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svt_geek · 06-15-2010, 05:14 AM

My lovely wife brought a 7 year old Yorkie into our marriage last year. During our dating and engagement I had a few run-ins with the dog but we chalked it up to changing surroundings and rules because I wasn't going to tolerate some of the things she had tolerated with him in the past. To solve the marking we began crate training, which they had never done with him. One morning after we got married I went to sit on the bed by my wife after I had gotten up and messed around the house a little and the dog (Pepper) was in the bed still. I layed down and put my arm over my wife to cuddle and he bit my hand. Well, from that moment he was banished from the bedroom and the crating began. The dog goes absolutely nuts in the crate and is almost like he has chlostrophobia (did I spell that right?). He pants, claws at the grating on the front, slobbers, licks the crate, barks, etc... He does the same thing when traveling in his small crate, but the crate he stays in the house in is for up to 25-30 lb dogs. The crating didn't help much with marking, so we began using those bellyband-like products as a diaper to prevent staining of furniture and carpet. To this day he still marks any time he is out of his crate and we forget to put his diaper on. We never see it happen, but we'll be cleaning and notice new pee stains on our hardwood floors, baseboards, couch, carpet, shower curtain, etc..

That I can tolerate and deal with, it's just a pain. The part I cannot tolerate is his aggressiveness. Any time he doesn't get his way he growls at me, and sometimes will do so with my wife. For example, he was trying to lick a guest in the face and my wife told him no in a polite voice, he ignored her and kept on, so I got stern and said "Pepper, no!" He immediately stopped but looked at me and growled. He also likes to go under the bed and when he does so we can't get him out for fear of being bitten, squeak toys use to work but he has caught on and will not come out when we are trying to leave. He has never bitten my wife, but just last week she caught him trying to go under the bed and told him no and he ignored her so she reached down to stop him by trying to pick him up and he snapped around and snapped his teeth several times at her hand but missed. We discipline him every time he exhibits this kind of behaviour, but it hasn't helped. Last night was the final straw. Pepper was laying on the couch and I went to pick him up and move him out of my way and without warning (no growl, no showing of teeth, nothing) he turned and chomped down on my thumb in three places. My thumb bled for probably 10-15 minutes and is red, throbbing, and swollen today. I'm afraid I am going to have to go to the doctor to get on antibiotics because I think it got infected eventhough I used peroxide and neosporine on it.

What can I do with this dog??? I'm sick and tired of it and I'm really concerned about the future when we begin trying to have kids in a couple of years.

06-15-2010, 05:14 AM	#1
svt_geek Yorkie Talker Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Alabama Posts: 10	Help!! Extremely aggressive yorkie! My lovely wife brought a 7 year old Yorkie into our marriage last year. During our dating and engagement I had a few run-ins with the dog but we chalked it up to changing surroundings and rules because I wasn't going to tolerate some of the things she had tolerated with him in the past. To solve the marking we began crate training, which they had never done with him. One morning after we got married I went to sit on the bed by my wife after I had gotten up and messed around the house a little and the dog (Pepper) was in the bed still. I layed down and put my arm over my wife to cuddle and he bit my hand. Well, from that moment he was banished from the bedroom and the crating began. The dog goes absolutely nuts in the crate and is almost like he has chlostrophobia (did I spell that right?). He pants, claws at the grating on the front, slobbers, licks the crate, barks, etc... He does the same thing when traveling in his small crate, but the crate he stays in the house in is for up to 25-30 lb dogs. The crating didn't help much with marking, so we began using those bellyband-like products as a diaper to prevent staining of furniture and carpet. To this day he still marks any time he is out of his crate and we forget to put his diaper on. We never see it happen, but we'll be cleaning and notice new pee stains on our hardwood floors, baseboards, couch, carpet, shower curtain, etc.. That I can tolerate and deal with, it's just a pain. The part I cannot tolerate is his aggressiveness. Any time he doesn't get his way he growls at me, and sometimes will do so with my wife. For example, he was trying to lick a guest in the face and my wife told him no in a polite voice, he ignored her and kept on, so I got stern and said "Pepper, no!" He immediately stopped but looked at me and growled. He also likes to go under the bed and when he does so we can't get him out for fear of being bitten, squeak toys use to work but he has caught on and will not come out when we are trying to leave. He has never bitten my wife, but just last week she caught him trying to go under the bed and told him no and he ignored her so she reached down to stop him by trying to pick him up and he snapped around and snapped his teeth several times at her hand but missed. We discipline him every time he exhibits this kind of behaviour, but it hasn't helped. Last night was the final straw. Pepper was laying on the couch and I went to pick him up and move him out of my way and without warning (no growl, no showing of teeth, nothing) he turned and chomped down on my thumb in three places. My thumb bled for probably 10-15 minutes and is red, throbbing, and swollen today. I'm afraid I am going to have to go to the doctor to get on antibiotics because I think it got infected eventhough I used peroxide and neosporine on it. What can I do with this dog??? I'm sick and tired of it and I'm really concerned about the future when we begin trying to have kids in a couple of years.