Teaching Yorkie Puppy Tricks - YorkieTalk.com Forums

grchristens · 11-10-2005, 09:09 PM

I was wondering if any of you have any tricks / manners (shaking hands..haha) that worked with Yorkie puppies. Did you use a treat? Clicker from PetsMart? Share the wealth of knowledge...thanks! With a little luck, Abbie will be the new "Doggie-Dogtorian" at Petsmart training graduation. Haha!

rnnw62 · 11-10-2005, 09:28 PM

There are many very trick gifted yorkies on here...
My Teddy from day one picked up tricks like he had
been doing them his whole life. He is 10 months old
and he sits, shakes,lays down,rolls over, high 5's, does
circles,plays dead,crawls and plays a mean game of fetch.
He started his adolesence obedience this evening. The
first session didn't go too hot but Teddy was attacked
a few months back and the reason we are going through
obedience is more for building his confidence level back
up than anything else. Sit down with your baby make it
fun and you will be shocked at all they will pick up.

Rockster's Mom · 11-11-2005, 06:45 AM

Rocky is 11 weeks old and his has learned how the pay fetch. We are working on sitting, but he to busy trying to play then pay attention.

Sophie Marie · 11-11-2005, 10:04 AM

Sophie was doing a whole bunch of tricks as early as 4 months old. She really loves to get treats, so i would entice her with giving her her favorite treats. She loves the pupperoni's. (I cut them up into Tiny - Yorkie bite size pieces)

She is 7 months now, and she can: sit, lay down, roll over, sit pretty, dance, and leave it. She also loves to play fetch.

I would enforce her learning by practicing every single day. Sometimes more than once a day. She loves to show off all of her tricks!

AIM · 11-11-2005, 10:47 AM

Go to http://www.loveyourdog.com/tricks.html. It describes some great tricks and gives you tips on how to teach your dog to do them. Lucky has learned most of them with the help of many treats and a lot of patience.

tmatherly · 11-11-2005, 10:53 AM

Scout goes to school at PetSmart, too. He's a baaad boy at school, though. All he wants to do is play with the girl dogs and show them his "stuff"...as in roll over on his back and open up his legs...he's pretty proud of it. It's getting embarassing! He won't do anything at school, but at home he's really good. He knows the basic obedience commands, but he's much better at tricks.
The cutest one I've taught him so far is "wave hi". He waves his little paw multiple times..it's too cute. I am going to try to video it and post it for everyone. The way I taught him was marking the behavior. At times during a sit he would get excited about a treat and lift up his paw. So I used the clicker, and everytime he'd lift his paw I would click and treat. He got it in about 10 minutes, then put a verbal command and hand signal with it: "wave hi" while waving with my fingers up and down. Now he does it without treats, using the verbal and hand signal.

He also does "talk to me"-a single WOOF, when asked. and "up-up": a high flying jump in the air. He delights the fellow schoolmates at Petsmart with his tricks...but try to get him to sit/stay and you got another thing comin!

alaskayorkie · 11-11-2005, 10:59 AM

I never taught Eddie any tricks other than basic obedience, but I'm jealous of people who have taught them. (I tried last night to teach him to dance, and he fell over backward and now will have nothing to do with it.)

The link below is a video of one of my favorite tricks, and I'm embarrassed to say I don't even remember who posted it.

http://www.jusspress.com/day.php?use...entTime=185820

chachi · 11-11-2005, 11:04 AM

When we taught Chaci tricks we had alot of success using hand signals in addition to telling him what to do. Eventually we could just use the hand signal and he would do the tricks.

tmatherly · 11-11-2005, 11:13 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by alaskayorkie

I never taught Eddie any tricks other than basic obedience, but I'm jealous of people who have taught them. (I tried last night to teach him to dance, and he fell over backward and now will have nothing to do with it.)

The link below is a video of one of my favorite tricks, and I'm embarrassed to say I don't even remember who posted it.

http://www.jusspress.com/day.php?use...entTime=185820

Get yourself a clicker, man! They really work!! Actually, my dogs were a little afraid of the clicker sound at first, till they realized they get a treat everytime they hear it. You have to "load the clicker" by just clicking and treating several times before you mark behavior, then start with stuff he can already do before trying new things: "Sit", click and treat.

tashasgmommy · 11-19-2005, 07:59 PM

How old is too old to start training? We have been trying to get lil girl to learn some manners but she's just not getting it! She knows what sit means, and will do it, but will not stay.

