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ALL my yorkies were like that when they were outdoors. Once something caught their attention all my words fell on deaf ears.
Cody is no different, he knows many commands and tricks, in the house just the two of us, no distractions he goes through all his commands and tricks, he is a PERFECT lil boy.
Now, when we go to a pet supply store, that's a different story, he becomes deaf, does not understand english, I do not exist. I walk red faced apologizing "he's a rescue".
I take him to friends house, bragging how smart he is, how fast he learns, what a PERFECT lil boy he is, then I give him a trick command, nothing, no response, he's to busy sniffing out new surroundings, now I say, oh he's use to the throw rug I guess lol.
In the yard when he is fixated on something in the woods, and trying to rip down the fence to kill whatever he THINKS is there, I CAN catch his attention with the word TREAT.
Yorkies when they have their minds or sight on something can be very thick headed lol.
With Cody I know I MUST get him to place's with more distractions and work on his obedience commands. Not obeying safety commands can become a serious issue for me.