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Hi everyone, I've been visiting this site for a little while, but this is my first post. I sure hope someone can help!
I have an 8 month old Yorkie. About a month ago she started barking and it is progressively getting worse. I've been doing EVERYTHING I ever heard of to nip it in the bud and train her. Nothing is really working and it is getting worse. Now she is starting to growl at people. I am a nervous wreck. We often have company and children over and she comes to work with me everyday. She simply cannot grow up to act like this.
She seems to respond the most to me telling her "quiet" and making her sit and watch me while I offer treats for obedience. However, she is starting to ignore it and barks and now even growls regardless. She can hardly resist the temptation to check out this "invader" and bark at him/her. If I let her go (and I almost never do) she usually seems happy enough to meet up with the person...tail wagging... But today..... growling. And it was people we knew. I am so discouraged!
Can someone please tell me what to try next??? Has anyone ever gotten over this??? What did you do and did it really stop?
Our other Yorkie went through a stage something like this. It never got this bad and he got over it (we had to train him through it). He is a wonderful dog. He loves people! We had hoped it would go the same for Josie. We absolutely cannot have an aggressive dog! I am willing to do anything to get her through this.
Hoping for good advise,
~Allison
I have an 8 month old Yorkie. About a month ago she started barking and it is progressively getting worse. I've been doing EVERYTHING I ever heard of to nip it in the bud and train her. Nothing is really working and it is getting worse. Now she is starting to growl at people. I am a nervous wreck. We often have company and children over and she comes to work with me everyday. She simply cannot grow up to act like this.
She seems to respond the most to me telling her "quiet" and making her sit and watch me while I offer treats for obedience. However, she is starting to ignore it and barks and now even growls regardless. She can hardly resist the temptation to check out this "invader" and bark at him/her. If I let her go (and I almost never do) she usually seems happy enough to meet up with the person...tail wagging... But today..... growling. And it was people we knew. I am so discouraged!
Can someone please tell me what to try next??? Has anyone ever gotten over this??? What did you do and did it really stop?
Our other Yorkie went through a stage something like this. It never got this bad and he got over it (we had to train him through it). He is a wonderful dog. He loves people! We had hoped it would go the same for Josie. We absolutely cannot have an aggressive dog! I am willing to do anything to get her through this.
Hoping for good advise,
~Allison