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alishasmom · 08-22-2008, 12:22 PM

COLOR][COLOR="Blue"]Intelligence
Yorkshire Terriers as a breed are intelligent dogs. According to Dr. Stanley Coren, an expert on animal intelligence, the Yorkshire Terrier is an above average working dog, ranking 27th (32nd including ties) out of the 132 breeds tested.[19] His research found that an average Yorkshire Terrier could understand a new command after approximately 15 repetitions and would obey a command the first time it was given 70% of the time or better.[20] This capacity as working dogs enables Yorkies to excel in sports like obedience and agility, which require the dog to understand communication from the handler and carry out a complex series of commands.[6] Additionally, Yorkies learn to recognize numerous words and can be taught to distinguish and fetch separate toys in a box by their names.[6][/COLOR I thought trixie to do the siting, staying, and bye bye, She did it ofter the first couple of days. Why isn't she doing it aby more, and why, she doesnt seem interested in learning anything? Please share share your stories about training, simple commands. I would love to hear it.

alishasmom · 08-22-2008, 12:24 PM

The print was supposed to be blue. Ignore the extra info

LadyMadonna51 · 08-22-2008, 01:53 PM

I have had Wiz from 8 weeks and from the first day aside from housetraining ( which is still a work in progress ) , I have taught me like I would train any size dog ..sit , sit stay , down , down stay , come .. and dance ( turns in a circle . ) We do all of these things consistently throughout the day . Now why the little brat won't get the pee and poop outside issue is beyond me . Sure hope that gets better . He is about 75% but I want a 100% .

LadyMadonna51 · 08-22-2008, 01:54 PM

..and that should be taught HIM .. not me ..oh so freudian .

pookiebear · 08-22-2008, 02:03 PM

Bernie learned, sit, down, rollover after about 30 minutes of training. But, he can't seem to get anything else down. He's 7 months old.

lovemyalfie · 08-22-2008, 03:34 PM

I believe it! I taught Alfie to sit in a couple of days. He's 14 weeks old. I'm surprised/relieved/happy at how trainable he is. Though, still getting him to come to ME is another story lol. It's getting a little better though

LadyMadonna51 · 08-22-2008, 05:37 PM

But ..are your boys housetrained ? This is a big issue .

sheilacantoo · 08-22-2008, 06:46 PM

i taught Abbi to sit ,lay down and roll over. I did this with verbal commands and signs. she is really smart. have been working with her on bang your dead , pointing hand at her like a gun and she will lie down but wont close her eyes. i can tell she doesn't like it. bought a hula hoop and want to teach her to jump threw hoop. that will be next trick. I want to take her to the nursing home so the residents can enjoy her too!

tamandkota · 08-22-2008, 07:17 PM

Ohh, toooo cute!! Dakota is very clever. We took a puppy class and she learned the basics...sit, stay, down, come, ect. Then we took the intermediate class where we learned more advanced versions of the basics (distracted stays, out of site stays, leave it) and we also took (and passed..YEAH

) the cgc test. Now we are taking the advanced class and working towards getting our therapy dog certification!! Dakota knows a few "tricks", like dance, what did you do (she lowers her head and puts her paw on her nose

) and a really cute trick where she won't take a cookie if you say it is from the vet (or whoever you want), but will eat it after you change who it is from. However, with housetraining....kota is pretty good...she will let me know 99% of the time that she needs to go out, but if she gets mad (if she gets left) she will sometimes tinkle on the rug

. I have heard yorkies are VERY hard to completely housetrain.

YorkieMother · 08-23-2008, 04:05 PM

Do not get me wrong. I love Stanley Corren.. he was given me some really useful help with my dog and it's concerns directly but and it is a big but, intelligence in dogs is relative to what they do as a job if they were allowed to do it and what they have experienced in life in the way they are trained.

Example. you are going to have a great deal of difficulty teaching a yorkie to herd sheep but it can be done.... but you take a border collie that been raised with and around sheep and it will herd.

