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Originally Posted by yorkietalkjilly

With training a dog, it is best to be alone with them when working. Have juicy treats in a bag at your waist and speak in an upbeat voice and lead the dog into the behavior you want, then mark that behavior with a "yes" and give a treat, praise her as she eats it. When praising, use a high-pitched voice to praise and caress her body. Eventually as she is doing the trick more and more from the leading into the behavior, add the command word you want to use as she starts to do it. As soon as she has done it, such as lie down, treat and praise her. Just keep repeating those steps over several times per session - I would say for her no more than 5 or 6 and stop. Kiss, love her and walk away.

As far as stopping behavior, it is your attitude of authority and the decision with which you speak, you eyes, your face and your body attitude that matters to a dog. That and follow-through. A dog knows when you mean to stop them and will usually back off from what they are doing from the messages you are sending them with your look, body attitude, low voice and your eyes. They know when you mean business. If they do not "read" you well or they sense insecurity in you, you must
then step in and physically stop the behavior with the words "uh oh" or "no". As long as they keep trying it, you physically stop the behavior each time. Eventually the dog will learn you are bigger and won't let them do it.

When they catch themselves and don't do the behavior and you see them catch themselves give the dog a treat and praise. Do not get angry during the time you are interfering or stopping bad behavior - just matter-of-factly say "oh oh", stop and block. Once you yell at some dogs, you'll likely lose its trust and they stop trusting you and don't care to do what you say. It takes months to get that trust back again - if ever.

If you have no authority or follow-through with your dog - or feel insecure when directing them what to do, they will ignore you and start to romp, mouth you and try to distract you with charm or bowling you over with play activity. Stop that behavior immediately with an "uh oh" as you physically stop them, backing them off and keep stopping it until the dog gives up and walks off. Don't stop until after your dog walks off.

Mind, without authority and the intent to follow-through, your dog will read your weakness or insecurity and keep on acting up and your dog won't learn from you
using the methods people have given you here and in the older threads. If that happens again, don't beat yourself up. Your dog is just sensing that you don't have the skills or mindset to actually stick with it and he'll keep on having his way. That is when you need a professional and with enough word of mouth and calling around to different facilities and dog breeders/show handlers, you will likely find a trainer, perhaps even a retired one, who lives near enough to you and will come and teach you.

Don't lose heart and expect to find what you need in a day and give up! Keep working at it - it can take weeks or months perhaps. But just because you couldn't find something quickly now or your last search, don't give up! You need to start calling and asking about trainers with the skills and history you need. Keep calling dog people all over and network. Work until you find one.

If you give up and or live in an area that does totally lack good trainers - pretty rare - and do not find a good, skilled trainer to work with you in the home and the dog keeps misbehaving and nipping and the nipping escalates to biting, you will have to consider a rehome if you have children or older people around or you fear getting bitten yourself. Or,if she turns into a biter, you have no people who need protection from biting and decide to keep her, be sure to crate her or put her in another room when strangers are visiting and muzzle her when you take her for walks or to the vet. A biter can lash out at unexpected times so beware. I am not saying she will escalate into a biter, just telling you she could if you can't control her and what to think about should that happen. Here's hoping you can find that trainer!

that might be it we not alone a lot of the time when I want to do some of this with her. and she was never alone in class either we had other dogs in class will in the first one and we did have one in other class last year. but for some reason that one stop showing up. but could come at other time. but there was other people walking around the store and sometime she wanted to play with them. but when we do go over to petsmart lot of the time she want to go back to the class area and go in and see the teacher too. but she not there lot of the time when I do take her in.

but tonight I did use the samping my finger at her and showing her where I wanted her at and calling her and she finle came. but she only really did it onces. but she kind of tried other time but she just turned around and walked away from me. but ur right it could be the way I do my body. and I have yelled some at her so that might have done something. but sometime she can get scared really easy too.

I know I should find a triner to come to the house and keep looking. but that one going to be hard to find since I haven't find one and it don't look like I am going to either. I know it's a very small town and it's harder to find something like that. but my aunt let her go after her fingers but she just graps if thats how u spell it at them but never really bit or maybe nip at them like she going to do it but really don't. I think she want the finger to suck on them like a baby bottle or the other thing baby suck on. I seen her grap at mine before but never did anything but suck or lick them.

I know she could bit someone one of this days. but so far she don't go after anyone but me my parents or my aunt. she will jump at my niece when she does come by. but my niece did learn this she told her don't think about it and she just stop what she was going to do. she did look at her like what just happen and then she went on like she was trying to find something else to do but not to sure what to do after that. thats what she does sometime when I tell her don't think about it or about that. but that is the only thing that does work for the feet a lot more often then what was learned in class. and sometime the samping of the finger seem to work some too. and I didn't learn either one of them in class that I can remember either. so I am not to sure where I picked that up at. maybe I just did it to see what she would do.

She does sit a lot easier for all of us. the laying down is little harder some time but she will do it. so she can learn but she just seem like she want to do it her own way not our way don't u think. maybe she just want to take her time at it and get us all worked up over it when she not learning it. I am not to sure. but it just seem there should be a reason for it. but I haven't giving up and I don't think I ever will till she get a lot better then what she is now. but I do know is that she wont go out the door with out the leash on. if she does she come right back in she did that onces when my aunt came in she was I can't spell the word she is but she was very happy to see her she was jumping up and even on her. but she does do that when she see people that she like. but she don't do it to much when we are in petsmart but she is happen to see people in there but there are some workers she like to jump up on and she know in some way it's oh ok. but she will sit down and wait for them to pet them more often then not. I am not to sure if it has to do with the store.

we did have a guy to come over to take a look at the dish boxes and jump up at him one time. but she never would really get around him to much. he didn't mind her coming around him. and he trired to get her to play with him but she wouldn't do it. she just acted so shy around him. but that never happen. she did that with someone else I think. but we think she smelled the guy yorkie and it was a boy and I don't think she like that smell. but she did let him pet her at one point. I did pick her up and he did pet her that way too. she seemed fine. that is something I different I did see out of her. but I do know there are frew people in the family she really don't like and she will break at them at time or growl. but she don't do it ever time with my spet uncle. but she does it more often then not. and she will do it to my dad sister husband. one on my mom side and one on my dad side.

but she will break around the house and sometime nothing is even there. but I know she might ear something outside think she might see something. but we are not worried about this. we think she letting people know this is her house and don't come any closer or just to lest us know that someone is going by when she get to look out the front door. she does it when she the kids out playing and I think she letting use know they are out there and take me out so I can play with them. I know she love kids. she know that they will pet her and she really love that. but when we do have her out in the car and she sitting out in the car with my mom or aunt she don't break at anyone that go by or even the dog that in the car next to her. only if the dog scare her with there breaking but that might happen one time I think. and it really didn't last that long either. so she know when to keep her family safe from other people don't u think so.