I can not give any advise that would be helpful in this particular example....I always try "avoidance"....I try to avoid getting into situations that necessitate corrective behavior to avoid injury to dog or child....this is why I will not sell a puppy to anyone with a child under 7-8 years old. I think the older the child is, the larger the child is, the more coordinated the child is, and the better the chance is the Yorkie will do better with a child. Children adore puppies and just want to interact with them....love on them, hold them, kiss on them, and I can just imagine a yortkie that feels like it is being restricted by this small being, will have an inclination to snap or bite, maybe catching the child in the face (God forbid!!!)....all of which can start issues in the relationship between the child and dogs, or the Yorkie and children....I just practice avoidance....I avoid selling a puppy to families with small children....
I had a precious little yorkie, she adored everyone, babies and children and other animals....and then I noticed when the kids got off the school bus at the corner, and walked past my fenced in yard, if Aija was outside with me, she would try to visit thru the fence with the kids, never barking, just trying to see them and visit thru the cracks in between the fence slats....and then the kids discovered it was a lot of fun to torment the little dog thru the fence, and even as I avoided any interaction with these children thru the fence with Aija, she quickly developed an intolerance to children, and my adorable precious little dog that loved every body, developed an intense hatred towards children....
I say this simply because, while you certainly do not allow your child to torment your pup, the pup is reacting to something associated to a child....are there OTHER children that have close contact with the dog, children that could be doing anything that illicits this negative response towards children from your yorkie? My cousin's grandchild "loved" my yorkies to death......she would sit on the floor with the dog in her lap.....and when no one was looking, she would pinch the tips of their ears between her fingers, to make them yelp.
I hope you are able to work this out between your child and your pup.....you are going to have many years of distress between these two......just please be very cautious so your child does not get bitten..... |