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Pixie8501 · 12-23-2015, 10:37 AM

Hi, I'm a newbie and my girl is about 7 months old. She's very sweet and loving with one exception- when my daughter tries to hold her, she growls and snaps at her. My daughter is 5 but has been around small animals her entire life and is very gentle. She is not allowed to pick Pixie up while standing and certainly no walking around with her- but she IS allowed to sit on the floor and hold/pet her, or have Pixie sit with her on her lap on the couch.

I think it's important to note that when I am right next to them, she doesn't do it that much. She will play tug of war and chase a ball with my daughter, but anything other than that she gets nasty. I'm very surprised that this is happening with a puppy, not a full grown dog! But that makes me think it also might be easier to nip this behavior in the bud, so to speak.

When she does this, I yell at her- how should I be handling this to put a stop to this behavior??? Please help!!!

12-23-2015, 10:37 AM	#1
Pixie8501 Yorkie Talker Join Date: Oct 2015 Location: Danville, PA, USA Posts: 15	PLEASE HELP! Puppy aggressive towards child. Hi, I'm a newbie and my girl is about 7 months old. She's very sweet and loving with one exception- when my daughter tries to hold her, she growls and snaps at her. My daughter is 5 but has been around small animals her entire life and is very gentle. She is not allowed to pick Pixie up while standing and certainly no walking around with her- but she IS allowed to sit on the floor and hold/pet her, or have Pixie sit with her on her lap on the couch. I think it's important to note that when I am right next to them, she doesn't do it that much. She will play tug of war and chase a ball with my daughter, but anything other than that she gets nasty. I'm very surprised that this is happening with a puppy, not a full grown dog! But that makes me think it also might be easier to nip this behavior in the bud, so to speak. When she does this, I yell at her- how should I be handling this to put a stop to this behavior??? Please help!!!