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07-04-2012, 08:23 AM | #1 |
YorkieTalk Newbie! Join Date: Jul 2012 Location: Lansdale, PA
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| Training a 1.5 year old yorkie Hello everyone. I just wanted to say how much I enjoy this forum. Everyone seems so helpful! I have a male yorkie who is about 1.5 years old. I've had him since he was about 2 months old, but he hasn't learned many commands or tricks. I can get him to sit up on his hind legs (without standing) for treats, but that's about it. He's very well housetrained (I've trained him to wait for me to take him out and how to use a doggy door as I've changed my residence twice in the past few months), but he doesn't seem to listen otherwise. He's very sweet and nice to everyone (humans and dogs) and comes when I call him, but when he grabs something he knows hes not supposed to have I have to catch him and pry it from his mouth. Its just little things like that. He doesn't play fetch and bring it back to me, but rather to near me and I have to snatch the ball from him to throw it again. I don't feel comfortable letting him off the leash because he makes me catch him and won't come to me when we are outside. I know he thinks hes playing, and its really funny at times how mischievous he is, but I'd like to be able to play with him outside without a fence and have him drop things when I tell him too. He's definitely spoiled by food and attention (my own fault) and I feel awful when I have to yell at him because he cowers in the corner. Any tips for training a slightly mischievous slightly older dog? I want to play fetch, teach him shake, sit, lay down, and maybe even roll over. Thanks in advance everyone! |
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07-04-2012, 08:34 AM | #2 | |
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well first of all , don't yell at him.. That tends to make dogs nervous and afraid of you . Makes it much harder to teach commands. I would just start with something simple like sit. Just sit on the floor with your dog, take a treat and hold it slightly above his head in front on his nose and just wait. When he sits on his own, say "good sit" and give him a treat. Just keep practicing till he has it down . Then move to the next command.... | |
07-04-2012, 08:40 AM | #3 |
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| My baby was 12 months when I got him. Poor boy didn't know what playing was. (at least that's how he acted) As for tricks, we're a little stuck as well. He knows "mucho gusto" (it's give me paw, but we call it "nice to meet you in Spanish), he shakes (his whole body), roll over, bang bang, down, and he's also pretty good off leash. All I have to say is "not too far" and he comes running back. Our problem with fetch is the same as yours. He come near me with the ball, but he won't give it to me. It irks me sometimes. The above commands were pretty easy. Most start with him in a sit. For give me paw, I would say the command and grab his front paw, followed immediately by a tiny treat. I just kept repeating that over and over. Eventually, I gave him a second to see if he'd give me his paw before I would take it. After more repetition, he did pick up his paw and give it to me. High five came after that. I would place my hand, palm up and say "high five". Since it was similar to give me paw, he would put his paw in my hand and got a treat. after some more repetition, I put my hand with my palm facing him, in a regular high five position, and he tapped it. Easy peasy! Bang bang was pretty easy too. From a down position, I would say "bang bang" and tip him over from his shoulder. If he stayed down, even for half a second, he got a treat. eventually, I would wait a second to see if he would fall on his side on his own, before tipping him. After a lot of repetition, he got it. My absolute favorit is a combination of "beg" and "bang bang." I put him in a beg (sitting on his hind legs with his front paws up) and then shoot him. He looks so funny!
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07-04-2012, 08:53 AM | #4 |
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| Wow, thanks a lot. How do I get him to drop something instead of running away? When I have to chase him I know he thinks we're playing, but I still have to catch him and pry his jaw open. What commands do I use in that situation? If I have to chase him and pry stuff out of his mouth, how do I get him to drop something with just a command? Thanks! |
07-04-2012, 09:01 AM | #5 |
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| When it's toys, I still haven't figured it out yet. As far as stuff he shouldn't have, I just tell him to stay where he is and drop it. I don't know how it happened but he listened. Maybe others will have a better "how to." Have you tried a training class? I want to try one too for the socialization as well as reinforcing the commands.
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07-04-2012, 09:10 AM | #6 |
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| I took the Petsmart puppy class and the method for dropping things that they teach you is to hold a very tiny piece of treat in front of their nose when they're holding the toy. When they drop the toy, you say "drop it" and give the treat at the same time. The idea is that after repeating this process many many times, eventually they'll drop something with the verbal command and also if they see your hand in the "treat" position. Toki will still ignore "drop it" and run like hell if she has something she knows that she shouldn't (like dirty socks, food wrappers, blah blah blah) but this has worked very well for toys. I also used to just stop playing with Toki (temporarily) if she didn't bring back toys and just teased me by bringing them just out of reach. Since she loves playing fetch with us, she eventually figured out that she needed to bring the toy closer to us if she wanted to play and not be ignored (sometimes I wake up from naps on the couch with toys by my feet or face now lolol). Another thing is that sometimes I play fetch with 2 toys. Toki will run up to me with her one toy and then when I show the second toy, she'll drop the current one and then I throw the second toy and collect the first one...kind of tag-teaming toys. She kind of just gets into the rhythm of chasing after a toy, bringing it back, dropping it, and running after the second toy. Just some ideas! We had similar problems with fetch but these methods have helped us out a lot! |
07-04-2012, 09:19 AM | #7 | |
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07-04-2012, 09:23 AM | #8 |
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| When do they grow out of that? Because I'm still waiting lolol. Toki is so hard-headed sometimes but it's so endearing (when she's not driving me nuts!) |
07-04-2012, 09:50 AM | #9 |
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| Kaji will be 4 years old next month. I'm still waiting!
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07-04-2012, 09:52 AM | #10 |
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| IME if you take them to obedience training it helps the dog socially but it also teaches the "Human" the correct way of training. I always thought I would do it myself. Worked fine till I got the hard to handle dog. 10 days of training taught me and my pooch. He was a totally different dog. Best thing i ever did. Next pup 1/2 weeks from now is going straight to obedience training. Also a good bonding time imo |
07-04-2012, 09:57 AM | #11 |
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| They never grow out of it. Because they are self thinkers. Thats how they were breed. But thats what makes them so smart. My Pom could do all kinds of "tricks." The Yorkie would communicate with me . Like he could talk. With body language. The Pom was a toy hog. When he was on mama lap. Spunky the Yorkie when he wanted up would grab a toy run past the couch. The Pom would jump down to get the toy from him. He would run drop it away from the couch run back to mama lap. That dog was a thinker. He was poor backyard breed. But so smart. Enough to make Yorkies my favorite. I've been dog less for ~4 yrs just waiting for my pup now. |
07-04-2012, 10:12 AM | #12 | |
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