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sunamand · 12-29-2008, 11:38 PM

Help - my 10 month old male yorkie has always had an issue with small children, but typically he is just shy when they are around, if they start running or being too active around him, he'll start barking. Today, however, during our walk, he barked at every single kid we went past! Some were just standing there, minding their own biz, and Darwin starts barking very meanly at them, I couldn't do anything to get him to stop. I'd pick him up, and he'd keep on barking!

This is obviously very embarassing, as well as a big problem b/c as we all know, yorkies are the cutest dogs around and everyone wants to pet them, a lot of parents will even point Darwin out to their kids and say, look at the puppy! I know that he needs more exposure to kids to stop this from happening, however, I live in an apartment complex, and the only time he sees small children are during our walks. Also, I can't expect parents to allow their children near my dog when he is being a big meanie and barking aggressively at their small toddlers?? Any suggestions on how to prevent this behavior from becoming permanent? I want to nip it in the bud right away, I'm so concerned about this becoming a problem, what if he does more than just bark at them next time??

12-29-2008, 11:38 PM	#1
sunamand Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Emeryville, CA, USA Posts: 99	Barking at small children!?!? Help - my 10 month old male yorkie has always had an issue with small children, but typically he is just shy when they are around, if they start running or being too active around him, he'll start barking. Today, however, during our walk, he barked at every single kid we went past! Some were just standing there, minding their own biz, and Darwin starts barking very meanly at them, I couldn't do anything to get him to stop. I'd pick him up, and he'd keep on barking! This is obviously very embarassing, as well as a big problem b/c as we all know, yorkies are the cutest dogs around and everyone wants to pet them, a lot of parents will even point Darwin out to their kids and say, look at the puppy! I know that he needs more exposure to kids to stop this from happening, however, I live in an apartment complex, and the only time he sees small children are during our walks. Also, I can't expect parents to allow their children near my dog when he is being a big meanie and barking aggressively at their small toddlers?? Any suggestions on how to prevent this behavior from becoming permanent? I want to nip it in the bud right away, I'm so concerned about this becoming a problem, what if he does more than just bark at them next time??