You take that came boarder coolie and ask it to do ground work you can teach it but it going to take time. you teach a yorkie one like mine that loves rodents your off to the races.
You take a pointed and ask it to herd you out of luck. You take that boarder collie and ask it to point good luck.. not saying it can not be done but you are fighting hot wired behavior.

Intelligence is in what the dog is original job the dog did before lap dog was and what motivates it that all. Basic obedience is hot wired , it is taught and if you come at it from the genetic end of what motivates a dog to work you all have smart dogs of all breeds.

Sorry Stan on this one I firmly agree to tell you your off the mark.

JL

Little Bit · 08-23-2008, 07:29 PM

Yorkies are very smart, but like people they get bored easily with the same things that they already know. You have to make the training interesting and keep changing things up. Make it fun.

I have to tell you how smart my little puppies are. I had the floor of the expen covered with potty pads then put one of a slightly different thickness and texture in one corner. My plan was to slowly take away one by one the other pads until there was only the one in the corner to go on so they would learn to only use it. Well 90+% of the time this is what they used from the very beginning, I didn't ever get to where I had taken even one of the other pads away.

Then I decided to try a doggie toilet with a grid for them. Just started a few days ago. I put it in the spot where the pad had been. I set it down and each one took a turn and went pee or poo on it right away and they have kept using it since.

Then today when I was cleaning things all the puppies somehow got out of expen (they are six weeks old), so I quickly picked them up and put them back in. I counted to make sure they were all there and one was missing. I looked all around my office and clear over in the other corner of the room from the ex pen behind my desk is the big washable potty pad for the adults. There on the pad was the missing little boy GOING POTTY!!! What a little smartie pants!!!

alishasmom · 08-24-2008, 10:02 AM

check out this videos, there are videos about teaching them to sit, roll over and more.
PetVideo.com

myj697 · 08-26-2008, 08:44 AM

What's a doggie toilet? Margaret

Little Bit · 08-26-2008, 01:12 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by myj697

What's a doggie toilet? Margaret

The one I am using for my puppies is a Yogi dog toilet. It works very well. I just use washable potty pads that I made to fit it under the grid.

Here's a picture of it.

Yogi dog toilet.jpg

kimerli01 · 08-29-2008, 12:01 PM

I agree, yorkies are very intelligent. I adopted Harley when he was only 4weeks old because his mommy had milk fever and he wasn't nursing so I took him at this young age to save his life. At only 4 weeks old he was able to learn "sit" and "down" I continued with his training everyday and before he was 3 months old he could "sit","down","stay","roll over","sad","happy","crawl",and"touch". now he is 2 years old and he still does all those tricks plus many more like"find it"(whatever I want him to find) he knows who "mommy","daddy",and"bubba" are,he will go get the other dogs when asked,"sneezes" on command, and now we are working on agility. He is doing really great at it. I make all his training sessions a game. Not only is it fun for him but for me as well. My other dogs are learning a lot just from watching Harley. My advice would be don't give up on your puppy or yourself. You should practice everyday(even after they learn a trick) keep it fun and only 10 minutes a day so not to have your puppy get bored or irritated. As for the potty training, I would take a treat out with us when he had to go potty. I would tell him to go potty and when he did I praised him and give him the treat straight away(I used "special" treats for potty training seperate from the treats I gave him for regular training) It didnt take long before he associated his behavior with that "special" treat and went potty when and where I told him to go. Hope this helps. Have fun

