Yorkie -- Female -- 17 weeks!
Dog training/obedience classes are not an option, unfortunately. They're not available anywhere around here, even IF I could afford them!
She just runs away under the furniture hiding from me. If I make my voice louder or more stern, then she just goes farther away like she's in trouble or something (although she kinda is, LOL).
It's a really annoying little thing she's got going there. It really gets on my nerves!
Oh, and I have tried luring her to me with a doggie treat as well and she just stares me down.
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You simply have to make coming to you more enticing than whatever else she's doing. Remember, she has no idea what "Come" means until you teach her.
Start with puppy on a leash. Sit down on the floor with a handful of her favorite treats. Let her wander to the end of the leash, then say, "Puppy, come!" Pitch your voice high, sound as happy as you can. If she does not come, gently pull her toward you. Each time she turns to face you, and each time she voluntarily takes a step toward you, chirp in a high-pitched voice, "Attagirl! Good girl! Puppy, come!"
When she gets to you, give her a treat for each time you praised her, and all the while pet her and tell her she's the best puppy ever. Brian Kilcommons calls it a "praise party" and you want to throw one just for her. :)
When she's done eating, give her your release command. I use "At ease." Herding dogs are told "That'll do." It should be something you never say, because you don't want to accidentally tell her she can wander off. :)
When she wanders off to the far end of the leash again, repeat the tug and praise. When she comes in, again, give her lots of treats.
Repeat a third time, then take the leash off and *don't call her again.*
While training the 'come' you NEVER give the command if you can't enforce it. She has to consider 'come' to be a command she must always obey, and she does so willingly because she gets terrific treats and praise when she does.
If you do a set of three three times a day, she'll figure it out pretty quickly; yorkies are smart. On the second day, only give her lots of treats on two out of three recalls; on the other give her only one. Never repeat a pattern; keep her guessing about which time you'll give her lots and which time you'll only give her one.
When she gets good at it, you can start replacing the food treats with just praise, and using a longer leash. Only jackpot her (the whole handful of treats) occasionally. Good luck!
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Dog training/obedience classes are not an option, unfortunately. They're not available anywhere around here, even IF I could afford them!
She just runs away under the furniture hiding from me. If I make my voice louder or more stern, then she just goes farther away like she's in trouble or something (although she kinda is, LOL).
It's a really annoying little thing she's got going there. It really gets on my nerves!
Oh, and I have tried luring her to me with a doggie treat as well and she just stares me down.
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Recommended Answer:
You simply have to make coming to you more enticing than whatever else she's doing. Remember, she has no idea what "Come" means until you teach her.
Start with puppy on a leash. Sit down on the floor with a handful of her favorite treats. Let her wander to the end of the leash, then say, "Puppy, come!" Pitch your voice high, sound as happy as you can. If she does not come, gently pull her toward you. Each time she turns to face you, and each time she voluntarily takes a step toward you, chirp in a high-pitched voice, "Attagirl! Good girl! Puppy, come!"
When she gets to you, give her a treat for each time you praised her, and all the while pet her and tell her she's the best puppy ever. Brian Kilcommons calls it a "praise party" and you want to throw one just for her. :)
When she's done eating, give her your release command. I use "At ease." Herding dogs are told "That'll do." It should be something you never say, because you don't want to accidentally tell her she can wander off. :)
When she wanders off to the far end of the leash again, repeat the tug and praise. When she comes in, again, give her lots of treats.
Repeat a third time, then take the leash off and *don't call her again.*
While training the 'come' you NEVER give the command if you can't enforce it. She has to consider 'come' to be a command she must always obey, and she does so willingly because she gets terrific treats and praise when she does.
If you do a set of three three times a day, she'll figure it out pretty quickly; yorkies are smart. On the second day, only give her lots of treats on two out of three recalls; on the other give her only one. Never repeat a pattern; keep her guessing about which time you'll give her lots and which time you'll only give her one.
When she gets good at it, you can start replacing the food treats with just praise, and using a longer leash. Only jackpot her (the whole handful of treats) occasionally. Good luck!
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- I taught my dog to come to me by using a silly noise, not a loud voice or soft either. they respond more by weird noises so make one up and use a doggy treat to give your dog when she comes to you. then this will teach her that she is a good dog for coming to the weird sound lol its funny but it works. just be patient and good luck :)
BTW you need to earn her trust as it seems you have already made her scared of you by using your loud voice. which makes her think your telling her she is already bad. - Libraries are free and easy to find. They'll have books and videos on dog obedience. Ask at the front desk, they'll help you find a good one.
The more stearn and mean you sound the more the poor baby is going to run from you. Instead, you need to make your voice high pitched and happy.
Remember that this is the first time she's been away from her mommy and her siblings. This is the first time she's clapped eyes on you.
Remember, to her, you are a giant. She's probably smaller than your shoe, and when you get stern with her, she thinks a dog eating alien is going to eat her brain.
Relax.
Let her hide.
She'll come out when every thing settles down.
Speak in happy tones.
Sit down. Better yet, lay down on your back. let her see you aren't as humongous and mean as you seem. - this is not normal behavior. has something traumatic happened in the past? also, never ever talk mean or stern to a dog when you are trying to get them to come to you. that only scares them away, especially such a small dog as a Yorkie. did u do something to scare her? by accident perhaps? try re-building the relationship. when you catch her, pick her up, and talk to her nice. tell her you love her, pat her head and try to get her to give u a kiss. if thats not possible, the just proceed to a quiet area where you can sit with her, and just pet her from head to tail, calmly talk to her, and just love her alot. do this many times a day, and that will build her trust in you. no dog should fear their owner, unless the owner gives them reason to. never talk to her loud or stern again unless she does something horrible, like potty indoors or something. that breed is timid and impressionable. just do what i described above, and try working a treat in there. like real meat, or chicken breast pieces. all dogs love real meat. if she refuses, be patient. the dog just need time to get used to you. a dog knows when you love them, and im not saying you dont love her. idk the answer to that, only you do. change the relationship, and the dog will change as well. good luck with her. :).
- it sounds like theres tention between u to. you two need to practice this for a hour each day. treat her with respect and she will give it back to u. yelling and being sturn dosent help situations it just makes them worse. when u walk towards her make eye contact before ten seconds is up look away and keep moving towards her, then look at her again u dont want to scare her away by staring at her becuz that makes her feel like u r challenging her. she dont no what u are gunna do it is her instinct to react and run to plan a strategy.
just try it - Drop to your knees and make suckling noises holding a super special treat like a hot dog or cheese bit. If the dog ignores you sneek up a put the treat in front of its nose. When it comes to you give all the praise in the world. ALWAYS have a treat when you use this method. Never use this method for bad stuff like medicine, baths, crate time or whatever.
The formal recall never call the dog "rover come!" without a leash or long line on. You need to mastered tethered before off leash. While practicing this only give treats sporaticly.
The worse thing you can do is recall for bad stuff or corrections. Don't use harsh or stern tone of voice, recalls should be bright, fun and playfull. Recalls should be the most fun thing in the world and 100%, one day their life can eventually depend on it!
Add: #1 Have your husband stop playing with her in that way #2 spend more time working that energy out of her, redirect that enthusiasm into walk time on coming out of the crate. Have the leash ready before you let her out.
