Have you trained basic commands, sit, stay, come, drop it and leave it. I find the most important command is leave it. Our babies are not born knowing what is right, what is wrong. It is up to us, the fur momma's / daddy's to teach them what is acceptable, what is not. Only training will do this. The leave it command is a very useful command to stop a dog from doing what is not acceptable. At 8 months old he is very trainable. Training commands should be no more then 5 to 7 minutes throughout the day until he gets it right, once he understands and does what you ask give high value treat, praise like crazy, clap hands, make a big fuss, yorkies love to please their humans. Cheerios is a favorite with most dogs, one cheerio so he will be eager for another one and will learn commands much faster if he knows what the reward will be, if he loves his kibble you can use that as a reward treat.
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