Thank you for your feedback, kewtee.
We do not in ANY WAY condone hitting your Yorkie at any time and we do understand that training can be a controversial subject, and not everyone will agree with a certain training method. We do emphasize praising and rewarding your Yorkie for good behavior. When we say stern tap, we do mean just that, a tap. We are not saying to strike or hit a Yorkie with a hand or paper towel roll with full force. Some people have used the cardboard part of a paper towel roll with good success. It can be used to get their attention while you tell your Yorkie that what they did is bad.
A "quarantine" or time-out, is recommended in many training books as a way to discipline your Yorkie. They can be used effectively for short time periods as a way to let your Yorkie know that you disprove of their behavior.
Any Yorkie owner, is of course free to choose what training method they wish to use and employ with their own Yorkie. We are not telling anyone to hit their Yorkie at all. |