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06-30-2005, 03:39 PM | #1 |
Yorkie Yakker Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Chattanooga, TN
Posts: 66
| Dash is home and I already have a ?? Hey Everyone!!!! Dash is FINALLY home!!!! I'm so thrilled!!! He's even cuter than I remember!! Haha!! Well, I already have a question. Well, several actually. What do you guys do with your babies during YOUR dinner? Do they go in a crate or do they eat your toes under the table? I have a feeling it's going to be the latter tonight. Also - what were the first things you taught your puppy? And how soon did you start? I'm talking about sit and don't bite and their name and stuff like that, that I FEEL like should be taught from minute one, but didn't know. And how did you go about it? I feel like Dash is like "I'm sorry, strange lady, I'm not gonna do ANYTHING you say." HAHA!! Let me know ASAP so that I can begin RIGHT AWAY!!!! |
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06-30-2005, 03:57 PM | #2 |
BANNED! Join Date: Mar 2005
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| Welcome home Dash! I would suggest you invest in few yorkie books to get you started. There are some great ones on the market and they answer a lot of Qs as will a search of the Training section here. I love dog training and would help you in way possible. Once he has all his shots you might want to enroll him in a puppy kindergarten class! |
06-30-2005, 03:59 PM | #3 |
Donating YT 1000 Club Member Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Bay Area, California
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| Yay! I am so glad Dash is home with you tonight.. You're gonna have to take pictures to share with us I usually set my yorkies food out just before we have our dinner. They are nice and full and hardly bother us. I think the 1st few weeks they were probably at our feet but since we never fed them from our table food they took the hint and never bother us now. The 1st thing I taught both of mine to do it sit, its really easy to teach them especially with a treat as a reward.
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06-30-2005, 05:00 PM | #4 |
Yorkie Lover Donating Member | I am so glad that Dash is finally home with his new family...I would defintely say start everything right away...potty training, commands, and when you talk to him always say his name, it will help him learn his name faster....the sooner you start the more ahead you will be... During our dinner, when we first got the girls we would put them in a small area, like a pen so that they would not get hurt...that way they understand not to beg or ask for food while we are eating...now that they are older they just go along playing without any attention!!! Have fun with your new Dash...he is a cutie!!!
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06-30-2005, 05:05 PM | #5 |
Proud of my Sully! Donating Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: beautiful CHARLESTON, S.C.
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| We have taught Sully to lay down either on "his bed" in the kitchen or on the kitchen rug, on the opposite side of the kitchen as our dinner table, and sit there and be good. No begging, and of course we NEVER feed him people food. "What goes in must come out," as I always say....and so Sully only eats premium dog food (the best I can find). Yes, Minute One! LOL. We taught Sully to sit, shake and lay down within our 1st two days of having him home! He came home at 10 weeks old, and by 11 weeks, he could sit, shake, lay down, play dead and come when called. Ah, and behave himself during dinner time...which, actuallly, when he was a puppy, he spent a ton of time in his crate. We were SO strict with his crate training and Sully did SO well, that these days we don't even use the crate, realy. We have taken it apart and now use the top and bottom as beds (we put a pillow in each) and he loves it. But, we do have the pieces to put back together if ever we need the crate again, which we do from time to time. Good luck! And you know you can always ask ?'s here with us! (And I suggest doing searches for old threads about all sorts of stuff....I learned a lot that way when I 1st joined YT!) Dash is an adorable name! I can't wait to see pics of him!!!
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06-30-2005, 05:38 PM | #6 |
YT Addict Join Date: Jun 2005
Posts: 388
| i would get that book yorkies for dummies... it really helped us when we first got chewy.. |
06-30-2005, 05:50 PM | #7 |
Moderator Emeritus Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Tontitown Arkansas
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| Welcome home Dash. You have been given such great information from the members. Gobs of hugs and love to Dash and don't forget to take a lot of pictures for cherished memories to last you a lifetime.
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06-30-2005, 06:15 PM | #8 |
Donating YT 7000 Club Member | congrats on dash i love his name! before you start training you want to make sure you are very well bonded. wait a week or 2 i would say. his name is something you don't have to teach him. he'll just catch on. with bandit it took a week with tucker it took 5 minuets. after that i would teach them sit. once you have that it makes everything else a lot easier. to teach him not to bite is easier said than done. whenever he bites turn him over and hold him on his back no matter how much he fights don't let him go. don't yell but say in a stern voice no bite. when he stops squirming let him go. i hope this helps!!! congrats again!!!!
__________________ Megan "I have my dreams, I have made plans." - The Pirate Queen All Gave Some; Some Gave All |
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