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Without a leash? Okay.. So I let Ella my 5 month old yorkie off her leash for the first time today in my fiancées parents yard. I have let her walk without a leash in a fenced area and inside of course.. But we are working on training and this is the first time I have let her off her leash in an open yard. She was with my Fiancees parents jack russel who is fully trained. My question is.. How many of you let your yorkies do this? I have a friend who has a 12 week old and he will go outside without a leash and potty and come right back to you. Should I have done this at an earlier age!!? I hate to say this because I am so over protective of her but I was terrified to let her off the leash... Jut basically looking for some feedback thanks:) |
This is just me. I would never have mine off leash in an open yard. No matter well trained they are, there can always be that first time something distracts them and they take off after it. I heard it too many times on here and the tragic after math of it at times. |
i agree....cedric is 8 months and he just gets so distracted. i never let him anywhere w/o being leashed cause its to dangerous and hes bloody fast! lol princess is 8 yo and she stays right with me with no leash in the yard. she comes when she is called even when distracted but this took two years and i have only had her almost three. good luck and merry christmas! |
I don't and never have after many, many years. People often learn under the most tragic circumstances that what works some of the time doesn't work all of the time. They are terriers and all it takes is a rabbit or squirrel to come along to distract them and they're off and running. Some people can manage intensive training, but they are few and far between. There are so many predators as well, such as coyotes, big dogs running loose, hawks and owls that these little one's need protection from. Be very careful. |
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There are a lucky few who can have their yorkie stay at their side walking down busy streets off-leash. They are rare. My boys would be under a car in seconds flat. :( The risk isn't worth it to me. |
Bubba would run if off leash. Sissy stays right by my side. Would I ever trust either one outside off leash in an open space? Never, ever! |
Yeah I didn't just walk away from her I followed her the whole time and it's out in the country and I know there are so many risks but it's good to know I'm not the only one who keeps mine on a leash the whole time!! Haha thanks:) |
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I thought I could have my Jewels off leash and was walking her on the sidewalk when all of a sudden she ran out in the street in front of a car and was almost hit. Since then never again not worth it |
wow i didn't realise so many yorkies don't get the freedom of going off the lead. Im from the uk so maybe we do things different here. I daily walk my two and they get to go off the lead in the field everyday to chase their balls. I admit it took a bit of training in the begining but now they always stay quite close to me. When someone else comes into the field I leash them first, let them meet the dog and nine times out of ten they usually all run around together.Olly used to chase the birds in the field but that was before he found that a ball was more exciting lol. At the weekends me and my hubby take them both on long country walks and they are off the lead the whole time.I would never have either off the lead along the roadside that would be irresponsable |
My house is on a few acres, but I never let ZoE off leash even in the far back, as it's on a main road, and who knows what "could" happen. It's just not worth the risk. I do have two 20ft puppy training leashes and requently take her out back with the two of them tied together, so she feels like she's running free, but in reality she's still attached to me. My parents house is on a tiny city lot, but it's completely fenced in. That's the only place ZoE is ever off leash. |
I live in a development where many of my neighbors have Yorkies. One of them lets their little one out to potty without a leash. EVERY SINGLE TIME one of us is out with Roxie and they let their little one out, she runs across the street to say hello to us. I am so scared that this little one is going to get hit by a car one of these days! I won't let Roxie out without a leash. Even when we go to my parents house, I have a really long leash that I put on her so that she can still run around in their yard, but there's no risk of her escaping. |
My Kiwi was a year and 2 months old, he was fully trained and was only allowed to be unleashed while in our backyard. He never ran away from us (my husb especially) until Sept 21, 2011 when he was out back with my husband and Lola playing in the backyard, he ran away from my husb and out into the street and got hit by a car and was killed instantly, we live in a quiet neighborhood and it turned out our neighbors accross the street had come outside with their dog who Kiwi loved. It only took that one time and one instant that a car happened to be comeing down our street... We have since become very big advocates for ALWAYS keeping your dogs leashed, it could save their life...please learn from my story, its not worth it to take such a big risk! |
Like toddlers,there lil guys need to be protected. Either there is a fenced in area or there is a leash. |
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