help with my dogs bad habits - Page 3

Forget about that remark, no one would put a dog down for barking, 
Jesus.

And spraying the dog is idiotic.

The barking comes natural to the breed, fight it all you like.

The rest is up to you.   At three years you have your work cut out for you, period.
Whatever you try think it through first, then be consistent from this point forward, its not easy to do.

I have enough problems with three dogs of the same breed, I do not envy your situation at all.


Moons.

P.S.
in the car, crate the dog and go for long drives, ignore the noise.
slipping collar is very bad, switch to a small choke chain and rethink going back to the beginning with leash training.
Barking, your just gonna have to live with it in my opinion, trying to break the habit now would only do harm.
As for a new pup, you should have your head examined.

Just being honest.

 and spraying the dog is idiotic.

And so is saying the dog is little, and it's older, so she must put up with his barking.

BTW, and how many toy dogs have you put titles on?

     I have 5 yorkies and several shepherds. They all live togeather, and act the same WHEN I AM HERE. If a stranger pulls up in the driveway, they all bark. When I go out to work in the yard and leave the yorkies in, or take the shepherds out to the field or woods, they ALL(yorkies) carry on. Fortunately, I have no neighbors other than my family. I live in the boonies.
     AS SOON as they hear us coming back, everyone shuts up. They know I don't like that kinda crap, but do it when they think I'm not home.
     I suggest you put a little harness on your voice from hell. When you go walking and get unnecessary vocals, give a little tug, a swift little tap on the butt, and and STEARN NO! (I also stomp my foot so they know I mean it).
     There are times they bark and carry on and don't listen to the shuushes I give them. I'm sure they are hearing something I'm not. I'll accept that for a few minutes. after I check it out and see or hear nothing, all I have to do is stomp my foot and they lay down. If they don't stop, I know someone or something is outside and, I send the big boys out for a few minutes.
     Somewhere along the line your dog thought that you didn't mind that behavior. A three year old yorkie is not to old to adjust the behavior.
   There is no need to be mean to the little dog. Just be persistent!!!

Yes spraying the dog is idiotic.

I would not own a toy breed, they lost their instincts decades ago.

I don't put titles on anything D.

But you knew that already.

Moons.

I have owned two Yorkies -- I still have one; he is 15.  I never had a problem with constant Barking from either one.   My Shepherd is also not a constant Barker.   Wow, I don't have any suggestions since I have not had that problem.  Good luck.

 "The barking comes natural to the breed, fight it all you like."

So do any number of objectionable behaviors.  Dogs urinate and defecate in the house if not taught, and they destroy furniture and curtains by chewing and tearing with their claws.  Oh, and they also bite humans to assert their dominance.

All of these behaviors are "natural".  Shall we just shrug and stick the dog outside in a pen its entire life?
Wait, let me guess the answer.

thanks for all your useful comments. i will update you all in few weeks to tell you weather any of it works. he is a brill dog, if we just get his barking under control then we will be a big happy family :). As to us getting a new puppy, this is not until mid july and thats why we have started sorting his problems out so there is at least some control over him when the puppy arrives. the puppy will be walked and trained by herself until she has learnt her manners and then will be only walked with the two other well behaved gsd's. we have found a gsd training club near to were we live to take her to once a week. we have plenty of experience with gsd's but the yorkie seems totally different.

lauren

I think the idea of spraying the Yorkie with water is a good idea, it's instantaneous, shocking, and won't hurt him.  I hear it works well with cats too.

I did not read the entire thread, but since the OP does not know how to solve this problem, and already has two other dogs plus the Yorkie,  a reasonable question would be "what on earth are you thinking when you say you are getting another dog in the near future?" Are you prepared for trouble? If you can't successfully train this dog, who is now three years old, why? and what makes you think that bringing in a pup will be any different?

Something to consider......from a different perspective. This is a set up for failure and one or more of the dogs might pay the price for that.

Oh, c'mon, hodie.  If you had read the thread, you'd see that the GSD are no problem, and it's just the barking of the Yorkie, and the OP is endeavoring to fix the problem now, so props to her.  She's going to obedience train the Yorkie and work on solving the problem, while the GSD don't have any problems.  Which I can easily believe, as I find one can have a whole bunch of German Shepherds and they won't give you as much trouble as ONE little hound dog (or Yorkie, in this case).

I don't think it's a set up for failure when you have a dog owner with two trained dogs that are no trouble, and one untrained dog that the owner realizes needs training and is determined to get it.