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steel · 11-04-2007, 01:45 AM

I just adopted a 1 year old male yorkie about 3 weeks ago. He has never growled at me, maybe because I was the one who he first saw when I picked him up? He growled at the wife a few times during the first 2 weeks, but not now. He rarely growles at my daughter (17), but will always growl at my son (15) when he comes into the room, and will sometimes snap at him if he tries to pat the dog. What is strange to me is sometimes if i'm not in the room he will jump up on the couch next to my son and sleep next to him without growling. There seems to be no common thread, or pattern to this growling and sometimes snapping. Any ideas would be greatly appreciated as to why this is happening, and how to cure him of this. Thanks for reading this.

11-04-2007, 01:45 AM	#1
steel Yorkie Talker Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Northern Maine Posts: 13	Growling at family members, help me. I just adopted a 1 year old male yorkie about 3 weeks ago. He has never growled at me, maybe because I was the one who he first saw when I picked him up? He growled at the wife a few times during the first 2 weeks, but not now. He rarely growles at my daughter (17), but will always growl at my son (15) when he comes into the room, and will sometimes snap at him if he tries to pat the dog. What is strange to me is sometimes if i'm not in the room he will jump up on the couch next to my son and sleep next to him without growling. There seems to be no common thread, or pattern to this growling and sometimes snapping. Any ideas would be greatly appreciated as to why this is happening, and how to cure him of this. Thanks for reading this.