AIM · 11-22-2005, 02:52 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by tashasgmommy

How old is too old to start training? We have been trying to get lil girl to learn some manners but she's just not getting it! She knows what sit means, and will do it, but will not stay.

Although you can and should teach your yorkie to sit AND stay, I think that yorkies have an easier time doing tricks that utilize their natural behaviors. Since they like to be active and shadow their owners, "stay" is not really natural for some yorkies and is probably especially hard for a pup. If I tell Lucky to "sit" and "stay" and then walk away from her, she'll do it, but she acts like I am torturing her. Since she loves to paw at people, she is best at "shake", "high five", and "wave." Also, since she is very energetic, she loves tricks that allow her to move: "roll over", "circle", "crawl" and "weave" (where she weaves through my legs as I walk forward.)

Jaspermom · 11-25-2005, 07:27 AM

Oh man, this is awesome, thanks folks! I love the videos! Wosie "paws" at people, too, but I did not think of doing "shake", "wave", and "high five" until reading it here!

At 5 months, she's got some of the good stuff already; heel, sit, stay, down, come, and then we just learned dance this week. I would love for her to do some of these things without the treat, and have taken the advice of I forget who about leaving the treat in another room and using the words "let's go get your treat". That only works sometimes, lol, because if I don't HAVE the treat in my hand, there is indeed a bit of cooperation reluctance. Silly little greedy doggie...

YorkieinBe · 11-28-2005, 06:49 AM

That's Oliver in the video above

He's much better at it now! We haven't done anything new lately, we've been really busy, but I am eager to teach him new things!!

Brooke

tmatherly · 11-28-2005, 07:22 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by YorkieinBe

That's Oliver in the video above

He's much better at it now! We haven't done anything new lately, we've been really busy, but I am eager to teach him new things!!

Brooke

That has to be the cutest thing ever, Brooke! Scout used to do that when he was little, I wish I had marked it then. He rarely puts his paws to his eyes now. I finally have Scout's "wave hi" and "talk to me" posted on my jusspress

Here's the link: http://www.jusspress.com/day.php?use...entTime=195604

val · 11-28-2005, 08:20 AM

Hey Sophie's mom, our Nelly has been doing tricks since she was about 3 months. They are basically the same as Sophie's tricks, what is funny is that I use the pupperoni treats as well and cut them into bite size amounts as well.

11-10-2005, 09:09 PM	#1
grchristens YorkieTalk Newbie! Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Texas Posts: 8	Teaching Yorkie Puppy Tricks I was wondering if any of you have any tricks / manners (shaking hands..haha) that worked with Yorkie puppies. Did you use a treat? Clicker from PetsMart? Share the wealth of knowledge...thanks! With a little luck, Abbie will be the new "Doggie-Dogtorian" at Petsmart training graduation. Haha! __________________ Gina-Abbie Gayle's Momma

11-10-2005, 09:28 PM	#2
rnnw62 Donating Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Gilbert, Arizona Posts: 1,610	There are many very trick gifted yorkies on here... My Teddy from day one picked up tricks like he had been doing them his whole life. He is 10 months old and he sits, shakes,lays down,rolls over, high 5's, does circles,plays dead,crawls and plays a mean game of fetch. He started his adolesence obedience this evening. The first session didn't go too hot but Teddy was attacked a few months back and the reason we are going through obedience is more for building his confidence level back up than anything else. Sit down with your baby make it fun and you will be shocked at all they will pick up. __________________ Shelly, Teddy, Toby,Hanne & Indigo

11-11-2005, 10:53 AM	#6
tmatherly Razorback Yorkie Lover Donating Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Bentonville, AR Posts: 2,056	Scout goes to school at PetSmart, too. He's a baaad boy at school, though. All he wants to do is play with the girl dogs and show them his "stuff"...as in roll over on his back and open up his legs...he's pretty proud of it. It's getting embarassing! He won't do anything at school, but at home he's really good. He knows the basic obedience commands, but he's much better at tricks. The cutest one I've taught him so far is "wave hi". He waves his little paw multiple times..it's too cute. I am going to try to video it and post it for everyone. The way I taught him was marking the behavior. At times during a sit he would get excited about a treat and lift up his paw. So I used the clicker, and everytime he'd lift his paw I would click and treat. He got it in about 10 minutes, then put a verbal command and hand signal with it: "wave hi" while waving with my fingers up and down. Now he does it without treats, using the verbal and hand signal. He also does "talk to me"-a single WOOF, when asked. and "up-up": a high flying jump in the air. He delights the fellow schoolmates at Petsmart with his tricks...but try to get him to sit/stay and you got another thing comin! __________________ Tiffany Pippa, Scout, and Ranger's Mom http://www.dogster.com/?198523 http://www.dogster.com/?198525

