I had never thought of the "trailing leash" idea. But that is a great idea. I took Barney on a play date last night at a friend's house. She has a Yorkie also. But hers is very well trained to come to her when she blows a whistle. Barney is not so well trained and he loves a good game of chase. It would be so much easier to get him if he had a leash trailing him. By the way, we started working on the "come to whistle" trick last night. But I will probably use the trailing leash thing even if he gets competent at coming to a whistle. It makes me a nervous wreck when he is out of my reach. |