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04-05-2012, 12:53 PM | #1 |
YorkieTalk Newbie! Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: Plattsburgh
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| Puppy Question..... Ok I have no clue how to start this so here goes... I have a 9 month old Biewer Yorkie. He is an awesome dog. He is litter box trained and has very few boo boo's .. But the reason I am here is I think he is having some VERY big insecure issues. He pees on my husband for no same reason. They could be playing. Or they could be just tucking in for bed. He will also pee when very excited. I tried taking him for walks often but he refuses to go pee or poo outside. I am trying to get him more comfy around new surroundings. He came from a breeder who has no clue what he was doing because he got forced into to when his wife had passed and he was just feeding and trying to rid of all the dogs. I have contacted some people to help with basic commands but everyone around me that offers any training cost more than 500 per session. I have tried a few commands he knows the word but dont always listen to them. He is VERY treat motivated. He knows that the clickers means food also. If anyone can give me some tips or tricks I would love it. I have never owned a small dog before. I have only ever had Large-XLarge breeds. They seemed to be awesome at catching on to learning. Thanks so much and I look forward to any help I can get. He is my baby and my husband is very much fed up with it. P.s he is aggressive towards kids under 12.. I have a 7 and 8 year old. |
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04-05-2012, 04:38 PM | #2 |
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| Hello and welcome to yorkie talk,,,I don't have any advice since I am still training my 6 month old girl.
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04-05-2012, 04:52 PM | #3 |
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| As far as Basic commands, do you have a Pet Smart near you? We went there and they were only like $110 a 6 week session.
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04-05-2012, 05:01 PM | #4 |
YT 2000 Club Donating Member | Welcome to YT. First I will direct you to our Training Forum, where a whole lot of the problems you have, have been asked and some good suggestions given. Just a couple of questions though: Did you have your boy since a young pup? Or is he a rehome? Next have you eliminated a medical reason for this pee-ing. Has your pup been checked by the vet for infection or some sort of other abnormality that might account for his inappropriate urination. Excitment peeing is very common with a "submissive" dog personality type. Unfortunately it also can go hand in hand with quirky kinds of fear aggression. Now some obvious suggestions; if your dog pees when your husband picks him up, simply don't have hubby do that for a time. Now often times dogs will pee when greeting their owner when they come home (ie excitement peeing). Here is what to do for this and it works! Have you husband for one to two weeks always leave the house with some treats in his pocket. When he enters the house do so with treat in hand. Have your husband ask the dog to sit. Immediately treat. Treat dog again in the sit position. Then have your dog stay. treat in the stay position - in fact several treats. Of course clean up all accidents with an enzymatic cleaner. BTW it is very very good your boy is treat motivated. Consistency is always key, and loads of patience. Take one command - for eg: sit. When he sits and sits quickly immediately reward. Immediacy is very important to associate the treat with the wanted behaviour. If he doesnt. sit - Repeat command and use one/two fingers to help him sit - ie press gently down on his butt. Say good boy if he sits --- but no reward. Now repeat again the sit command - if he sits reward him immediately. I think you know that scolding a dog for excitment or fear pee-ing is truly counterproductive. Now going on from here; what is more concerning to me is the aggression towards your children. You must not allow it at all!. Initally when the kids are around and you can not supervise place him in a playpen or expen. I would need some more details on what exactly he is doing to help you further. But if you want him out of the play pen around the children then you put him in his halter and on lead; if he goes to nip the children, a stern NO. Then you walk him back to his play pen and put him in it for one or two minutes; then you try again.
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04-05-2012, 05:27 PM | #5 |
YorkieTalk Newbie! Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: Plattsburgh
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| Thanks for the Warm welcome.. As far as petsmart its to expensive here. For a 6 week session its 250$ I can not afford that.. I got Cody at 13 weeks old from a guy who kept them all locked in a very small laundry room. There were 14 dogs in the room. When i first picked him up he pee'd on me. I was in love with him at that point and I didnt care.. He house broke great.. Took to his litter box like a pro. Cody has been to the vet, Had him neutered, he is UTD on all shots. He has a Large pen he sleeps in and his food/water and litter box is in there. He is not as aggressive with my kids as he is with other kids. He is fine with small dogs but will attach a large dog. With basic commands Its weird he KNOWS the words and will do it.. But he chooses not to listen at all times.. I can have a treat in hand and he will look at me like no way i just dont want to.. Please feel free to ask anymore questions I love him to death and I just want him to be happy. With the excited peeing.. I have tried the treat thing he knows not to pee when some one first walks in.. Its more or less it just happends.. There is no pattern to it. |
04-05-2012, 05:46 PM | #6 |
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| My answer is pretty much the same as gemy's post. Check out YT training. I also suggest you read some good training books. Here are two of my favorite books: Dog Perfect by Sarah Hodgson and 1000 Best dog training secrets by Robyn Achey and bill Gorton
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