Mickey. How long have you had Little Joe for? I'm mom to five Yorkies, four of which were rescues and one of which was abused. I can tell you that Noel like Little Joe was probably abused by a man. It took 6 months before she'd let my husband pet her and it took over a year before she'd go to him and she is now almost 4 years old and is still weary of strangers. She will hang back and bark at them and if they go to pet she will run, hide and bark from wherever she is hiding. She has improved 100 percent from when she first came to us at a little under a year, so it's taken just about 3 years for her to come this far.
Noel is not aggressived. She's the opposite. Very timid. The only advice and I can give you really is to gate Little Joe when he's around people that make him uncomfortable. Jersey, who was not a rescue and we've had from 10 weeks old is aggressive with strangers and I know for her safety as well as our visitors I do gate her. I think over time Little Joe will realize that no one will hurt him but it will take a lot of time and patience and I do think he will retain some of his aggressiveness toward men. It's part of the abuse he suffered.
Elaine |