[TxVicki]

Originally Posted by Yorkie baby09

Hello I have a 8 yr old make yorkie and I've had him since he was a puppy so my husband and I are all he's ever known and we adore him but he has started snapping at us when we bend down to pick him up, rather it be picking him up to take him outside or just in genera and he also has started doing it if he is laying in his bed and we bend down to get him he literally gets so mean sounding a snaps and absolutely WILL bite us he has not always done this and he normally is a pretty loving lil fella so of course I'm freaking out because I'm thinking since we are all he's ever known he shouldn't ever snap at one of us in that manner because we have alway treated him with love and care! He literally acts like we are grabbing him to be mean or something even tho we have never once grabbed him in any kind of hurtful mean way. We can bend down and pet him all we want but if we start to pick him up grawl and bite we have started trying to talk softly to him right before we bend down to pick him up thinking this might work if he is feeling intimidated but even talking sweet and peting him still doesn't stop him. I am so confused as to why he has started doing this and I have no clue how to stop it! I try not to let it hurt my feelings lol but I said I am his mommy and he has been with me all of his life and I would think he wouldn't ever wanna do any harm to me but I guess it doesn't matter how good his life is because at that point when we bend to pick him up you would think he was the most mistreated yorkie ever lol he is so dramatic about it!! So I'm hoping somebody ANYbody has heard of an adult yorkie starting to do this and I'm hoping you can HELP us make this stop because I am so dishearted that my yorkie of 8 yrs turns on us like that

I think a Vet visit is in order to have him cheked over and have blood work drawn to see if anything is going on.
It sounds like he may be in some kind of pain and doesn't want to be touched. Is he starting to loose any vision or hearing?
I hope your baby is ok.