My dogs are the same way Lilysmom. They wont bite but they bark excessively at strangers. Chachi is the worst and sometimes we just have to put him up in our room if he keeps it up. We also get them to quit barking by squirting them with a squirt gun.

This is horrible. I am about to cry. Thank goodness my husband isn't here. He doesn't share my love of dogs. He likes them but thinks they have to be totally submissive to everyone. When he hears about this, he will make me get rid of her. I can hear it now, " I ain't gonna have no G** D*** mean dog around." Not a good night!

has this little girl given her a treat???? she needs to associate strangers with "happy things"

:eek: Sounds like he wants EVERYONE submissive. A dog is a commitment and a family member. You don't turn your back on those things, and no offense intended but I gotta say a real man wouldn't. Don't let him MAKE you do anything of the sort. You are woman, hear you roar and whatnot.

Don't cry, and don't make too big a deal of it in front of him. Men are like many other types on animal, we take our cues on how to behave from our owners. In this case, let him see in your eyes that this is like any other vet's visit (or tell him it's an opportunity to get your dog to stop doing something that annoys him).

I think he should be pleased as punch to get this "taken care of" neat and tidy. Maybe my advice is a transgretion into the presonal and away from dog training. Did I mention that I also offer man-training? ( :D )

Anyway, if this is over the top, please disreagard me. I have spent too many hours alone with poor Chewy the 'project dog'. My social skills are minimal.

I'd put Lily in a seperate room. Sure, it isn't fair to her but you don't want the little girl to go home and tell her mom that you have a mean yorkie. If it's just for one night, I would do it. You don't want it to get around about Lily cause your daughter may not have many more friends that would want to come over.

btw...I'm not saying AT ALL that Lily is mean...but to that little girl, she may seem to be.

Okay I'm sending my man to you!!!!!!!!

Sweetie please dont cry..

Things will work out, I agree dont make a big deal about it around your hubby..

Take a deep breath and will all get you through this. but I do agree with behavioural training.

Hang in there girl :) :) :) :) :) :)

Okay, remarkably we seemed to have turned a corner all the sudden. I sat in front of Tori (our overnight guest) for a long time with Lily tethered to me. The girls were playing a game so it wasn't like I was punishing them making them sit still. If Tori moved to quickly Lily was very skiddish and would lunge. Then I have Tori feed her some yummy treats. Then I had her pet Lily and leave the room. We did this several times and Lily began to warm up a bit. Then Tori asked me to let her loose. Tori then laid down on my daughters bed and Lily snuggled up to her. Now she is jumping up grabing the back of her pj's which seems aggressive but is actually how she plays with my youngest daughter every single night. So I think it is quite remarkable that she is now showing Tori the same affection as my child.
(My daughter sees this as annoying and not affectionate, haha) Anyway, sorry to go on but just one more thing. It occured to me that the only people that she doesn't really know that handles her aren't that nice to her. I am referring to her groomer and vet. I don't think they are neccessarily mean, but I am sure she does. So could it be she just is scared and untrusting?

Sure..that's typically labeled "fear agression". It's still a good reason to see a behaviorist. I'm glad you got past this one thing here, but I think you still need to make sure your sweety is not so scared all the time and in danger from her own actions to strangers.

I agree 110%. I have been looking behaviorist up for the last few hours. Come Monday, I will be getting a hold of someone for some puppy therapy.