Kimerli
California

08-22-2008, 12:22 PM	#1
alishasmom YT 500 Club Member Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Chinquapin NC Posts: 654	Intelligence in a yorkie COLOR][COLOR="Blue"]Intelligence Yorkshire Terriers as a breed are intelligent dogs. According to Dr. Stanley Coren, an expert on animal intelligence, the Yorkshire Terrier is an above average working dog, ranking 27th (32nd including ties) out of the 132 breeds tested.[19] His research found that an average Yorkshire Terrier could understand a new command after approximately 15 repetitions and would obey a command the first time it was given 70% of the time or better.[20] This capacity as working dogs enables Yorkies to excel in sports like obedience and agility, which require the dog to understand communication from the handler and carry out a complex series of commands.[6] Additionally, Yorkies learn to recognize numerous words and can be taught to distinguish and fetch separate toys in a box by their names.[6][/COLOR I thought trixie to do the siting, staying, and bye bye, She did it ofter the first couple of days. Why isn't she doing it aby more, and why, she doesnt seem interested in learning anything? Please share share your stories about training, simple commands. I would love to hear it.

08-22-2008, 02:03 PM	#5
pookiebear Donating YT 500 Club Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Brunswick, Georgia. On the beach! Posts: 1,016	Bernie learned, sit, down, rollover after about 30 minutes of training. But, he can't seem to get anything else down. He's 7 months old. __________________ Bernie, Baxter, Bella and Blazer

08-22-2008, 06:46 PM	#8
sheilacantoo Yorkie Yakker Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: somewhere, OK. Posts: 56	training abbi i taught Abbi to sit ,lay down and roll over. I did this with verbal commands and signs. she is really smart. have been working with her on bang your dead , pointing hand at her like a gun and she will lie down but wont close her eyes. i can tell she doesn't like it. bought a hula hoop and want to teach her to jump threw hoop. that will be next trick. I want to take her to the nursing home so the residents can enjoy her too!

08-23-2008, 04:05 PM	#10
YorkieMother YT 1000 Club Member Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: North Posts: 1,324	Do not get me wrong. I love Stanley Corren.. he was given me some really useful help with my dog and it's concerns directly but and it is a big but, intelligence in dogs is relative to what they do as a job if they were allowed to do it and what they have experienced in life in the way they are trained. Example. you are going to have a great deal of difficulty teaching a yorkie to herd sheep but it can be done.... but you take a border collie that been raised with and around sheep and it will herd. You take that came boarder coolie and ask it to do ground work you can teach it but it going to take time. you teach a yorkie one like mine that loves rodents your off to the races. You take a pointed and ask it to herd you out of luck. You take that boarder collie and ask it to point good luck.. not saying it can not be done but you are fighting hot wired behavior. Intelligence is in what the dog is original job the dog did before lap dog was and what motivates it that all. Basic obedience is hot wired , it is taught and if you come at it from the genetic end of what motivates a dog to work you all have smart dogs of all breeds. Sorry Stan on this one I firmly agree to tell you your off the mark. JL Last edited by YorkieMother; 08-23-2008 at 04:06 PM. Reason: missed do not

08-23-2008, 07:29 PM	#11
Little Bit Tiny Dog Big Heart Donating Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Texas Posts: 6,205	Yorkies are very smart, but like people they get bored easily with the same things that they already know. You have to make the training interesting and keep changing things up. Make it fun. I have to tell you how smart my little puppies are. I had the floor of the expen covered with potty pads then put one of a slightly different thickness and texture in one corner. My plan was to slowly take away one by one the other pads until there was only the one in the corner to go on so they would learn to only use it. Well 90+% of the time this is what they used from the very beginning, I didn't ever get to where I had taken even one of the other pads away. Then I decided to try a doggie toilet with a grid for them. Just started a few days ago. I put it in the spot where the pad had been. I set it down and each one took a turn and went pee or poo on it right away and they have kept using it since. Then today when I was cleaning things all the puppies somehow got out of expen (they are six weeks old), so I quickly picked them up and put them back in. I counted to make sure they were all there and one was missing. I looked all around my office and clear over in the other corner of the room from the ex pen behind my desk is the big washable potty pad for the adults. There on the pad was the missing little boy GOING POTTY!!! What a little smartie pants!!! __________________ Little Bit

