Leash training..
 

What is the best way to get my Yorkie to walk on a leash? I try she sits down and will not move. I try to force her a little but afraid of hurting her.

We went to the park today and my other dog walked fine and I had to carry her the entire time...ha ha I kept trying to put her down and try but no luck.

Let her walk around inside the house with the leash attached so she can get used to it.

My little scamper is just now being taught how to walk on a leash and he is doing pretty good. You can practice inside or outside just make sure you have a leash on her so that she gets use to it. Put her a couple feet away and call her to you, you can use a treat or a toy to coax her to you. Then we she comes to you reward her and give her alot of praise. Back up a couple of feet and do it again. Once she gets the hang of that go even further away and call her to you. Once she gets that then start off with her on your side and use a treat or toy to move a couple of steps with you. Praise and reward once she has moved a couple of steps. Practice this a few times and then increase the amount of steps that she will take. Before long she will be able to walk beside you with no problem. The praise is the big thing, she needs to feel confident when she is walking. If the don't feel comfortable and confident then they arn't going to walk. All of my dogs have been successfully trained this way and now I take all of them on walks together and they do really great. Just make sure you start out slow, don't rush into things or she will take even longer to train. Good Luck!!!!

Thank you both so much!

I am going to try inside first with some treats. Maybe by summer we can go to the park and I won't have to carry her! ha ha

Make sure you are using a harness, OK?
 

Harnesses are better than collars. Yorkies have sensitive tracheas! Here's a link with some harnesses Chattiesmom made for my girls!:p

http://www.yorkietalk.com/forums/sho...d.php?p=555951

Bonnie did the same thing when I tried her with a collar and leash...she would sit and not move an inch. Then I found YT and read about Harnesses, so I tried that and she did great...no problems at all. In addition to it being harmful for them to wear a collar, I think it is uncomfortable also. Good Luck!

My boyfriend and I also use a harness on our yorkies. At first we were having trouble getting them to walk with their leahes but now they do a great job. Usually he hold on to the leashes and I walk a little ahead of them and just say come on lexxie / bailey and they are happy to follow. We had a hard time at first but once we've started this it worked very well. Now they don't mind walking with it. They still have their moments where they will be stubborn but most of the time they do great!

Start out with a really short leash and just let her drag it around inside the house. I started this way with Jaxon and eventually he wasn't scared of it. Then I started using the leash indoors just until he was used to it. We slowly built up and now he goes for long walks every day. I just started using a harness vest which is much better.