to find me anyway. We left her at a family members home to be watched while we went to a wedding about a week or 2 after we got her. She bolted out their door and it took 5 people to catch her. Thank God she didn't get run over or stolen by the people who did catch her. They are wicked fast runners these little Yorkies. Before this dog we had a Lhasa Poo we got as a tiny baby, she too was FAST and liked to make a game of us chasing her. I finally put a short leash on her all the time. She would even run from us in the house and it would take awhile to catch her which was a problem if we were late for work or something. So the leash helped alot, if we could get within 4ft of her and grab the leash we could catch her. After awhile it wasn't fun for her anymore and she quit. Then we'd just call her or bait her with a treat and all was well.
PS. Also as much as she loves walking on the leash she loves being free to run like crazy and explore in the fenced back yard. She LOVES her back yard and the freedom she has back there.