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My yorkie has the following Issues ankle bitting and guarding family memebers from other memebrs of the family , is this normal, he is a neutered male ?????

We had an issue with Sophie barking and chasing anyone leaving. Not sure if it was meant as don't go, or don't come back. I had to make sure the people turned stopped and told her "NO" in a stern voice. She has gotten better about it.
It is difficult to stop as I think it has something to do with the chasing down prey drive. :(

The ankle biting can be dangerous because it can get him stepped on or kicked and he could hurt the person by tripping them. When Callie was a puppy and biting feet/ankles we would use a squirt bottle and squirt her and say no when she did it and that worked great for us. I don't know what to do about the guarding people thing sorry.

Greetings Andy welcome to the Forum :welcome4:

How wonderful it is to hear, of how our little ones respond to a perceived threat, how much he must love you, to go up against the most vicious and cunning animal on the Planet in your defense. That being the Human Being.

Most Yorkie Males desire/have a Pack mentality, and being a Male, it is in their nature to step forward when a threat is perceived. That duty is demonstrated first by the Pack Leader. So, it seems as though your little guy has not understood, that duty is yours, not his.

Maybe I should turn that around and say, that you have not convinced him that you're the Pack Leader, and in a Yorkie Pack, there is only one.

Punitive measures like the spray or getting "others" to correct your animal work ok, but it doesn't address the basic problem, of him not following YOUR verbal instructions. That's where you need to focus your attention, directly.

You need to start working with this animal, sit, lay down, other stuff, and a basic obedience class, would help a lot. The idea being, that you take control of his actions, not allow him to act on his idea of what needs to be done. Yorkies were bread to function in the absence of instructions from us, and that's what he's doing.

Your objective, is to re-direct his source of information, from his opinion, to yours.

My little Lillie does the biting at the pants thing....especially when people are leaving...she is a very sweet little girl...I just don't think she wants people to leave! LOL....the squirt bottle method may work or try putting pennies in a can that has a cover on it...when they start the unwanted behavior shake it hard and say NO! or...what has worked for me...roll up a newspaper and smack it on your leg and say NO! they don't like the noise...and my favorite when I am leaving...I throw and handful of cheerios on the floor and they run to get them....works every time! :)