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07-14-2006, 08:39 AM | #16 | |
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07-17-2006, 03:39 AM | #17 |
Yorkie Yakker Join Date: May 2006 Location: Canada
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| We are actually starting to do this with Angel. We initially put on the harness so she could get used to it. It took some time and she did the same as others where she would just plop right down then and there and not move and become sulky after we took it off. After she got used to the harness phase we attached her to a leash and started walking her around inside the house. Yet again she would do the same thing but got a tad better. Just this past Saturday we took her out for her first walk down a nearby street. I would say it was a block. She did stop a few times and just laid down. But with a slight pull/nudge on the leash she got right back up and started to walk. By the end of the street she was trying to jump into DJ30's lap (she was kneeeling down). I think that was a sign she was "done". Plus it was very hot out that day and she was panting. So we scooped her up and carried her home. All in all I think it was successful. You just have to take it in strides/phases. Good luck |
07-17-2006, 04:39 AM | #18 |
YorkieTalk Newbie! Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: delaware
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| Thank You All Thanks to all of you for all of your words of wisdom when it comes to walking a Yorkie. I have wnated one since I was 16 (now 50)... In all the research I've done, I had never before heard of the walking issue. Glad I'm not alone... hopefully I'll be posting soon that some of the suggestions helped and we'll be happily strolling along (showing her off) |
07-17-2006, 12:35 PM | #19 |
Yorkie Talker Join Date: May 2006 Location: Michigan
Posts: 16
| To get my little guy to walk I put some peanut butter at the end of a very long spoon and would hold it in front of him to get him moving. We started by going down the steet one or two houses, now we do a mile a day. |
07-19-2006, 07:54 AM | #20 |
Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Virginia
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| Hailey is the same way, i have to drag her to make her walk.She just sits or lay down in the grass and she'll walk on and off here and there.I usually bring treats with me to encourage her to walk . Normally i take her out for walks once or twice a day around the neighborhood. She's gotten a little better from the first time i took her out but i think it takes time and consistency.Also, harness are a must for this breed. |
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