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Originally Posted by JeanieK  Some yorkies do have the longer nose. He is definitely not a show quality, but could be all yorkie.
If he does not bite you, then he probably does see you as pack leader, THEREFORE you have to be the one to correct him when he bites others. EVERYONE in the house has to work on becoming the pack leader, not just you. all humans should be viewed as pack leaders.
Get the dog whisperer videos and watch them with the entire family. Then work on the problem as a family. You should be able to make a major acconplishment in just one day if you work at it and get the whole family on board.
NO dog is beyond hope. He can be a nice sweet cuddly dog, but it will take some major changes on the part of the family.
Also, it sounds like he was probably taken from his mother way too young and therefore never learned proper puppy ettiquete. So you have to teach him.
He's not a bad dog, he as just never been taught. |
He does bite me - but is usually easily corrected. If I GASP, which is usually followed by a flip and then a "NO BITE", he begins licking the part of me he bit in self-correction (or as a plea like 'please don't flip me i'm sorry i'm sorry!") - but with hubby he jumps at his face and he does this to others too - which I've never seen with any of my other dogs before. I've trained pups before - and I've never seen a dog accept the average rules of "no hurting the human" with one particular human, but the rest of man is doomed when crossing? As for the trainer comment - my trainer came to the house where both me and hubby were part of the session - so that's not the issue. Every person who comes in contact with Rock have the same rules taught to them to use with him (meaning the same trade mark words - "no bite", "no face", "no bark", "be nice", "sit", "lay" - his 'universal' commands) - but he picks and chooses who to listen to. What's strange is that he's NOT a guard-type dog with all this 'aggression'! When a stranger enters he doesn't bark or make a peep! He tries to show off, to get attention or to play with him/her! He just behaves in such a strange way - and I've had dogs my whole life - from toys to bigger terriers all the way to rotties and even a malamute! He just overwhelms me. It's always one step forward, one step back =(