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jjflash · 05-25-2011, 12:07 AM

Thanks to all for your words of guidance and wisdom. This is a terrible situation, and you have given me wisdom from the heart and your experience, it is truly appreciated. Neesa is currently staying with my daughter while I examine my options. I am going to contact the Behaviorist for a follow up and see what she can advise. I can not in good conscience, crate her all the time and juggling dogs does not seem to be the best life for them. She is not left out when I am away from the house but is kenneled with my other Yorkie for company. These attacks are so sporatic that I can't figure out the trigger. She will occasionally give sign that the attack is imminent by getting tense and making weird noises that sound very much like she is having an anxiety attack, then she stalks the poor guy until she traps him and flys at his face. Other times, no warning. She will simply attack. Once she is in attack mode, nothing stops her but snatching her up and she will fight to get back at him like something possessed. The Husky will cower and lower head and tuck his tail between his legs, all the while giving he piercing glances and lips raised. Lately though he has been retalieting. 5 minutes before this, she will have been licking under his face/mouth and rolling on her back, totally submissive like a puppy, I am considering these options, umbilical,obedience classes,vibration collar but still keeping the option of re-homing open. She has shown some minor signs of food and toy aggression with my daughters Golden and Rottie but it was nipped in the bud and so far nothing more serious. I have watched one of my Yorkies 20 years ago killed by another dog and I simply can not live through that again. My first responsibility is to her but I feel that I need to make sure that I have not given up on her/us if I just need to retrain myself. I have also been examining the energy of the Husky and find that he is quite nervous, really always has been (Shelter rescue abandoned at approx 10 weeks), He will spook at a paper falling to the ground. I am wondering if she is threatened by his instability and it feeds into her agression towards him. Please God, help me to make the right decisions, a life depends on it.

05-25-2011, 12:07 AM	#22
jjflash Yorkie Yakker Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: canada Posts: 62	Thank you for the advise Thanks to all for your words of guidance and wisdom. This is a terrible situation, and you have given me wisdom from the heart and your experience, it is truly appreciated. Neesa is currently staying with my daughter while I examine my options. I am going to contact the Behaviorist for a follow up and see what she can advise. I can not in good conscience, crate her all the time and juggling dogs does not seem to be the best life for them. She is not left out when I am away from the house but is kenneled with my other Yorkie for company. These attacks are so sporatic that I can't figure out the trigger. She will occasionally give sign that the attack is imminent by getting tense and making weird noises that sound very much like she is having an anxiety attack, then she stalks the poor guy until she traps him and flys at his face. Other times, no warning. She will simply attack. Once she is in attack mode, nothing stops her but snatching her up and she will fight to get back at him like something possessed. The Husky will cower and lower head and tuck his tail between his legs, all the while giving he piercing glances and lips raised. Lately though he has been retalieting. 5 minutes before this, she will have been licking under his face/mouth and rolling on her back, totally submissive like a puppy, I am considering these options, umbilical,obedience classes,vibration collar but still keeping the option of re-homing open. She has shown some minor signs of food and toy aggression with my daughters Golden and Rottie but it was nipped in the bud and so far nothing more serious. I have watched one of my Yorkies 20 years ago killed by another dog and I simply can not live through that again. My first responsibility is to her but I feel that I need to make sure that I have not given up on her/us if I just need to retrain myself. I have also been examining the energy of the Husky and find that he is quite nervous, really always has been (Shelter rescue abandoned at approx 10 weeks), He will spook at a paper falling to the ground. I am wondering if she is threatened by his instability and it feeds into her agression towards him. Please God, help me to make the right decisions, a life depends on it.