08-22-2008, 12:24 PM	#2
alishasmom YT 500 Club Member Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Chinquapin NC Posts: 654	The print was supposed to be blue. Ignore the extra info

08-22-2008, 01:53 PM	#3
LadyMadonna51 Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Canada Posts: 162	I have had Wiz from 8 weeks and from the first day aside from housetraining ( which is still a work in progress ) , I have taught me like I would train any size dog ..sit , sit stay , down , down stay , come .. and dance ( turns in a circle . ) We do all of these things consistently throughout the day . Now why the little brat won't get the pee and poop outside issue is beyond me . Sure hope that gets better . He is about 75% but I want a 100% .

08-22-2008, 01:54 PM	#4
LadyMadonna51 Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Canada Posts: 162	..and that should be taught HIM .. not me ..oh so freudian .

08-22-2008, 03:34 PM	#6
lovemyalfie Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Los Angeles CA Posts: 169	I believe it! I taught Alfie to sit in a couple of days. He's 14 weeks old. I'm surprised/relieved/happy at how trainable he is. Though, still getting him to come to ME is another story lol. It's getting a little better though

08-22-2008, 05:37 PM	#7
LadyMadonna51 Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Canada Posts: 162	But ..are your boys housetrained ? This is a big issue .

08-22-2008, 07:17 PM	#9
tamandkota Donating YT 500 Club Member Join Date: May 2008 Location: MS Posts: 894	Ohh, toooo cute!! Dakota is very clever. We took a puppy class and she learned the basics...sit, stay, down, come, ect. Then we took the intermediate class where we learned more advanced versions of the basics (distracted stays, out of site stays, leave it) and we also took (and passed..YEAH ) the cgc test. Now we are taking the advanced class and working towards getting our therapy dog certification!! Dakota knows a few "tricks", like dance, what did you do (she lowers her head and puts her paw on her nose ) and a really cute trick where she won't take a cookie if you say it is from the vet (or whoever you want), but will eat it after you change who it is from. However, with housetraining....kota is pretty good...she will let me know 99% of the time that she needs to go out, but if she gets mad (if she gets left) she will sometimes tinkle on the rug . I have heard yorkies are VERY hard to completely housetrain.

08-24-2008, 10:02 AM	#12
alishasmom YT 500 Club Member Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Chinquapin NC Posts: 654	check out this videos, there are videos about teaching them to sit, roll over and more. PetVideo.com

08-26-2008, 08:44 AM	#13
myj697 YorkieTalk Newbie! Join Date: May 2008 Location: Georgia Posts: 2	What's a doggie toilet? Margaret

08-29-2008, 12:01 PM	#15
kimerli01 YorkieTalk Newbie! Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: winton,ca. usa Posts: 5	I agree, yorkies are very intelligent. I adopted Harley when he was only 4weeks old because his mommy had milk fever and he wasn't nursing so I took him at this young age to save his life. At only 4 weeks old he was able to learn "sit" and "down" I continued with his training everyday and before he was 3 months old he could "sit","down","stay","roll over","sad","happy","crawl",and"touch". now he is 2 years old and he still does all those tricks plus many more like"find it"(whatever I want him to find) he knows who "mommy","daddy",and"bubba" are,he will go get the other dogs when asked,"sneezes" on command, and now we are working on agility. He is doing really great at it. I make all his training sessions a game. Not only is it fun for him but for me as well. My other dogs are learning a lot just from watching Harley. My advice would be don't give up on your puppy or yourself. You should practice everyday(even after they learn a trick) keep it fun and only 10 minutes a day so not to have your puppy get bored or irritated. As for the potty training, I would take a treat out with us when he had to go potty. I would tell him to go potty and when he did I praised him and give him the treat straight away(I used "special" treats for potty training seperate from the treats I gave him for regular training) It didnt take long before he associated his behavior with that "special" treat and went potty when and where I told him to go. Hope this helps. Have fun Kimerli California