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05-23-2006, 08:48 AM | #16 | |
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This reminds me of when Mozart (our shih-tzu/maltese/silky mix) was just a pup and he got out of the backyard. Well, I called and called - he wouldn't come. Though I love him to bits, I would not leave my multi-challenged daughter in the house to chase a dog all over town. So, I just prayed, "Lord, you'll have to keep him safe and bring him home, cause I can't". I paced and checked the doors: "Mozart!" Nothing. Then, several hours later, I looked out the front door, and there was Mr. Mo....sitting quietly, just waiting for me to FIND him! <gggggggrrrrr!> I was never so happy to see his li'l mutt face!
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05-23-2006, 09:12 AM | #17 | |
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05-23-2006, 10:25 AM | #18 |
Donating YT 30K Club Member | Maya my Pom is trained to not leave the property. She is ral good about it. If she starts to get farther away from me when I'm out gardening I just say stay on our property and she comes over by me. I can even walk her and Cali and just have Maya's leash drag on the ground and if I see anyone coming or a car I grab her leash. I have never had a Yorkie that would stay like that, they like to chase anything that moves.
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05-23-2006, 10:38 AM | #19 | |
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The problem is, it only take one split second for them to dart away into the street. So although you can train them to stay right by your side, there is always the chance that they will one day dash off. As others have said, I too used to live in town and not put mine on a leash, but they did occasionally dash after something, so they cannot be trusted 100%. However if you want to try to train them, you need to first have them on a long loose leash, and keep talking to them and correct them when they move away from you, eventually let the leash drag, so they are easier to catch if need be and keep working with them. But be aware there is always a risk. I started with mine as puppies, and never used a leash. The street we lived on was not a busy street so I took the risk and was lucky. You may not be as lucky. | |
05-23-2006, 11:50 AM | #20 | |
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05-23-2006, 12:40 PM | #21 |
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| Unfortunatly I learnt the hard way.I lost my precious dog to a tragic accident a few years back and still blame my self years later.It is a huge price to pay for a stupid mistake all I can say is fence! fence! fence.It is not worth the risk under any circumstance.
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05-23-2006, 12:58 PM | #22 |
Donating YT 10K Club Member | I have a friend who trained his doberman to stay in the yard. ANYTHING could walk by and that dog would not stray past the perimeter. He trained him by placing him on a leash, walked the perimeter of the yard, any step out...and the dog was pulled back and told no. I admit I tried it with my first Yorkie....nope...across the street was too tempting for him. Ramsey knows the command come, however, she has recently decided she may not wanna come.
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05-23-2006, 12:59 PM | #23 |
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| Yorkies I realize you are with your companions and they are not alone....they do not care, something goes "boink" in their brains and they do totally unexpected things. My daughter had a girl named Maddie...Maddie was perfect she thought.....one day my daughter opened the door of her apt. and Maddie ran into the neighbors apt across the hall..her front door was open..but worst yet..her patio door was open and Maddie end up on the other side of the complex on a highway...my daughter had to get the car to go find her...it was a nightmare...after that she put a small gate across the hall way...these Yorkies can never be trusted.. because sometimes we can not get them back when they go "boink" in their brains... |
05-23-2006, 01:01 PM | #24 | |
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I 'made' a fence out of an xpen in the backyard to close off the one section that was unfenced. Works pretty well.
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05-24-2006, 02:02 PM | #25 |
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| I wouldnt leave any dog outside w/o being enclosed. I've had dogs that know where our yard is and where it ends, and they have been good about not leaving the yard while I'm outside with them, but if something catches their eye they will run off after it. Or if they get a burst of energy, they'll go for a run and I gotta chase them all around the neighborhood. Best bet is to keep it on a leash, have a dog play pen for it, or have a fence. You don't wanna just let it loose where it can roam around anywhere. |
05-25-2006, 01:40 AM | #26 |
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| Have a fence and check it often! Even in a fully fenced garden,these little dogs are adventurous and can get out of the most surprising spaces,especially when chasing the cat. Even when fully supervised outside they can do amazing things. I have fenced, refenced and added at least 3 times and my girl is only 7 months old! I wouldn't like to risk it. Yet she enjoys the freedom of being in the garden. She is good at dog areas and will trot off lead at my heels,explore a little and come back. But the front unfenced yard is off limits.
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05-25-2006, 05:32 PM | #27 |
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| I agree with the fence fence fence comments. No matter how well trained your dog is and what breed it is, they still have natural instincts. It only takes one interesting rabbit, cat, dog, female in heat, ball, kid, bird, etc to throw ANY dog into its natural instincs to chase, play, fetch etc. That is why I am such a anal-retentive about ALL dogs being on a leash when outside walking or in public use places. Both of my older dogs are great about walking with me off leash, (we'll do it on private fenced property) but I never take them outside of it off leash, I never want to experience that one moment in time that I will regret for my babies. I almost lost my Maltese years back when she decided the joggers' ankles looked like a nice bit of prey. Out into the street she went, before I knew it I was running a block to catch her. Never again. (As irony would have it, I am now a runner!) I have a 6 foot privacy fence with all possible holes blocked off and still am outside with my babies. Please know that it is not a statement that a dog is not well trained, it is just that they are dogs, and sometimes we forget that. Especially those of us (me) that think of them as our kids. MaryKay AprilLoves' Mommy and slave |
05-25-2006, 07:45 PM | #28 | |
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Just a block?!?!?! LOL, with my boxers they would run and be gone for hours (eventually they ran out of our sites) But I'm sure that boxers are probably faster runners. But while its on the table, how fast do yorkies run? | |
05-25-2006, 08:09 PM | #29 |
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| IMO a Yorkie can NEVER NEVER be left in even a fenced yard. No matter how well trained they have us (remember we do not train Yorkies. They allow us to think so but they actually train us) they still are bait for predatory birds even in the middle of a city. LONG leads can be used especially the ones attached to a stake with a swivel so they cannot get tangled. Of course, that can only be done in a treeless, plantless yard. |
05-26-2006, 12:25 AM | #30 |
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| We don't have predatory birds here in NZ.
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