[Yorkie Rescue]

We got in a very aggressive yorkie a few weeks ago. She weighs 2.7 lbs. She is 14 months old. She gets along with all the males and some of the older females but not all of them. She is always looking for a fight. She can sniff one of the females and then it is as if a light bulb goes off in her head and she goes berzerk. This is one reason she was surrendered to us. So far she has not gotten hurt because she is always in a harness and attached to a lead which I carry around. No accidents happening under my watch, but it is disconcerting because I have to watch her like a hawk.

I have watched Cesar Milan and he has shown how to lay the dog down on their back and gentle place the finger tips near their neck area which is supposed to calm them. This actually works, but I have to physically remove her from the area first.

Her behavior doesn't seem to be improving and I am wondering if she can ever learn to get along or if she is just going to be one of these dogs that has to be adopted by a family without any other animals. She is very sweet and very affectionate but very spoiled by the previous owner and I am afraid he has made this dog quite neurotic.

She is not spayed yet. She came in with elevated liver levels but after a bile acid test was done, she was ruled as NOT having a liver shunt. We will repeat the bile acid test after another 30 days to see if the bile acid numbers are closer to the normal range based on her diet and some medication.

She was underweight when she arrived. Now that she has being fed a proper diet, she went into her first heat. I do not know if spaying her is going to cure her aggressive behavior towards other females. And if it can, how long would that take? Months?

Any help or suggestions would be greatly appreciated, especially from others who may have had this problem and found a solution. I want to make sure this little doll gets a shot at having a well balanced and healthy life. She is so young but so screwed up right now.