| Training a Yorkshire terrier, as with all dogs, takes | | | | them, so to speak. Please, reward your dog, but know |
| persistence and a willingness from the owner to lead | | | | when to stop. |
| your dog in the right direction, and not get led by the | | | | Tip#3: Make sure your family is all following the same |
| dog. | | | | dog training guidelines. If you do not have any, you |
| This article is going to review 3 quick tips to make sure | | | | better learn some. Otherwise, what typically happens is |
| you are maintaining control of your dog training. | | | | the dog is so confused over what is right or wrong, or |
| Tip#1: Maintain your position that you are the Alpha | | | | how it should learn a patterned behavior that it does |
| dog. This is fairly easy to do, being that your Yorkie is | | | | not know exactly what you want it to do. |
| only a few pounds. They already have a sense of | | | | In summary, knowing your dog takes time. Proper |
| being inferior, but sometimes, their attitude is much | | | | training does not normally happen overnight, but you |
| larger than their physical being. | | | | can definitely do some things to quickly come up to |
| Tip#2: Do not overly praise the dog. I know this sounds | | | | speed. My first recommendation would be to not |
| contradictory to the praise your dog and love them | | | | reinvent the wheel. Try to learn from somebody who |
| theory, and to an extent, that is true. However, Yorkies | | | | has trained dogs before and get you up to speed |
| have a tendency to wrap their owners around their | | | | quickly. |
| little paws and manipulate them to "take it easy" on | | | | |