11-11-2005, 10:59 AM	#7
alaskayorkie Banning Thread Dictator Donating Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Anchorage Posts: 30,843 Blog Entries: 57	I never taught Eddie any tricks other than basic obedience, but I'm jealous of people who have taught them. (I tried last night to teach him to dance, and he fell over backward and now will have nothing to do with it.) The link below is a video of one of my favorite tricks, and I'm embarrassed to say I don't even remember who posted it. http://www.jusspress.com/day.php?use...entTime=185820 __________________ Mike ~ Doting Dad to Jillie, Harper, Molly, Cooper, Eddie (RIP), Lucy (RIP), Rusty (RIP) and Jack (RIP). Check us out on YouTube

11-11-2005, 11:04 AM	#8
chachi I Love My Yorkies Donating Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Indianapolis, Indiana Posts: 37,147	When we taught Chaci tricks we had alot of success using hand signals in addition to telling him what to do. Eventually we could just use the hand signal and he would do the tricks. __________________ Chachi's & Jewels Mom Jewels http://www.dogster.com/?132431 Chachi http://www.dogster.com/?132427

11-11-2005, 06:45 AM	#3
Rockster's Mom Donating YT 500 Club Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Fort Worth, Texas Posts: 1,279	Rocky is 11 weeks old and his has learned how the pay fetch. We are working on sitting, but he to busy trying to play then pay attention.

11-11-2005, 10:04 AM	#4
Sophie Marie Yorkie Talker Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Minnesota Posts: 21	Sophie was doing a whole bunch of tricks as early as 4 months old. She really loves to get treats, so i would entice her with giving her her favorite treats. She loves the pupperoni's. (I cut them up into Tiny - Yorkie bite size pieces) She is 7 months now, and she can: sit, lay down, roll over, sit pretty, dance, and leave it. She also loves to play fetch. I would enforce her learning by practicing every single day. Sometimes more than once a day. She loves to show off all of her tricks!

11-11-2005, 10:47 AM	#5
AIM Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 95	Go to http://www.loveyourdog.com/tricks.html. It describes some great tricks and gives you tips on how to teach your dog to do them. Lucky has learned most of them with the help of many treats and a lot of patience.

11-19-2005, 07:59 PM	#10
tashasgmommy Yorkie Talker Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 15	How old is too old to start training? We have been trying to get lil girl to learn some manners but she's just not getting it! She knows what sit means, and will do it, but will not stay.

11-25-2005, 07:27 AM	#12
Jaspermom Yorkies Rock My World! Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: North Carolina Posts: 4,721	Great thread! Oh man, this is awesome, thanks folks! I love the videos! Wosie "paws" at people, too, but I did not think of doing "shake", "wave", and "high five" until reading it here! At 5 months, she's got some of the good stuff already; heel, sit, stay, down, come, and then we just learned dance this week. I would love for her to do some of these things without the treat, and have taken the advice of I forget who about leaving the treat in another room and using the words "let's go get your treat". That only works sometimes, lol, because if I don't HAVE the treat in my hand, there is indeed a bit of cooperation reluctance. Silly little greedy doggie... __________________ Glad Mom to Jasper, Wosie & Dreama, RIP sweet babies.

11-28-2005, 06:49 AM	#13
YorkieinBe Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 152	That's Oliver in the video above He's much better at it now! We haven't done anything new lately, we've been really busy, but I am eager to teach him new things!! Brooke

11-28-2005, 08:20 AM	#15
val Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: medicine hat,ab Posts: 155	Hey Sophie's mom, our Nelly has been doing tricks since she was about 3 months. They are basically the same as Sophie's tricks, what is funny is that I use the pupperoni treats as well and cut them into bite size amounts as well.