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Originally Posted by loley  I will be getting a yorkie in a few weeks, and after reading all about how you shouldn't put collars on the dog, i'm not sure what to do! I will have to be training her to go potty outside, is it recommended to put a harness on every time we go out (which i want to do A LOT of course, to get her potty trained)? Just kinda seems like it would be a pain to put a harness on the dog every 30-60 minutes..or no? Please help me with what you guys think! I bought a collar and was planning on just attaching the leash for potty time she'd have a seperate harness for walking of course. |
Nope! Always walk a Yorkie on a harness. It's not so much of a hassle to put on a harness. Especially once they are used to putting it on and taking it off. Levi knows exactly which leg to put through first (we use step-ins), so all I have to do at this point is hold it for him and snap it.
I'll leave his harness on for a few hours at a time, especially if we are running in and out of the house a lot that day. He has never seemed bothered by wearing his harness, and I do keep an ID tag on his harness. He only wears a collar if we are going out of the house for an extended period of time (his collar has another name tag and his rabies tag).