[Scott Newman]

Hello all. My wife and I are new Yorkie owners but not new to owning a dog. We have been married for 25 years and owned house dogs before the yorkie. In fact we still now have a 14 yr old Shih Tuz female and a 9 yr old male Fox Terrirer. Our new yorkie is a 9 mo old Male that we got a little over a month ago. He has done really well with our other dogs. He was very timid in the beginning but has now took over the house as the "Boss". In the beginning he was very shy and calm. We never had a dog that we took everywhere with use so we right away started taking him in the car with us when we could. He is a pretty good car rider but over the past week or so we have noticed him to be getting aggressive toward other dogs while walking him in public places. This morning we took him out and was walking him on the board walk where we knew others would be out with their dog.. Well, he was going nuts when he saw another dog. I mean trying to rip them apart if we would let him no matter what size they were. Once during the walk this morning, a lady walked by with two very nice huskies.. "Teddy" our yorkie was going nuts. So we picked him up and the lady stopped and put the back of her hand up to him and he quickly tried to bite her hand.. This is really concerning to use. We have NEVER had an aggressive dog before and he didnt start that way. When I found/ bought him (from a lady selling him on Craigslist), I went to the house where she was selling him. When she opened the door he ran right up to me an let me pet and pick him up. We have in the last month of owning him had him neutered, all shots needed, chipped, and spoiled him.. Any help or suggestions on how to handle his agressiveness? Thanx