I would say that not coming on command is a yorkie thing,but I have a pom that I inherited from my mother that just does not want to obey. I put her on a leash (so she can not run),get a hand full of her favorite treats and take her to the backyard. We practise the come command about 6 times a day. She is finally where I can point to the ground and state come,she responds most of the time. If she does not come on command I state her name and then the command. She is 10yrs old so I dont expect this to get much better,but I do think it very important for all dogs to obey. Yesterday was a good example in my life why. There was a small snake in my backyard. We discovered it right after the 5 older dogs went flying outside,my daughter was holding Mina (4months and still pottie training). My daughter yells that there is a snake! I put each dog on stay were they were in the yard,put a piece of plywood across the snakes neck and sent all of the dogs in the house. It turned out to be a 14" poisnous snake. I still can not believe that there was a snake in my yard! Much less one that could harm one of the kids or dogs. It just reinforced to me that obedience is important and has just made me more diligent. |