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This is what we did and it worked. We would bribe the dog to the door with treats. Once it was at the door we would give her the treat. She goes outside and does her business and we give her another treat. Keep doing this and he'll pick it up pretty quick. We still give her treats when she goes just because she's so darn cute. It should take a couple of weeks or so, just be patient.
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- I'm sorry...when you bought her where you looking for a dog or a live doll?
Dogs are a different species! you are aware of that, right?
Either grow up and treat your dog as such, or get rid of her. - 5-1/2 months is still very young. Be consistent with her and, as she gets older, you WILL see results. I didn't even know about crate training when my dog, Angel, was little. Treats help a LOT!!! When she does come to you give her a treat and say "good girl" and pet her. She will learn that good behavior gets her treats. Always have little treats in you pocket for her. THIS IS A MUST! Give her one immediately after the behavior that you want. Dogs want to please their master but you need to train her to know what you want. Actually, training a dog is really "training the owner".
Good luck to you, your companion and your mom.
ps: When she (the dog, not your mom, haha) has an accident on the floor, be sure to clean it up right away. Also, spraying white vinegar on the area will discourage her from using that spot again. - Go to the pet store or where they have training and get her some training ASAP. And practice what you are told by the trainer consistently and constantly. It is your job to train your puppy right and if you don't know what you are doing, she won't either.
And get her fixed ASAP as well. You do not need to add to the puppy overpopulation by bring more puppies into the world. Letting her have puppies will not train her in any way to go outside to the bathroom.
YOU have to train her to go outside. Take her out every couple of hours and let her do her business outside before she comes back in. Take her out after she eats, wakes up, plays etc. When she goes outside and does her stuff, then tell her good girl and then pet her and love her up. Don't make a big deal out of her going to the bathroom inside, but make a big deal if she goes to the bathroom outside.
Unfortunately bathing a dog is not always easy. If you find it is too hard for you to do yourself, then take her to the groomers. Bathing once a week is too much anyhow. Once a month is more like it. You could be drying out her skin. I have never heard of a dog who needed weekly bathing, they all have hair whether it is short or long.
When she doesn't listen to you and runs away when she is outside, do you get mad or yell? If you do then of course she is going to run away. When I was training mine to come back when I called I kept my voice even and once he came back I petted him and said good boy, gave him a treat and loved him up. I didn't yell or get mad because he didn't listen. I also train with the snap of my fingers. When he hears the snap he knows I gave a command and he listens. It was a lot of working with him, but he is 6 months now and understands the snapping of the fingers and what it means.
The more time you spend with training, the better your puppy will be and the better adult dog it will be. Even though she is adorable and your baby, it doesn't mean it's all play and no work. You have to give her training and then you will both be happier together!
Oh and if you have a crate, THROW IT AWAY! Train your dog, don't crate it. Crating a dog can lead to the owners being lazy. When the responsibility of training it becomes a chore, you can just lock it in it's crate and forget it, right? No, it's a live animal and needs your guidance all the time. And honestly we call it a crate, but it really is a cage right? So in reality, you are putting your friend and buddy in a cage. Ummm yeah not a good idea.Good luck! - To get you dog to come back to you quick and easy. Make a noise, call her name, or just basically scream and then fall to the ground and dont move until she comes running over.
Most dogs no matter how stubbern or stupid they are will notice that their master is no longer standing and come over to see what happened.
My friend has probably the stupidest dog on the world.. she never comes when she is called unless someone starts running away from her. anyways i tried this on her and she came running
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when she comes to you give her some chicken or something... she will eventually come without you having to fall over. - I have 3 small dogs and using treats had worked best for me. She will get used to the crate eventually. I used to breed and they will probably whine for a while but you'll just have to stick it out. As for potty training, well i had mine trained in 2 weeks, and i did it by going to the sliding glass door and asking him if he wanted to go potty. You should wait by the door with treats and then let her out. Going outside with her until she goes potty is a good idea. After she's done give her a treat and then bring her back inside. Do this often and she'll learn. Also the bathing, my dogs hate bath too, but unfortunately i started to late. You need to go slow and gentle, and do it often so she gets used to it. Use treats for everything in the beginning but then steer away from them and she'll just listen to you. Definitely dot get rid of her, she's very young and is still a puppy so it will take time and patience. Giving her away is just giving up and thats not good for her or you. You must remember to be consistant and stern! Breeding is HARD work. I wouldn't recommend it for you, but thats a personal choice.
hope this helps...email me for more advice!! - go to www.pawsitiveexperience.com
on the training and behavior tips page print up crate training, wait at the door, stay, housebreaking, restrained recall, and off leash recall.
