Getting her to stay in the yard? Ok, so every time Bella gets out, she runs straight to the road or to my neighbors yard or the woods. I'm so scared she is going to get run over or lost and that would devastate me! So I have to keep her locked in, but I do put her on a leash and have it attached to a steak in the ground. I'll leave her out for awhile until she lets me know she is ready to come in. But sometimes she gets out and we can't catch her. I've tried getting her to come to her favorite toy and pretty much everything. We have to chase her down and eventually we catch her. Any suggestions? :cry: |
I wouldn't leave her in the yard by herself tied to a stake without someone being there with her. Too many things can happen to her. A strange dog can attack her, a bird of prey can get her, she would be defenceless because she couldn't get away. What's wrong with walking her on a leash until she potties and take her back inside? Teach her to come to you indoors and eventually take it outdoors but I would never leave her in the yard by herself. |
My first suggestion -- NEVER let her off leash until she is more trustworthy. Also never let her off leash close to a road, it's asking for heartbreak. :( My first suggestion would be to buy her a REALLY long leash. I practice with Jackson on a 50 foot training lead that I found on eBay. I let him go out all the 50 feet, explore, sniff, etc, and then say "Jackson, come!" and I always give him a treat when he comes to me. Never punish them when you get them, even if you're mad that they just ran away. It would also be good to take her to a large field, not close to a road, that's fenced in (dog park, baseball field, etc) and practice in an area where she's safe. Also, chasing them usually makes them run more. Typically running the opposite direction makes them be like "huh? where is she going?" or doing something odd, like you sitting on the ground, it makes you more appealing to them because you're doing something different. When you're chasing them, they think it's a game. Another good thing to teach is the "stay" command. Practice having her stay at the door so every time that door is open, she doesn't bolt. Start with staying for 2 seconds with the door open, then move to 5 seconds, etc. I suggest watching It's Me or the Dog on Animal Planet or Dog Whisperer on National Geographic. :) Good luck! :thumbup: |
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She's never far from me. She is right out my front door and I'm always in eyesight of her. Trust me, I watch her like a hawk. I have taken her out to use the bathroom but she will just walk and walk but will never use it. She waits till we are back inside. I will walk her around and try to train her by getting her to come to me while she is on the leash. But she has a mind of her own. :p |
Put baby gates at your doors until she is trained. Not many live long doing that... Also, you mention you live by the woods. We've had other yorkies on YT that were grabbed by coyotes just as they went out the front door. Just be careful. |
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I recommend a fence. You should never let your dog run lose unless you know for absolute certain that she will not run away when distracted. It really isn't fare when an unleashed dog runs up on someone with a leashed dog aggressive dog. Not to mention a yorkie is a small dog and could be easily damaged. |
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I do not let my dogs off a leash especially Daisy. She has been a runner since she was 12 weeks and still is at 6 years. Everytime I give her a chance to play ball without a leash she blows it by looking at me and bolting for the woods. She won't come when you call she just goes about her merry way. My husband let her out to greet me once with the leash attached to her, and she ran to me and made a mad dash for the woods. I called her about 15 times and nothing. So I was starting to panic bc she had a leash attached to her and I was afraid she was going to hang herself or something. I pushed the panic button on the car and she came running to me. lol I do not give her one inch of freedom unless she is fenced in. Give her an inch and she takes 20 miles. lol |
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The long leash is a great idea. Lexi used to try to get out into the front yard, it's like she knew it was out of bounds so when she did get lose - she'd run around like crazy. Impossible to catch. The problem was, that she wouldn't listen to me. I started taking her to the offleash dog park. I liked this because it allowed me to have her offleash in an open fenced area - with lots of distractions. It took awhile but now she comes when called. I would arm myself with treats, when she got too far away - I'd call her back. If she came she got a treat and lots of encouragement. Even if she came back without me calling her, she would get a treat/praise. For your situation, I would try putting on a long leash as Britster suggested and train with her in your yard. Everytime she gets to the edge, call her back. If she doesn't come, use the leash. Remember treats and praise! I would also train her to wait at the door until you give her the command. My dogs are all trained to do so. |
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:thumbup::thumbup: Very true. All it takes is one second for a tragedy to occur. Also, there are so many yorkies being stolen from people's yard. She wouldn't even have a chance to get away from whoever was trying to get her. Finally, maybe you can set up a baby gate in front of your door. Maybe you could either get a trainer to help you or spend A LOT of time training her not to go past a line you designate. |
if you have a large yard and need to tie the dog out what you can do is run a rope in the air from point to point, for example your house to a tree in the yard. Put a pulley on a lead and let the pulley run the length of the rope giving the dog a nice long run. |
Update on Bella Ok I have an update on Bella. You guys have all given me great ideas. She is getting good at sitting at the door and not going out unless she is on her leash. I also have a small weight attached to her leash so she can't run too fast. This way I can catch her if I need to. But she is doing much better. She doesn't run to the road and she comes back to me when I squeeze her toy. She doesn't eat treats (don't know why, but she won't eat them) but I do praise her and she is getting better.:D |
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