You are right and no, you haven't been googling too much....yorkies are more prone to collapsed tracheas and walking them with a collar or choke chain can cause or exacerbate this. I've seen it with my own eyes...yorkies pulling on collars, honking away because they can't breathe.
I grew up using choke chains for obedience and I would NEVER use a choke chain on my 5-7 lb yorkie, knowing what I do now about trachea's.
If your dog starts pulling....you simply stop walking, turn around and walk the other way. Eventually, the dog will learn that pulling not only gets them nowhere...but it gets them even farther away from the thing they are pulling towards. You don't need a choke chain to do this.
PLEASE don't use a choke chain on your yorkie....and I am not saying this because I am against using choke chains...I am saying it because you should never use a collar or a choke chain to walk a yorkie period because of the danger of collapsed trachea. |