[mr magoo]

Hi there,

Really pulling my hair out over our two little yorkies so any advice would be greatly appreciated, ready to try anything!!

So first mistake we made....we bought two male yorkies from the same litter. I know I know....we only realised how wrong this was a few months after getting them so there was no turning back!

A few months ago when around 8-9 months old they had a fight. A very aggressive fight over a bone. So we stopped giving them bones etc. then they started doing it over toys. So we stopped giving the toys. Then they started doing it over nothing, they just used to eyeball each other and they were off. Now these fights were very aggressive-not playing but about to kill each other.

So we got them both neutered. Again this was a mistake as we later learned only to get one of them done. But anyways the fighting occurances has greatly reduced.

Problem is now that they are just hyper. They are constantly chasing each other play fighting running around the house. It's non stop. It's at the point where we can not sit down without getting up to see what they are doing. Digging, chewing, eating dirt etc etc. The play fighting is ok but it is very noisy and constant-like all day!!

We feel bad as they don't have much in the way of toys. We have tried introducing them slowly and noticed the signs of the territorial aggression starting again so have quickly taken them away. They love to chew on shoes so we give them a shoe each but they always want the one the other one has! But it does keep them occupied for a while.

We have tried everything to calm them. We teach them tricks, separate walks, calm aid, low protein holistic food, feeding them separately, dog obedience etc.

So my question, will they ever calm down?? They are 12 months old now and still behave like hyper puppies! Is this still a young age for them? Am I just being a little impatient and this is normal behaviour?

Thanks in advance for the help......