Glad I could help in any way! Take my advice with a grain, I am not a pro, just a person who reads a lot on topics that interest me.
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However, feeding her was really a problem. I didn't think she would starve herself but she went close to some 6 days without eating and I couldn't take it. Now I boil chicken and she get's 2 meals a day that are 1/2 chicken and 1/2 Pedigree dog food. She's not always thrilled about the combo (would prefer straight chicken) but at least she won't go 6 days without eating.
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This is a typical Yorkie trait, and not bad behavior. This simply can't be helped. They have human-like hair, and human-like appetites. Seriously. I actually taste-tested Chewy's food. Here's a page where I talked about this feeding issue and things I've done to get Chewy to eat.
http://www.yorkietalk.com/forums/sho...119#post222119
Another piece of advice on Yorkie nutrition is to, frankly, ignore most of what you read about other dog's eating habits and nutrtion. Yorkies seem to be a bit of an exception. There are serious consequences for Yorkies if they don't eat regularly, so in this respect, I go all out to indulge my pooch.
If your pup is nipping at strangers, you want to get to a behaviorist now. One-bite and someone might have your dog put down.
If you see any bitey-nippy-chompy activity with strangers, this must be corrected immediately for the dog's own good.
Even a tiny nip that breaks skin on a child is enough in many places to have the dog removed from you and often put to sleep.
I'll be honest and share that this is PART of the reason for Chewy's sudden dominance boot camp. In a playfull tug at my hand gone-awry, he broke the skin, and then kinda clamped down. Bascially, he bit me (in play, getting carried away). But it was tinged with this look...like..."I CAN bite you, you know...". That was when I knew my dog was becoming a serious problem and that his behavior wasn't just quirky or bratty, but BAD.