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Originally Posted by l4advice  Perhaps I should clarify. She had the dogs when I met her. I didn't sign up for them. Id rather not have them because neither of us have time to walk them. Id rather someone else with more time take them because its obvious that they have tons of pent up energy. But why are they, especially in rgards to the little one, so territorial? |
They are territorial because they are terriers, and specifically Yorkshire Terriers. They should be alert, inquistive, a "big" dog in a small package.
When you moved in with your fiancee, you did indeed definitately signed up for them. Just as you signed up to share the good, with the bad, the housework, the pooling together of your lives.
I don't particularly like the fact you or your fiancee can't walk them, but there a number of solutions that you haven't even considered. First you can play with them indoors, games of fetch, get an agility set, and start having some fun time with your dogs. Hire a dog walker to come daily to give them their walks. You can teach them tricks, there are literally oodles of books and you tubes, on how to do this.
Oh and just so you know, a cute Yorkie is the biggest girl draw around, in fact the only person who would think you are "unmanly" is you, trust me no female would. Of course that is a moot point, as you are engaged and living with someone.
Beyond exercise and stimulation for your dogs, you need to correct that barking. There are many threads in the training section that talk about how to do this.
I leave it to you, to exercise your fingers on the search function, and read some of them, and start to apply those principles.