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Anonymous
Okay, so my dog is seriously disobedient. We've had her since she was a puppy, and for a year we tried to train her to be able to do normal dog-like tasks, such as not shit on the rugs, and to come when called.

She comes when called about 1/8th of the time, and of course she has to do something stupid every now and then. She began eating the deck outside which is obviously not healthy.

She also bites/barks and runs away most of the time and it makes it harder just to get her to calm down.

Just now she kept running away when I took a shoe away from her, I'd call her and she'd run away again, and when I'd reach my hand out she would bite and run again.

It took 3 people just to make her stop, so we put her in a cage and now she's quiet.

TL;DR Dog's a bitch, literally, what can I do about it?

Also it's a Yorkshire Terrier, most likely a mix between something else though.
>> Anonymous
I have a silky terrier (mix between a yorkie terrier and an australian terrier). After I got her, I heard that the small terrier breeds are notoriously hard to train.

What i did to train my dog in the beginning was to have tiny treats handy at all times. When I gave a command, I held the treat near my face so she would get used to looking at me in the face when I gave a command. If she did it right or partially right, she would get the treat. Eventually I moved on to hand signals (in case theres ever a chance of her going deaf for whatever reason (inspired by the fact that my ex had a deaf dog)).

The only time my dog ever bit me, I got pissed and threw her at the couch without thinking. She never bit me again.

Also, obviously, the way you talk/voice range tips off your dog about how you're feeling, so don't yell at your dog in your happy voice or reward her in your serious voice, even once. it confuses the heck out of dogs.

Um...so all I can really say is reward them when she does something partially right, then after a while only reward when it's as perfect as she can perform. Hopefully this helps.

Enforcing this with whoever else lives in your house helps as well, because she'll realize shoe only gets spoiled when she gets something right.
>> Anonymous
its all about incentive

she has absolutely no incentive to come to you whatsoever. what does she get out of it? a scolding

>>268710is right, treats are a must when you're trying to train terriers, who have no desire to do things simply because it pleases thier master, unlike labs or goldens.
>> Anonymous
>>268710
>>268805
Thank you for the tips.

Hope this works as well as I could think it should.
>> Anonymous
>>268805

Thank you.

Also, don't yell at your terrier unless she did something bad, like post on /b/ or steal your car. My mom yelled at my silky once, 1 year ago and my dog won't go near her. And I read that terriers are really loyal to one person, so its important for that one person to not be cruel in any way.