You can also find videos of these training tips at www.kohd.com and scroll down to "Khody's Tail Waggin Tips.
I would also get your dog into a training class so you learn how to train your dog. The articles and videos will buy you time until you get into a proper class.
Fixing her will not help with obedience but I would have her spayed anyway. Unless you have knowledge of genetics, inherited diseases, and have helped care for (more than once) a pregnant dog and puppies you should not take on such a responsibility. - Truly for dog potty training to work you do have to set some boundaries. Sounds like you are being pretty easy on your dog and because you don't want to hear him bark or whine. If you don't set good boundaries your dog will continue to do this. So here are some things you can do.
1. Restrict the areas your dog can go in your home until he potty trained. Crating is a pretty good method, because it teaches your dog not to use the bathroom where they sleep. If you don't want to use a crate try setting aside a small room in your home to potty train. Cover the room with training pads.
2. As your dog starts using the bathroom in this room, start removing the training pads until he has only a small area to go. This helps because dogs normally like to use the bathroom on the same surface.
3. As far as using the bathroom outside, make sure your dog is fed on a set schedule. This will help you determine how soon he goes to the bathroom after he eats. Once you know the schedule you can take him outside around that time.
4. Let your dog sniff around until he finds a comfortable spot to use the bathroom.
5. As you set up a routine, your dog should be come pretty constant in using the bathroom.
6. Also reward your dog when he does potty when and where you want him to with a treat or praise. Should help the training along.
- Yorkshires are known for being very active and smart, also bold and stubborn sometimes. On the training part, follow these rules
1 - Only one person should train her.
2 - Make sure that the rest of your family uses the same commands
3 - Also, make sure she knows who's in command. Be very authoritative and clear with your commands.
4 - Always reward her when she does something good, NEVER hit her when she does something wrong, dogs understand when you scold them. Make sure she knows why you're scolding her, otherwise its useless doing so. Never pet her or do anything else that might be intercepted as affectionate when she does something wrong, that will only end up her not trusting you at all and not following your orders.
I doubt breeding her will solve her obedience problem.
Now, regarding potty training, when she goes in the house, firstly you must let her know that what she did was wrong, push her nose into what she did (don't overdo it, just so that she knows what about you're talking) and scold her. Put on her leash and take her outside and so that she goes outside, praise and pet her when she does. Don't hit her and also don't let anyone else hit her on any circumstances. Usually when she needs to go she will try and get your attention and bark or jumping/scratching at the door. I'm sure that you're probably not all day at home, so make sure that the rest of your family will understand this and help you with it.
"COME" command - put the leash on her, wait till she's busy doing something else then say "Come" and just after pull your dog into your direction, if it fails the first time do not give up until she understands what you want and she does it, praise her and give her a treat that she like as soon as she does as you like.
"HEEL" - again, with the leash on, don't let the leash loose much at first, walk with her, suddenly stop and say heel, if she doesn't stop, yank the leash in your way, making sure she stops, praising her after, start over.
"SIT" - hold the dog's collar so she won't run away, and push her rump down after saying sit. praise and pet when done of course.
Try and find a treat that your dog simply can't get enough off and give that to her, in small bits when you're training, do not give her this treat often, otherwise she might get bored of it.
Yorkies are very intelligent, they learn pretty quick, if you're training her and she does good, then suddenly stops answering your command, it's not because you haven't succeeded, but because she got bored of the trick and wants to learn something new.
When she goes aggressive towards other dogs or just not listening to you at all, you need to get her attention back, you can poke her hard enough to just get her attention and say to her "NO" or "BAD", you can poke her at her ribs, thats the most likely place to get her attention, don't hurt her in any case.
When leaving her alone at home, make sure she has a toy or two to play with, otherwise she will go at your shoes/furniture/anything that she might find fun to chew, also the toy you're giving her when you're leaving the house should be one that she hasn't seen the rest of the day, otherwise she won't play with it, being bored.
Well, that's about it atm, good luck! - well lets start with basic dog 101...dont leave her in a crate all day. dont bath her every week, fur is furon animals, not hair like us, brushing is good enough to keep her clean as well as trims at the groomer, she is not attached to you like you are to her., give her more attention, uncrate her and read books on training...Do not breed her...its not good for her, and you dont know squat about breeding..she could die, and you cant guarantee her blood line is pure enough.Get her fixed at 6 months...Dogs usually are not potty trained fully til a year old.
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