Welcome, your Bella is adorable! My Tibbe was fearful of everything at first. I always kept positively reinforcing behavior I wanted, encouraging him to ignore big dogs he might fear with food distractions, turning him in fast circles, showing him a beloved squeaky toy, when a dog he might fear was on approach, passing (always kept pouch of special treats in pocket when had Tibbe out and about during his formative first 2 yrs), so he learned big dogs coming toward him, passing by, meant goodies. Now he has only retained fear(by history, spent 1st 9 mos. of his life alone in a cage in shed outdoors!) of thunder at times and certain odd electronic sounds on TV but other than that, now he's a fearless little toot out to conquer the world.
Hope you enjoy this forum as much as I have! It's a blast here, a caring, engaged, Yorkie-savvy community of folks to know.
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