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New to the forum, but I've been poking around for a while.
So, I'll cut to the chase. My mother recently passed away, and as a single child, I pretty much received everything.. including my mother's two Yorkies, Chaz and Zuzu. Long story short, they're extremely poorly trained. My mother used to let them walk all over her, figuratively and literally, and I've been looking for advice on where to even begin. I've pursued sites like http://www.yorkietrainingtips.com and http://www.yorkietalk.com for answers, but none of them really address my problem. Though the former site's crate training eBook has been really useful, and I've had some success in getting them to stay in the crates I've bought them and getting them to potty when I want them to.
Though I'm worried that's mostly because of the fact that food and water are in the crates and I've been taking them along the same walking route. Otherwise, they tend not to listen to me until an 'event' occurs. Most of the training stuff I learned when I was raising my black lab isn't really working here. So, I need help. These Yorkies are both about four years old, full of energy and I want to keep them because that's what my mom would've wanted. I still love them, but I need to get them trained. Does anyone have any advice for me? Any sure-fire tips to get them to become a captive audience beyond dinner time?
Thanks in advance. Just about anything will help at this point.
So, I'll cut to the chase. My mother recently passed away, and as a single child, I pretty much received everything.. including my mother's two Yorkies, Chaz and Zuzu. Long story short, they're extremely poorly trained. My mother used to let them walk all over her, figuratively and literally, and I've been looking for advice on where to even begin. I've pursued sites like http://www.yorkietrainingtips.com and http://www.yorkietalk.com for answers, but none of them really address my problem. Though the former site's crate training eBook has been really useful, and I've had some success in getting them to stay in the crates I've bought them and getting them to potty when I want them to.
Though I'm worried that's mostly because of the fact that food and water are in the crates and I've been taking them along the same walking route. Otherwise, they tend not to listen to me until an 'event' occurs. Most of the training stuff I learned when I was raising my black lab isn't really working here. So, I need help. These Yorkies are both about four years old, full of energy and I want to keep them because that's what my mom would've wanted. I still love them, but I need to get them trained. Does anyone have any advice for me? Any sure-fire tips to get them to become a captive audience beyond dinner time?
Thanks in advance. Just about anything will help at this point.