|
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 |
06-15-2007, 10:26 AM | #1 |
Donating YT 500 Club Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: S. Ca
Posts: 1,905
| what do you guys do when your yorkie misbehaves? Ie, do you give them time out, no toys, etc. We give Zoe 'quiet' alone time for about 20 minutes in a corner or on her bed when she misbehaves and just curious what everyone else here does |
Welcome Guest! | |
06-15-2007, 10:34 AM | #2 |
I heart Hootie & Hobbs Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: USA
Posts: 7,149
| If any of my dogs are doing something they aren't supposed to be doing, I clap my hands and give a really stern, loud "NO." If that doesn't work, then they get a light smack on the bottom to get their attention. In the case of my lab puppy, if neither of these work, he gets time out in his crate. The yorkies always respond to the stern "no." |
06-15-2007, 10:45 AM | #3 |
And Tiger, too! Donating Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Moore, Oklahoma
Posts: 1,568
| Do a firm, loud (but not yelling) 'No' to stop the behavior. Then I redirect with what the positive of the action would be. If it's an accident, I take the pup outside, and clean up the mess. After it's clean he/she can come back in. If it's chewing on something they aren't allowed; I move the pup and offer something appropriate to chew on. If it's ruff playful biting then I yelp, act hurt and refuse to play with the pup. . . I don't do timeouts; you're only supposed to keep a child in time-out for 1 minute of every year of life. Even then they don't really comprehend time-outs till they are a couple years old. I just don't really think the doggie can get/understand the full benefits of a time-out more than a couple minutes long. So anyway, that's why I use redirect instead of time-outs.
__________________ Jess, Rhapsody,Tiger,& sweet Ocean Blu! Rhapsody's Dogster & Tiger's Dogster Huge Pee Pad Salewww.pee-pads.com/FreeShipping |
06-15-2007, 10:50 AM | #4 |
YT 500 Club Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Texas
Posts: 905
| The only thing that can stop Buttercup from doing something he isn't suppose to be doing is a loud bang. Nothing works except the pool table. I rack up all the balls and then break it really loud and he stops, of course that only works when he's doing it upstairs. |
06-15-2007, 10:52 AM | #5 |
Donating YT 500 Club Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: S. Ca
Posts: 1,905
| Yeah, for sure I do the loud 'no' or 'uh uh' or say 'bad dog' but sometimes she either ignores us, or goes right back to doing it 15 minutes later (the newest thing is 'digging' or pawing on our carpet, not sure why. |
06-15-2007, 10:52 AM | #6 |
No Longer a Member | If I catch Chloe in the act of doing something bad--chewing something she shouldn't for example. I'll give a sharp "NO!" If I find something she did bad, that I didn't catch in the act, like chew the beads off my new flip flops ! then I do this long deep voiced "oooooooooooooooooohhhhhh". It sounds a bit like howling. She starts rolling on her back when I do that. |
06-15-2007, 10:32 PM | #7 |
YT 1000 Club Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: American in London
Posts: 1,739
| I also don't wouldn't use a time-out that's longer than a minute or two - unless, of course, *I* needed the break in order to keep my cool. Joey rarely needs more than redirection or an opposing command (ie "down-stay" if he's begging, "drop it" if he's chewing on something he shouldn't have, "get your toy" if he's being hyper, etc).
__________________ FirstYorkie We Love Clicker-Training! |
06-16-2007, 04:45 PM | #8 |
Wee Winston Wiggles Donating Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Kewanee, Illinois
Posts: 9,666
| I agree re-directing their attention, and praise when their good. And of course being consistent, you can't let them do something one time then scold them for doing it again. They really do want so badly to please us, so encourage the good behavior, they'll be happier in the long run.
__________________ As Ever, Kathy Intruducing Bentley Winston and Spencer: RIP My Sweet Angels |
06-16-2007, 07:15 PM | #9 |
Donating Yorkie Yakker Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Connecticut
Posts: 1,511
| I tell Conner that I'm going to get the broom. I do it in a stern voice so that he knows that the broom is something he does not like. If he continues, I get the broom, and he stops in his tracks. He is only afraid of it because of the voice I use. I very rarely have to get the broom out - I just have to tell him. By the way, I do not use the broom if he is around - I use the carpet sweeper or the vacuum - both of which he loves to chase.
__________________ Conner - my best buddy |
06-19-2007, 06:15 AM | #10 |
YT 500 Club Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Soddy Daisy, TN
Posts: 733
| I call this "fluffing". They are attempting to either put there scent there or make the area more agreeable to lay in. Whatever, it is a natural behavior when dogs are attempting to bed. You may need to redirect her to a blanket or her doggie bed. Or when she starts the behavior, but a blanket in the area she is "fluffing" and tell her to get comfy and let her continue to do it on the blanket.
__________________ Sheila and Sweet Millie Sage and Jasmine Rose |
06-19-2007, 06:22 AM | #11 |
Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Pottstown, PA
Posts: 111
| I usually say a loud "NO" to Mugzy and clap my hands loudly. If he's chewing something he shouldn't then I take it and give him a chewy toy instead. If he's getting really rough with the kids I pick him up and try to hold him, but that doesn't usually work, so I put him in his crate for about 10 minutes, that almost always calms him down...he doesn't cry in there either, so it's not too harsh. When he gives a small bark in about 10 minutes, I let him out and he's much much calmer. |
Bookmarks |
|
|
| |
|
|
SHOP NOW: Amazon :: eBay :: Buy.com :: Newegg :: PetStore :: Petco :: PetSmart