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04-09-2019, 10:27 PM | #1 |
YT 500 Club Member Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Aspen, CO, US
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| The little monster wandered off Once in awhile Ruger (8yrs old) will squirt out the door but always comes back. I call him, he doesn't come, but he keeps looking back at me and doesn't go far. As most of you know chasing does no good so I just go back inside and a few minutes later he'll show up. When he comes inside I give him a treat to reward him for coming home. Anyway, today he gets out the door and l could see him wondering around the neighborhood looking back at me so I did the usual and went inside and slammed the door. After awhile I realized he hadn't come back and went looking for him. I drove around slowly and found him about a mile away walking down the sidewalk (I've never had to use the car to find him). He's never gone this far and calling him, even with a treat did no good. It was like he was on a mission. I finally got him into the car and we went home, again rewarding him as usual. Any idea what would cause this behavior? Never been in that part of the neighborhood. Never wandered off that far. But, just kept walking down the sidewalk like he was on a mission. |
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04-10-2019, 07:30 AM | #2 |
Yorkie mom of 4 Donating YT Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: LaPlata, Md
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| Because he is a terrier. You either need to train him to not go out the door or set up a gate system so he can’t get out. Even if you can see him that won’t keep another dog from attacking him, other animals attacking him or him getting hit by a car. It’s not safe to let him do that or to let him do that with you not watching.
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04-10-2019, 07:50 AM | #3 |
Donating YT 3000 Club Member Join Date: Feb 2014 Location: E.Stroudsburg, Pa.
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| My guy is a dash out the door kid, he is trained to stay, he will after a big verbal argument from him. I had to have a gate installed at the front porch to make sure he never gets off, of course delivery men never close the gate so Mr. Thing must "stay". I live in a heavily wooded area, if he ever gets out he is gone forever. Never, never, let let your yorkie free to roam, teach him the stay command, there are to many things that can happen to them. You were very lucky to find Ruger, next time you may not be so lucky. Please make sure he does not get out again.
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04-10-2019, 09:56 AM | #4 |
Donating YT 5000 Club Member Join Date: Aug 2013 Location: Brownstown MI USA
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| I would be very scared going forward. Now that he has "discovered" the world beyond your neighborhood, he will want to explore there again. You may need to invest in help with training him. He does not know how to cross street safely, so he got lucky this time. The next time may be different and there will be a next time unless you get him trained. I'm glad he made it home safely.
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04-10-2019, 01:57 PM | #5 |
YT 1000 Club Member Join Date: Mar 2016 Location: stanley nc
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| Even when they understand the stay command and obey it regularly, it doesn't mean they won't dart after something that happens to catch their attention. Yorkies are ratters and instinct sometimes kicks in over training to stay. |
04-10-2019, 06:21 PM | #6 |
Donating YT 3000 Club Member Join Date: Feb 2014 Location: E.Stroudsburg, Pa.
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| You teach the "stay" command so the dog does not dart out of the house. Once they are out they are gone with the wind, focused on what ever catches their eyes, no amount of yelling stay will stop them. My guy is a door darter, although he argues with me he will stay when I open my front door, I have the porch gated so he can't run off it but, delivery ppl do not always close the gate even with my sign that reads please close the gate behind you.
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04-11-2019, 08:42 AM | #7 |
Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: Sep 2017 Location: Wisconsin
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| We have a fenced in back yard that is yorkie escape proof and we put up a gate inside the door to our garage, but the front door is still a risk. I pick him up and hold him, or we have a portable gate that we put up when answering the door that blocks him from the entryway. There are too many dangers outside for our little guy, from hawks and eagles that live in the area, to a busy road behind our house. He doesn't go outside unsupervised. Ever. He loves to go outside and has even caught a squirrel (twice!). He still has a people with him when he is outside. Outside of our fenced-in area, he is on a leash. Always. He knows the stay command, but when there is a squirrel visible? Nothing can keep him from responding. |
04-12-2019, 03:50 AM | #8 |
YT 500 Club Member Join Date: Apr 2018 Location: Kissimmee, FL
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| My husband and I were on our way home yesterday when we saw a LITTLE yorkie walking down the side road close to our home. My husband turned around the car, and we went back to make sure he was alright (there has been a recent spate of lost yorkies reported). We went down the road, and saw two homes with people outside, but no sign of the yorkie. We turned around, to go back to the highway, and there he was again at the end of the road. My husband yelled "There he is...or is that a squirrel". Nobody was anywhere near him, and I got out of the car to see if he would come to me. As soon as the car door opened, I heard someone call "Cocoa come here". The owner was at one of the homes down the road, and thought that I was trying to take their dog. This tiny yorkie was just about to go onto a very busy roadway in Florida (in an area right along one of the biggest alligator lakes in the state...with a bald eagle nest less than 1/4 mile down the road), and the owner was afraid because she thought that I was stealing her dog!
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04-12-2019, 11:40 AM | #9 | |
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04-22-2019, 06:12 PM | #10 |
♥ Love My Tibbe! ♥ Donating Member Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: D/FW, Texas
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| Train your dog to 'Stop!' on command, so that he sees it as a big win every time he does it with lots of real, happy, heartfelt praise as you look into his eyes, big smile on your face & his very favorite-most treat each time he does it, an uh-oh and disappointed scowl, no reward is he doesn't. Over time, if he sees you as his pack-leader, he should learn how wonderful stopping is for him and happily freeze in place every time you request/order a stop as he knows the lottery win he's in for. Basic, upbeat, happy obedience training teaches your dog over time to do what you request and they learn how great always responding to your requests is for them. Eventually, obeying you becomes a habit, something they just happily do by rote as you still treat/praise every correct response and they grow to love that win. Don't always treat every correct response after the first 2 months of training so that the treat is always looked upon as just that - a treat; but always lovingly praise every time they obey you. Tibbe was a door-darter so I trained him not to leave his front yard as a preventative as my sister's dog got run over and killed before her eyes after dashing out the door and into the street in the path of a car. At age 111/2, he's never left his front yard, because he's sees doing what I request as a bigger win!
__________________ Jeanie and Tibbe One must do the best one can. You may get some marks for a very imperfect answer: you will certainly get none for leaving the question alone. C. S. Lewis |
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