A Yorkie that does not like to go on walks?
 

My 3 y.o. Ms Daisy really has an attitude when it comes to going for a walk lately. She will only go a short distance, and sometimes barely out the door before she puts on the breaks. This is a relatively new phenomenon, and at first I assumed it was just too hot out for her liking lately. This cannot be the case, however, because even when it’s been cool in the evenings she will do the same thing. Of course, I was concerned that it could be due to some type of pain she may be having when walking, but I eliminated that possibility since she still is happy to walk all over the house and play fetch, and she has no problem heading back home at full speed.

We just returned from a walk, and she was so bad, I had to carry her all the way to the far end of our walk before she would happily make her way – in the direction of home. Only on the way back did she poop and pee. She is all excited when I ask her if she wants to go on a walk and then acts like this! She is a very smart little girl, too, and good at getting her way. I cannot just drag her in her harness; that cannot be good for her. Her little brother loves walks and never puts on the breaks. Any advise?:confused:

Hmm maybe just start her out on a little walk and when she does good give her a treat...I dunno what else..That is so strange. She is up to something!! Peanut will usually act like that when we have already walked for 30 mins or its too hot..he will put on his breaks or just flop down on the ground.

Is she spayed? Maybe it could have something to do with that? :confused: I only have a boy so I wouldn't really know too much.

My baby girl Blossom (RIP) hated going on walks, when ever she saw that I took the leash out to walk Joe she would run the other way.....but she did like it when I took her with me but carried her the whole time.

Thanks for the advise and thoughts. Yes - I could just bribe her with treats, but I hate to get into having to treat her just for walking. You know how they are, she will soon learn to expect it. And I will have to give one out to her brother too.

She has been spayed, by the way. And she does like to be picked up. She was scared of the thunder earlier today, but this has been going on for a while.

Yeah I understand..Maybe it will sperk her back out of this little funk she is in!! I don't know..I never heard of that..When you walk her in the grass is she like that too?? Maybe she is uncomfortable where you take her for some reason?? :confused: :confused:

I have the same problem with Gus, but it's been since day #1.

He doesn't like to walk away from home, but is good walking back.

You might carry her away from your home or have someone drive & drop you both. See if she's okay walking toward home like Gus. If it works, I have no idea why she won't walk the other direction.

Zeus has been walked twice a day since we got him in Jan. He puts his brakes on and lays out like a bear rug. It is so frustrating, because, he will walk nice and then suddenly stop. He knows instantly when we are on our way back home and practically runs! He hides when I get his leash out and we have to play chase for about 5-10 minutes!

Rockie was great with the 25 minute walks. I'd say the last 2 months he has been doing the same thing. He'll be really excited about putting on his leash until we get across the street at the school parking lot where l walk him sometimes. He is 2 1/2 years old now, we have had him since he was 11 weeks old.

My miley is 3 year old she use to walked for least a hour , but not after 9:oo am , I think the sidewalk was too hot, so I would carry her , well now she walks 25 min or so and wants to be carry. I will put her down going back home and she will fly back. So I don't know what's up with her. Max will walk until he see her stop , and now I have to carry 2 dogs LOl. I have been doing long walks by myself and short one with them. I'm looking into getting a dog stroller, and try to get them to walk, as much as I can, than use the stroller if I need it.
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Good advice. My Piccolo is just like your Gus. So, I carry her to the destination and she trots home. Lol. Never could figure out why. (Of course this causes all kinds of comments from people walking by. Ha.)

Layla HATES walks... HATES them- i have to carry her around the corner and then drag her for a bit and THEN she wil walk- we do it EVERY day- soemtimes twice and she STILL puts up a fight.

Is it possible she is picking up anxiety from you? The reason I ask is one of the things I learned when I was showing my yorkies in the ring is that they pick up anxiety from you. It's like it goes from your hand to the leash . They sense it. Is it possible that when she was younger she experienced another dog scaring her, or other traumatic experience?

The other suggestion is to make the walk enjoyable, bring her favorite small toy, maybe some alone time with you. I would talk with her as you normally talk with her while you walk with her.

Hope this helps. Let us know how she is doing.

Sugar sits her butt down and won't move as soon as I reverse directions to go home ;)

It's possible that something scared her, or looks scary to her at night. You can try carrying her out for a block and see if she gets more enthusiastic after that.

You can also wait out her stalls. Praise her and give her a treat once she starts walking on her own, as opposed to luring her out of her stall by tossing a treat. Can you try different walks? Thor just does not like to walk around the neighborhood for the sake of it. He'll walk to go somewhere, like the park, or home, but not just for fresh air. He's a very results driven dog, I guess.