A Smart Way to Prolong a Walk

[ARCHIE]

Your are so right and I truly believe your Yorkie is prolonging going home
because Bud does almost the samething. There are so many different
ways we walk around our complex that he has learned them all and knows
exactally what turns are shorter. When I'm tired and want to cut the
walk alittle shorter I'll take a shorter path and the stinker will stop and
look around and I swear to you will sit down and not budge until I change
route and go the longer way. Smart ass that he is.
You can't win with this breed. Their way or no way

[Potter]

Originally Posted by Akina

Nice!!!
Momiji is opposite.
She doesn't like walking.... by 20 minutes in she starts give me "Mom, will you carry me?" looks on her face....
If there is no one on the street, she won't walk.
She needs some motivation to walk and sometime there are just no one on the street and she stops walking.......

I would love it if Pao is like Momiji when it comes to walking especially when I feel lazy With the weather warmer, we now walk twice a day, 45 mins each time and I feel walking is all I do each day

Pao dashes out of the door as if he has never been out when he is on leash although we are working on that now because I need to be the pack leader and I need to step out first . He is faster than lightning on the way to the park. Its like "Mommy please walk faster or can't you run! Hurry up!" and he pulls like no tomorrow so we run a little on the way to the park. A very nice old lady (neighbour) once said to me, "I always see you running down the street, why is that?!". LOL. When we reached the park, its a huge park, he walks normal pace and smell normal pace and then when we start to head home, I have to motivate him to walk...I think a big fat pig would have walked 10 times faster than him. And when he sees people, he stops expecting everyone to pat him Its nice when they are dog lovers, not nice when they are not..you'll get the get your dog away from me stare.

Archie, you are right..they are very stubborn.. I find yorkies are very stubborn when they have their mind set on something, it is hard to make them stir away from it.

[yorkieusa]

Kacee loves to go out in her yard, but not without me! But that's OK, because that way I feel better knowing she is safe. It's fenced, but she doesn't like to be out there alone. She loves to sit out in the yard with me, or should I say "on me". It's just so much fun to go on those walks, too. That is the first thing she asks for every evening.

[lovenmyyorkie]

Sydney is opposite too. She acts like the leash is the worst thing in the world. She acts like she is so scared of it. She won't walk....so i usually end up carrying her.

Any suggestions on how to get her to be unafraid as i would love to show her off in the neighborhood..

[Akina]

Originally Posted by Potter

And when he sees people, he stops expecting everyone to pat him

Hahaha, Momiji is the same way!!!
She is like 'What? Do you know WHO I am??? I am Momiji, the pretty little dog. Pat me pat me!!!"
Yes, I don't take her for a walk every day since she doesn't walk!!
Yes, I am lucky!!!