[yorkieK9trainer]

ha ha, I believe in CORRECTING bad behaviour and encouraging good myself.

This isn't just "a phase" most likely. While our Yorkies are terriers, don't forget this, this behaviour that he's displaying while not only completely unacceptable may only get worse if let to go on it's own and hope that through maturity it'll simply fade away. I'm here to tell you it won't. Period. Honestly. Yeah, he might get better either because you're avoiding certain behaviours around him because you know they might trigger his excitement or whatever you've labeled the cause as, but it's still there. And rather than always being guarded or changing your behaviour to avoid a nasty one of his, I'd just correct it. Get it done and over w/ and then move on to enjoying your little guy!

The difficulty here is not being able to see your little guy in person. When it comes to aggression, it's really hard to give you a step by step guide on what to do without seeing just exactly *what* his issues are and what you as a handler may be doing inadvertantly to otherwise encourage these issues.

If you'd like, please e-mail me and I'll ask some questions and based on those answers, I can offer you suggestions/advice.

Good luck w/ your testing!


ps, it should go w/o saying, in your situation...do NOT get another puppy at this point in time as a utensil to "fix" the negative behaviour of your current little guy. You'd just be asking for trouble if you did. In some scenarios, this isn't such a bad idea. Yours doesn't warrant such a thing and could actually be quite detrimental to your situation.