[nana911]

I guess the best analogy is to compare a Yorkie to a child, literally. If your fiancee had a child when you came into the relationship, and you decided to love and 'adopt' the child as yours and commit to raising the child as yours for as long as the child lived and then began to have disciplinary problems with the child, then what would your options be?

Would you rely solely on the advice from a forum and at the same time state that you didn't have time because of your schedule? Would you crate the child? Would you point out the flaws in discipline to your fiancee and expect her to carry on while you are gone? Would you say you don't have time to seek professional help due to your schedule? Would you list a litany of your professional responsibilities as the reason for not seeking immediate help for your possibly special needs child now?

Yorkies are a special breed and more childlike than any other breed. They require the attention, training and care of a child. Until they are secure in their relationship, environment and training they cannot just be left alone on their own, in the same way you cannot leave an infant alone.

This dog has gone beyond that and been damaged in many ways. You have to not only start from scratch, you have to undo...this is going to require not only time, but your presence. An xpen is a good idea, walks are a good idea, playtime and bonding exercises are all good ideas but all require time and are suggestions to augment some professional help. If you cannot devote the time necessary then you need to re-think this entire endeavor.

You can laugh, if you will, that these are just dogs, but you have landed in a forum, where, these are most certainly not, just dogs.

And, btw, a mature male, if he cannot use the grammatically correct term for a female dog, i.e. bitch has some serious issues. Please don't tell me you say tinkle....LOL