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Yorktese/Morkie Problems?? :confused: :confused: :confused: We have a 1 year old Morkie, who's name is Snookie. We love him to death, but we cant seem to get a handle on all of his bad habits. We work with him daily, yet he still seems to have a rebellious temperament. He darts for the door when its opened, he marks all over, he decides when and where he can potty, and he has slowly become more and more aggressive. I was wondering if anyone else has had similar problems with a Morkie/Yorktese? Is it something we are doing wrong, or is it that he is just smarter than his own good and likes to be a pain? We have taken almost every avenue we could towards finding a way to get to the bottom of his problems, but nothing seems to work. We start to make progress, then he gets the hint and takes steps backwards. PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE insight me with any information you can to help me get to the bottom of this. |
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You may need to crate train him to get him to respond correctly. This would mean putting him in a crate when you are not watching him and making sure when you take him out of the crate the first thing you do is take him outside. If he does potty then very quickly say good boy and give him a treat. This is positive re-inforcement and I found it really helps. |
One variation on crate training you may try is to put the crate (with his bed inside) in an exercise pen. You can then put food and water in the x-pen in one corner with pee pads in the other. Jeri is right, they need positive reinforcement. Try to catch him being 'good' and don't give him much opportunity to be 'bad'. Also, they want to be with you all the time so try to set up the pen in an area that isn't isolated from everyone. Be gentle and consistent with corrections. Patience will pay off: he has a year of bad habits to un-learn. :aimeeyork :animal-pa :animal-pa :animal-pa :animal-pa :) |
Sergeant is a morkie. He used to behave in the way you decribe on occasion when he didn't get his energy out (darting out the door, mild agression). Having you tried regular long walks? Or a "rough" play time? As for potty time, You may have to start from square one with crate training and taking him out every hour when you are home. We still have a few accidents, but they're usually my fault :rolleyes: . This spring we are starting off-leash training, and I hope this will prevent him from running off and getting hurt. Because it's IMPOSSIBLE to catch him once he gets going, he's the fastest bugger on the planet... Good Luck! |
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