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12-08-2020, 08:53 PM | #1 |
Yorkie Talker Join Date: Jun 2012 Location: Near Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
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| Walking on leash Hi. I have a six month male Yorkie who is a loving happy little guy. He’s full of it!! He loves to play etc. he sleeps well at night in his crate and has learned basic commands. My biggest beef is walking on a leash. He loves to go...I’ve trained him to sit to get his harness and leash on......and he’s good going behind me out the door...BUT.....when we get to the road all he does is pull, pull, pull and doesn’t listen to a thing I say. Inside he actually heels without his leash and sits every time I stop!! Outside he is a maniac and I hate taking him now. Help!! |
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12-09-2020, 06:18 AM | #2 |
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| Just from your brief description, I think your little guy is doing amazingly well in his training. He’s learned a lot, considering that he is still a very young puppy! And the great outdoors is a huge challenge, attention wise, to a terrier puppy, with all the new and interesting sights and sounds and smells — so it’s natural that his attention to training is lacking when he’s outside. My recommendation, for what it’s worth, is to continue the training inside, where his attention is better, and cut him a little slack outside until he’s more mature. Not that you should let him do anything dangerous... just that you can let him be a puppy and have some time to get used to the world outside. We’d love to see photos of your pup! Last edited by Bluebells; 12-09-2020 at 06:20 AM. |
12-09-2020, 10:32 AM | #3 |
Yorkie Talker Join Date: Jun 2012 Location: Near Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
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| Walking on leash....Bluebells Thank you for your reply! I’ve had a Yorkie before but she was 8 months old when we got her. She didn’t sit, stay or do anything at that time. I guess I’m just expecting a bit too much for 6 months. |
12-09-2020, 10:56 AM | #4 |
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| I agree with Bluebells on cutting slack when outdoors. Outdoors is a new world to him, many strange and interesting smells, just the air alone excites them, then add sounds he's not use to, he just wants off to explore. I ran into the same thing with my guy that I adopted when he was 2 1/2 years old, born and raised in the city, now he lives in the country. When I got him he walked perfect on leash because he was leash trained by prev. owner, now he had a back yard and few leash walks. I trained all commands voice and hand signals, he was excellent in the house, no distractions. Came a point I wanted him to know where he lived in case he ever got out of the house, so out we go, that trained leash walk was gone, all he did was pull pull pull, I allowed it because there were new smells on this walk, wild animals, other dogs etc. The commands he was perfect with in the house was thrown to the winds, terriers have tunnel like hearing when they are focused on distractions. We walked our wooded community then back to the house. The next day I take him out again, this time we will work on his pulling. When he started to pull I stopped and turned around, finally got him to the sit command and gave him a treat then walked 5 to 10 feet, the pulling started, I turn around again, get him in the sit position, when he sits, I reward and start to walk, this went on for 10 minutes, we never made it to the next house. The idea is to let them know as long as they pull they will not get far. Training terriers should be 5 to 7 minutes, longer then that they get bored and cannot focus on you anymore. Outside leash training more time is needed, but shouldn't exceed 15 minutes. when he pulls stop and turn around, put him in the heel position, this may take time to gain his attention reward as soon as he gets into the heel position, then start walking, he pulls, you turn around and repeat the heel process. Consistency is key in training. He is doing fantastic for 6 month old indoors. My kid is now 8 years old and every night at 8PM is treat time. Because all commands are not used daily, before my guy gets that treat, I put him through all him through all commands and tricks using hand signals only then he gets his treat.
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12-09-2020, 03:33 PM | #5 |
Yorkie Talker Join Date: Jun 2012 Location: Near Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
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02-04-2021, 11:53 PM | #6 |
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| Many years ago a friend of mine helped me with my wild child Cookie. Now PLEASE don't anyone start talking about the horrors of these collars. The prong collar. I tried it on my arm.....no issues at all!! Cookie only had it on for me to leash walk her....and only for training sessions. It was a handful of sessions and the collar was no more. She got the message and was fine on a leash. I walked her all around the yard, made her stop, sit , then walk more, come to me etc........she was wonderful!!!! I know people hate them and those stupid photos of holes in dogs necks are fake...or they tied them tightly and left them on. Those collars reasonably used as intended DO work. https://www.amazon.com/Sprenger-Ultr...30296315&psc=1
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