how do you protect your yorkie from running out the front door???

[romeos mommy]

how do you keep your baby from running out the front door. (like when the ups man comes ) i worry because so many get lost or injured. i want to protect romeo. is there a cute gate or some way you block the doorway???

any suggestion appreciated.

[MyTrixie143]

I teach mine not to run out the door. But to be on the safe side, I always have a gate up. I have a big front porch and I put a gate up so that if they do decide to run, they won't get anywhere except for the porch.
I am not sure what I would do if I didn't have a porch to gate off. I guess I would try putting a gate in the doorway.
Sorry I am not much help, I hope someone else will have a suggestion for you.

[Itspuppyluv]

Same here. Mine are trained not to go out the door. And everyone in the house is trained to make sure they don't go out the door.
When someone comes to the house we have a room by the front door we put them in. More than concern of them bolting out, I don't like greeting people with the dogs making a fuss.

[chloeandj]

Originally Posted by Itspuppyluv

Same here. Mine are trained not to go out the door. And everyone in the house is trained to make sure they don't go out the door.
When someone comes to the house we have a room by the front door we put them in. More than concern of them bolting out, I don't like greeting people with the dogs making a fuss.

We do this too! The computer room is right by the front door, I put them in there and then answer the door. Especially with 3 yapping, nobody likes to have the door opened to that. LOL They wouldn't run out though. I can't get mine to get away from me, I can't imagine them running out the front door and off from me. But as puppies they might have, I just trained them not to. I put a leash on them and would open the door and tell them to stay, I'd step on the leash if they started to go and tell them no, stay, praise.

[SnowWa]

I was lucky when my pup was little because almost every time I answered the door --if my he got through - he would turn around and followed anyone back into the house.

BUT - occasionally instead of turning around and coming back, he went bouncing off --following my other dog. No good - right!

So - I taught him to stay back about 10 feet (sitting) before I answer the door. He learned this very quickly and is very good about it.

Before I answered the door, I turned around and walked toward him (with myself between him and the door) and moved him back (with my feet) to where I wanted him to be. I told him to "sit" and then "stay" --- I kept my
eye on him as I went back toward the door with my hand in the "stay position" and myself reminding him to stay as often as I needed to.

At first - if he started toward me - before I answered the door - I'd repeat the above. And, after only once or twice - he learned to sit back and stay when I answer the door.

****** Got to let you know - my dog is not a rocket scientist. The only tricks he knows are "sit" and "stay" --- but these are the lifesaving ones - and should be the first ones we teach.

Be sure you teach your new little puppies these two commands. Start as soon as you get your puppy - 8 or 9 weeks old is not too early.

Use the hand gesture - and a simple one- word command. I'm sure you'll find that these two commands take almost no training. The dogs do this almost automatically. (I really felt like I didn't even train my little dog to do this - he almost just did it on his own.)

What we need to practice with them:
1) Teaching them to stay for longer periods of time - and
2) Teaching them to stay - even if they get excited and really want to
bolt

*** Easiest thing I ever taught my dog.....


Carol Jean

[Dougal&Little]

When I've got the door open cos I'm doing something outside I make Dougal sit and "wait". I use wait because I was taught that in obedience "stay" stay put til I return to the dog and "wait" means that I will release the dog and he returns to me.

If I'm answering the door to someone I know I scoop up the Dougal and let the Dixie go greet the people - she never goes far. If it's someone I don't know they get put in a separate room.

At my old house I had them trained to run "upstairs" on command and wait at the top til I'd got people inside with the door shut. Everyone thought that was pretty clever.

[chachi]

Even if mine run out the door they dont go anywhere. If they did I would teach them to not run out the door

[okyorkies]

One of mine, when it was a puppy was always trying to run out the door any chance she got. So, until she was trained I got a piece of plexiglass cut the width of the door & about 2' high & put some brackets in the door facing that it would slide down into. The only thing is you have to step over it. I also pur a couple strips of masking tape all the way across the top so to not forget & walk into it. It worked great.

[Emmsmom]

Diesel doesn't try to go out. He gets scared and backs up and just barks. LOL Now if we just open the door and he knows I am leaving then he will fly out the door and wait for me at the bottom of the steps. He can't stand being left behind. We don't have a fenced in yard and yet when he has to go we just open up the door and he goes. He never runs. I can't explain why but he doesn't. Even when we go to my inlaws house he is never put on a leash. He stays right with us. Our new pup on the other hand is just plain wild. She gets outside and looses her mind so needless to say she has to be put on a leash. LOL

[lisatodd]

mine always try and run out so i just put my foot out to stop them

[Kona]

Kona and Bernie have gone through the PetSmart training class. The way they teach wait at the door is to have the dog stay on one side of the door. Wave your arm in front of the door to make a line and say wait. If they start to walk past that line stomp towards them and tell the wrong. Then wave your hand again and say wait. This has worked very well for Kona and Bernie. We can leave the door open and they won't run out. Of course I don't take the chance and will often put them in their ex pen.

[angelee]

I use a leash.

[browniesmom622]

Stay .............

[Kbsqueff]

I think Maggie is a lost battle... She is so wild!! Never obeys... only does what she wants whenever she pleases!!! When having someone knocking at the door I have to pick her up 1st and then open it...

I've had other dogs (7 German Shepards and 1 Poodle) and they weren't anything like Maggie!!!

Please don't get me wrong, I love my baby... but I can't help comparing her w/ the other ones I had... She's soo stubborn!!!

Katiuscia & Maggie

[abbie's mom]

Here's how our family handles it: Door Monitor, Abbie.