Originally Posted by dands  Our little Yorkie is adorable, but seems to be struggling with an anger management problem. So, here's some background. He's the smallest of his litter of 3 yorkie males. Yet, he was the most energetic and smartest. We thought he was the bravest cause he was the first of his littermates to greet us by smelling our feet. However, he seems to have a lot of fear. Whenever we take him on a walk, he's totally tense and stiff. And he growls often, and sometimes barks. He seems to be really scared outside on walks.
Anyway, back to his anger management problem. He seems to take out his anger on his toys and bed. He has this little teddy bear that he sometimes licks like it's a friend. But then, at times he'll growl and bite into it over and over like it's his prey. Then, his bullystick is another story. Sometimes he'll chew it like it's so delicious. Then, at other times he'll go on a rampage and start to growl and throw it around like a madman. Then, there's his bed. It's his precious bed where he sleeps. But then when he gets angry, he growls and bites and throws it around.
Now, some people might say he's playing. And we thought like that as well until we started to sense maybe he really does have an anger problem. It seems like he goes on these anger fits... or shall we call them "yorkie fits of rage."
When we tell him "no" or "leave it", and take away the object of his wrath, he acts like he's scared of us and runs away.
Do any of your Yorkies have any anger management problems like this, or are we all alone? Any suggestions for us?
A few more notes:
- after we bathe him, he runs around the house like a madman... lightning speed bouncing off walls.
- is he getting back at us for leaving him in the kitchen all day while we're at work?
- is he mad at us for making him sleep in kitchen and not in our bedroom?
- should we get another dog for him to be friends with?
- should we play some NPR radio during the day to soothe him?
- how do we make him less scared outside on his walks
- and not to mention all the potty training challenges...
but, he is an adorable dog. very cute. knows lots of tricks now (sit, down, stay, leave it, bang, roll over, shake, high 5, etc).
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