Please help

[jenny30]

Hey everyone... I have a real problem with my dog ruby, with the summer is here now in Ireland my kids are in and out of the house the whole time and as I've tried my hardest to keep my dog in she is getting out, running past the kids the minute she see the door opening! she just won't come when i call her and just runs, if i run after her it just makes her worst... i'm just really worried because i fear that if this keeps happening that she will end up being knocked down by a car! does anyone know the best way or tips about training her to come when called when it comes to being outside???

[alita]

I need the recipe for this too! hopefully someone can help! I remember our previous dog being a lot more obedient that our current puppy. she is so playful and daring ! finding it difficult to make her listen. I think when she is 4 months old I should start training her properly, with treats and different commands. Just don't know exactly how yet!

I think you would have to start training her inside and then move out of the house progressively? Lots of treats, I say. Let's see if someone with more experience can get back to us

[Anny Mendoza]

Originally Posted by alita

I need the recipe for this too! hopefully someone can help! I remember our previous dog being a lot more obedient that our current puppy. she is so playful and daring ! finding it difficult to make her listen. I think when she is 4 months old I should start training her properly, with treats and different commands. Just don't know exactly how yet!

I think you would have to start training her inside and then move out of the house progressively? Lots of treats, I say. Let's see if someone with more experience can get back to us

I would say the same.
Start inside, training her to come to your command and giving her treats when she does.
Also, if she goes outside, try grabbing a treat and telling her you have someing for her, maybe that way she will come to you (do this only when she goes outside and doesn't want to listen).
You can also put a baby door infront of the door. That may be easier for your kids to open and close faster.
Teach your kids to stop your pup. For them to check first where the dog is, tell the dog to stay and then they can go out.
Maybe this helps

[jenny30]

thanks for your reply...i got ruby at 7 months, i didn't have the pleasure of having her for the early months and i think she was already set in her ways by the time i got her! she'll be 12 months in July... hopefully someone can help

[Anny Mendoza]

Old dogs can learn new tricks
Just spend time with her, trainig her to answer to your command and soon enough she will learn

[jenny30]

thanks so much for your tips... i'll start this start away with ruby...and as for the kids i think their worst then the dog for listening to me haha

[sulamk]

Lleav a leash on her or tether her to. You
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[chachi]

Put a baby gate or xpen in front of the door

[The 4 M]

You can buy 15ft webbing leads, really cheap on ebay, once you have one of these you can start recall training outside safely, when outside pups have so many distractions that tempt them to run away to them it's fun.
We use a pouch for treats and all my babies know what's in this pouch and they will trip over each other to get close to it, so when it's walk time the pouch comes too, it helps if your pup likes food. To start with indoor recall I always make mine sit before they get a treat, so... I can be in another room shout a name followed by sit and they all come running, knowing a treat will be given, it's all about been repetitive.
Saying all this Milo can not be trusted off the leader whilst out on a walk, for all he is a loving, needy dog indoors and comes when called, outside he is focused on everything but us, I'm still working with him and fingers crossed his recall will improve, but after a scary crazy run to catch him, like you a big fear that he could have been hurt by a car, safe training is the only way forward and he does not get near an outside without a leader on, I would never forgive myself if anything happened to him

[shdyldy]

Oh my, our sweet little Peekapoo ran out the front door 4 months ago and was hit and killed by a car who never even stopped! Since then I have been so afraid that might happen to my Yorkie. I think even if they know commands, when they are in that kind of excitement like "look at me, I'm outside!!!" they still might not come. So I went to Home Depot, found 2 36"x15" white shelves and put one in the track of the sliding glass door in the back and attached one to the outside frame of the front door. This way there is absolutely NO moment when there is a path for them to get out since you have to step over it to exit. With a gate you still have that very small window of opportunity when they can dart through your legs. At least this will stop them for that second even if you know they "could" jump over it if they wanted to, it stops them long enough for you to grab them. I don't mind stepping over something every time if I know it might save my Twinkies life
Hope this helps.....

[KathyKelben]

excellent ideas... I would probably put her on a long tether, and maybe training the kids would be easier.

[The 4 M]

Originally Posted by shdyldy

Oh my, our sweet little Peekapoo ran out the front door 4 months ago and was hit and killed by a car who never even stopped! Since then I have been so afraid that might happen to my Yorkie. I think even if they know commands, when they are in that kind of excitement like "look at me, I'm outside!!!" they still might not come. So I went to Home Depot, found 2 36"x15" white shelves and put one in the track of the sliding glass door in the back and attached one to the outside frame of the front door. This way there is absolutely NO moment when there is a path for them to get out since you have to step over it to exit. With a gate you still have that very small window of opportunity when they can dart through your legs. At least this will stop them for that second even if you know they "could" jump over it if they wanted to, it stops them long enough for you to grab them. I don't mind stepping over something every time if I know it might save my Twinkies life
Hope this helps.....

So sorry to hear that, it must have been awful, I know what is was like that day Milo ran off, I was getting him out of the car and in a second he jumped out the car and was running, even with me doing all the recall prompts that work indoors he just kept running, I was ill with fear of it not having a good end, like I said he has no opportunity to get out now and since this happened I don't think I will ever trust him again off a lead

[Marhcarter]

Ok, no one wants to hear from the childless woman, but since children are (assumably) more easily trained than yorkies, train the kids to not let the dog out... my dog will door dash if the doorbell rings, but if one of us wants to walk outside "just because" or to go to the car, Huey will stand back from the door, and if he looks even remotely like he is thinking about it, the bad nasal sound "eehhhh eehhhh" stops him in his tracks. Unfortunately, we have to be this way because the brat goes deaf and forgets his name if he ever makes it outside.

[YazminD]

I have no children in my home, but I still have gates up to block all my entry doors.
I agree, children are more easily trained than yorkie but there's times a yorkie can be faster than children or adults!
Yazmin's been trained to sit and stay, but she lost her mind over the smell of chicken when a delivery man brought my dinner last summer.
She was sitting and was told to "stay" just moments before I opened my door to hand the guy a $20.00 bill for a $5.00 chicken dinner. In a instant, Yazmin slipped passed me before I could even think to react! She wanted the man's attention but he didn't care so she ran off my porch and into the street, twice before I could catch her.
In the meantime, the delivery man left my dinner but took off with a hefty $15.00 tip!
I was horrified and in disbelief that Yazmin did not "Stay"! That was enough for me, I had a gate up the very next day!
Much better to be safe than sorry.

[Yorkiedaze]

I have no kids living at home, but I still put an expen around the inside of the front door because one of mine would dash out in a split second if I opened the door for anyone. The last time she dashed out was to chase a UPS truck down the street and she nearly got run over by a truck coming the opposite way when she veered off in front of that other truck. They are trained (so I thought) not to go out even with the door open, but anything can trigger that prey drive that's in all dogs.