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Originally Posted by SirTeddykins

I have put some comments in red for you which I hope will assist.


I'm not suggesting anything is easy or quick! It sounds as though you are being too lenient for his personality so just up the authority and give him a leader and I think he'll be okay.

Thanks for the words of encouragement and info. I do understand that time, patience and most importantly consistency is the key to dog behavior modification and training. What I needed most was words of encouragement that my Yorkie was not a) the worst Yorkie on the planet, or b) mentally impaired.

Kevin is clearly very smart and like a gifted child, the smarter a dog is, it seems the more they need the authority that you mention. But gosh, 17lbs of fluff is reducing me to exhaustion.