[alaskayorkie]

I used a leather collar through Eddie's first five obedience classes before realizing I probably shouldn't have. My instructors treated my Yorkie just as they would a large dog. They even recommended slight "corrections" on the leash. One instructor recommended a prong collar, which I declined to use.

Eddie suffered no apparent damage, but in retrospect I would have refused to use a collar. Their necks are just too frail. One mistake could have changed his life.

I like lolabella's advice for teaching come. I did something similar. The idea is to make "come" the funnest thing your dog does in life.

Some of the best advice I've seen on YT involves clicker training. A woman named FirstYorkie has typed up instructions on what it's about and how it works. She uses nothing but positive training methods, no collars, no corrections. And her Joey is among the best-trained young Yorkies I've seen. Here are two links where she discusses clicker training. Be sure to check out the vids of Joey on the first one.

http://www.yorkietalk.com/forums/showthread.php?t=29467

http://www.yorkietalk.com/forums/showthread.php?t=30866