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Originally Posted by Karenw I just bought a year old yorkie (girl) from a college student who had to get rid of her (new landlord). Kiwi is very sweet and loving with me and clearly prefers me to my kids and my husband. She snapped at my son a couple of days ago and snapped at my other son last night. Kiwi was sitting on my lap in both cases and my son was going to pet her. She is also very shy with strangers and I am afraid to take her out in public because I am afraid she will try to snap at a child or a stranger. Does anyone have any advice for me? |
Maybe she is not used to children , you have to be patient with her . If she is shy , a punishment for her behaviour is an extremely bad idea for correcting her.
You should take her in your arms when you go outside with her starting with short time and see how she reacts . I have had one who was very shy and she almost panick when she was seeing peoples , actually , she is ok . IMO , peoples want to rush things with a new dog . The best advice for me is give her time to get used to your family after she'll have time to do others things.