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Originally Posted by susanna16  hi,
my yorkie is 8 mos old and also very loving and attached to me especially. But he has snapped and growled viciously at myself and my hubby..It seems he does this when he's startled from a nap, or of course coming even near where he's hidden his treats..ie. behind a cushion or on our bed..which we try and stop him..tonight he acted as tho he was going to attack me cuz i woke him up from a dream he was whining in...i am at a loss for solutions..i could not hit him even with a rolled up newspaper..like others have told me..he is very extra aggressive if i get aggressive back to him when he does this..he doesn't back down...
i can't hold him, i get frightened..it's always such a violent response..
can anyone else give me some advice..thanks |
The best I have found is to scruff my yorkie like a cat when he is getting so out-of-control that he is getting "vicious' with me or others. I adopted a 3 yr old a few years ago and I showed everybody in the family how to do this and she quickly learned that being like that would not get her anywhere. Now I have adopted a 5 yr old boy and we are doing the same thing and he settles pretty quickly. I made the mistake of trying a rolled up newspaper for a short time and had the same experience that of not backing down. If he really gets bad I just scoop him up with a towel or by scruffing and put him in his crate for a short while. Hope this helps.