|
Welcome to the YorkieTalk.com Forums Community - the community for Yorkshire Terriers. You are currently viewing our boards as a guest which gives you limited access to view most discussions and access our other features. By joining our free community you will have access to post topics, communicate privately with other members (PM), respond to polls, upload content and access many other special features. You will be able to chat with over 35,000 YorkieTalk members, read over 2,000,000 posted discussions, and view more than 15,000 Yorkie photos in the YorkieTalk Photo Gallery after you register. We would love to have you as a member! Registration is fast, simple and absolutely free so please, join our community today! If you have any problems with the registration process or your account login, please click here to contact us. |
|
| LinkBack | Thread Tools |
05-19-2005, 05:44 PM | #16 |
YT Addict Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: NY
Posts: 360
| No problem! I'm glad it worked for you guys, too. I look forward to actually taking archie out for his walks now so that I can show him off as the good dog he is. |
Welcome Guest! | |
05-26-2005, 03:58 PM | #17 |
Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Ohio
Posts: 113
| I almost wish Peanut would pull when I'm walking her... instead she sits down and looks at me, even if I continue to walk w/o her. I don't know what to do, I want to take her out and show my baby off she won't cooperate (sp?). I know I have an opposite problem but any advice would be helpful!!!
__________________ Peanut & Mandy |
05-26-2005, 06:07 PM | #18 |
Donating Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: May 2005 Location: Miami, Florida
Posts: 165
| Today was the first day for obedience traing for my Genie. I would like to know if any one out there has had any experience with obedience for there babies. The trainers spoke about a retractable choker to be used on the puppy which pulls on his neck in order to make her obey the commands. Has ayone out there heard about this. I just want to know that this is safe and won't hurt her. I checked the trainer out and know other people that have used him and say he is good. Still I am worried. I would appreciate all the suggestions and thanks. |
05-26-2005, 07:14 PM | #19 | |
Mom loves Gucci Donating Member Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: New York City
Posts: 6,427
| Quote:
| |
05-26-2005, 07:36 PM | #20 |
YT 500 Club Member Join Date: May 2005 Location: Brampton, Ontario, Canada
Posts: 689
| Mya is now walking our 25 pound dog Comic by pulling his leash. For a 3 pound dog she is strong. I will try to get a pic of it before I totally break her of the habbit. I am trying to keep Mya beside me by keeping her leash short. My husband how ever thinks it is the funniest thing he has ever seen when she goes crazy while walking her. I am working on training the husband not to untrain the dog. *grin*
__________________ Regards,Cyn Driving the grammatically correct insane, one posting at a time |
05-26-2005, 07:44 PM | #21 | |
YT 500 Club Member Join Date: May 2005 Location: Brampton, Ontario, Canada
Posts: 689
| Quote:
__________________ Regards,Cyn Driving the grammatically correct insane, one posting at a time | |
05-26-2005, 07:44 PM | #22 |
Lily Loves Maximus Donating Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Missouri
Posts: 2,633
| Instead of Lily pulling me, I pull her. She grabs the leash with her teeth and growls, this is my signal to pull her. She lays on her tummy, back feet trailing and front tucked under her. If I stop, she jerks the leash and growls again. We call it going for a tummy rub. It is a hoot!
__________________ Lily and Dawn |
05-26-2005, 07:48 PM | #23 | |
YT 500 Club Member Join Date: May 2005 Location: Brampton, Ontario, Canada
Posts: 689
| Quote:
I want to get Mya trained for therapy work and they say that the dogs should not be treat rewarded. So now I am trying sometimes treats, sometimes just praise, sometimes throwing her favorite toy. I notice that dogs that work with the police are rewarded with play time and thier favorite toy after a shift or they bring down a suspect. Can you imagine a yorkie police dog?
__________________ Regards,Cyn Driving the grammatically correct insane, one posting at a time | |
05-26-2005, 11:13 PM | #24 |
Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Indiana
Posts: 220
| I wouldn't trust my Yorkie with anyone recommending a collar that is designed to pull on his neck...I'd explain the situation that their methodology just isn't safe for your wee one & point them in the direction of YT to learn about collapsed tracheas, if necessary, demand a refund, and find a new training class. I may be a paranoid momma, but it hasn't changed in 15 years with my oldest child, and it's not likely to change with my dog, either. Color me set in my ways, but I'm a safety nut! As for leash training, the thing that's working for us is TREATS. LOL When we go for walks, we keep a little bag of treats. When he pulls on the leash, I stop walking. I start walking again when he stops pulling. Constantly talking to him to keep his attention, and offering treats when passing by something or someone he shouldn't investigate...bending over & keeping the treat at his nose is sometimes what it takes, but he's getting the idea & eventually it will be easier. As for walking on different surfaces, Max has a problem with that, too. At first he was scared of grass, and then concrete, and now he's moved on to anything bumpy. We're working with a "walk it" command, and practice with different textures that are safe for him to walk across. Grass, gravel, sand, sidewalks, the side of a crate, etc...he gets lots of praise & a treat when he walks across something that he wouldn't have in the past, so he's getting the idea here, too.
__________________ Lori & Max |
05-27-2005, 04:25 AM | #25 |
Registered User Join Date: May 2005 Location: Duluth, GA USA
Posts: 126
| Ecer since we got Jerry a harness leash training has been amazingly easier...toss the collar I say Michael |
05-27-2005, 06:31 AM | #26 |
Yorkie Yakker Join Date: Apr 2005
Posts: 50
| Benji who is only 5 mths old likes to pull also. What I had read was as soon as the dog starts to tug on the leash STOP. Just stop and don't move til he calms down. Worked for me!! Oh, and a harness every time. Even my big dogs get harnesses. They are much easier on the necks and gives me better control and are more humane. Trachea problems are very common in yorkies, as you know. Collars are for I.D. tags in my opinion. |
Bookmarks |
|
|
| |
|
|
SHOP NOW: Amazon :: eBay :: Buy.com :: Newegg :: PetStore :: Petco :: PetSmart