I need some help with my run away Yorkie

[tiggerfhan]

When I first adopted Nico he would not leave my side, but when he was about 6 months old he started running. It's been very frightening at times. I have NEVER let him out, it's always friends and family that I can't trust him with.

[troubletb]

When Bell was small she didn't run away, she just ran around.. She sarted to run away when she was about 9 months old (maybe a little older) I don't think she running away as much as shes just running!! Because when she gets tired she listens and lays down.. I have tried to do the thing with her on a long leash and she listens to me, comes right over. But off the leash she is very stubborn I could be watching TV while laying in bed and call her (she could be no more than a foot away) and she doesn't listen. Unless I have food! AS far as my mother, she is in great shape for 72, but gosh I don't want her running after Bell and have a heart attach or anything Thanks for the ideas, Keep them coming, and I'll keep trying them

[Tucker's_Mom]

Tucker is a run-away if he gets a chance. He is little but he can run SO fast!! My mom is always afraid he will slip out the door and run away when she keeping my kids. She always puts him in the bathroom when she comes over. There is no way she could catch him with her bad knees. Plus, we live on a farm in the middle of no where. If he ran into the woods, he could really get lost. I wish I knew how to break his behavior. I have enrolled him puppy school so hopefully a trainer can help us. Until then, he is on a leash everytime he goes out.

[allinfun]

Please whatever any of you do,,,dont let your yorkie run free,, I lost the most precious thing in my life a few months back,,that was my beautiful little "Jazzy" my lovely little yorkie,,she got loose and got in the road,,she died hours later and I have never been sooooooo heartbroken in my life..I just wanted to die with her. So do whatever it takes to keep your yorkie up,,I wish that I could go back in time and I would of had a gate installed around my house,,they are way tooooo precious to loose.

[yorkieusa]

Ah, gee! My chihuahua took me on a chase once and we had traffic stopped both ways! I was so scared and embarrassed at the same time. There I was chasing this little thing in circles. She was having the time of her life (she was still a puppy). I soon had a fence put in at that house. When I got Muffin, our yorkie, we had a fenced-in yard for her, but I used to take her out in the big unfenced part of the yard with me (she was a puppy, too) and that soon ended, because she decided to take me on the run of my life. Needless to say, after that she didn't go out without her halter and leash.

I read in one of our yorkie books that you should teach them the sit/stay command just for this type situation, but they have to be so old to learn that.

[chachi]

My dog knows the sit stay command and never pays any attention to it if he gets out of our yard. I would fence your yard.

[yorkieusa]

Originally Posted by chachi

My dog knows the sit stay command and never pays any attention to it if he gets out of our yard. I would fence your yard.

IF my yorkie knew that command, she wouldn't pay any attention, either!

She'll be 10 weeks old tomorrow and I'm so proud that she does the sit command for a treat now. Not that she's a dummy! I'm just not the best trainer! I hate to make them work.

[milliecorrales]

My boys did the same thing, they did it the first time at my daughters house in the valley on a totally unfamilar street just blocks from a heavily used freeway. After corraling them that day, I decided that they had to be trained to come when called. I bought a lead (got it from Petedge.com) and hooked it to my belt every minute that I was home with them. I kept them both tied to me, it was long enough for them to go into other rooms, just not too terribly far. Then every once in a while, I would call them, if they did not come immediately, I would "reel" them in. Once they were there, I would praise them, give them a favorite treat and tell them how good they were. Now whenever I call them, they come immediately. This did not happen over night, it took several weeks and now whenever we are out and they are off their leashes, I do a few practice runs with them. They always come when called now.

[troubletb]

How old were they when you taught them?? And how long way the lead?? Bell is very stuborn, If I have treats she will be there in a heart beat, on or off a leash, inside the house. Now outside the house is a different story. On the leash or lead she will come when called off the lead she does what ever she wants, which is usually not what I want.
Thanks for the info, I will try it.. Maybe I should try all these ideas now, beacuse Bell is finally pregnant and a bit slower these days.

[Stitches29]

Sounds like I'm not the only one that has a Sprint Runner. Our yard is fenced, so she can't get too far. When I go outside to feed the big dogs, water some plants, feed the koi, etc, Maggie will dart past me at the storm door, before I even realize it. I am in the process of telling her "Stay" when I am at the door. She just looks at me like, "Sure I'll Stay,--Until You Are Not Looking".