My 9 month old yorkie is turning into a nightmare to walk as she barks agressively at any other dog.?

Question

This is now to the point where she chases them and goes to bite the other dogs. An Irish wolf hoiund retaliated and pinned her down but luckily she was not hurt.

She hasn't been in any bad situation with another dog and think she may be acting out of fear as she egts frightened very easily.

I think I will have to take her to obedience classes when I find one but in the meantime would appreciate any advice or tips.

She also barks agressively at people when walking but has never gone to bite anyone, she just barks.

I also have a 6yr old yorkie who is great, I never had any problems like this with him.

Answer 1

1st you don’t let your dog off the lead until this is sorted out as you could fine your self in a lot of trouble with the police if somebody dog gets hurt and a large vet bill or your dog could get hurt and still cost you a lot of money. When you take your dog out take some treats with you and when she see people /dogs distract her with the food, Hitting or using aggression can make matters worse. Going to dog classes will help her build her up her confidence

Answer 2

Yorkies tend to think they are large dogs. My Yorkie protects us from squirrels, birds, deer, and chipmunks as well as every person and dog who walks past the house. She's so funny. She will also bark and chase a blowing leaf in the yard because she thinks it is a chipmunk. She hardly barked her first year because she wasn't really aware of the world around her. (We had kept her allowable space small until she was house trained.) Once she was house trained, she had control of the kitchen and dining room which has a deck door she can look out into our back yard. Then, our peaceful life was over. Our quiet little yorkie became our fierce attack dog.

Answer 3

There are many kinds of aggressive behavior among dogs:

Dominate Aggression This is an unpredictable and dangerous bully that may frighten some of your family members. Frequently, only a single person in a family can manage this kind of behavior. Your dog does not observe a difference and he has a difficulty with strangers. Sometimes, he is companionable and sometimes not. Don't commit an error of thinking that this aggressive dog behavior is safe. Your dog is absolutely dangerous.

Fear Aggression A dog that is frightened, insecure and nervous at a big deal of the time shows fear aggression. He commonly responds to any interruptions: from ringing telephones and doorbells, to approaching animals and people. Reactions limits from growling, snapping, aggressive barking, baring teeth and biting.

Territorial or Overprotective Aggression In fact, this is an aggressive dog behavior which is risky to anybody entering his territory for he may lunge, growl or bite. He will also regard certain noises bothersome such as doorbell. He may claim the domain they’re standing in when walking along with his owner and therefore can be offensive towards getting close to animal or person.

Possessive Aggression This is the most dangerous kind of aggressive dog behaviors. They will snap or bite, growl, bark and bare his teeth when anyone goes near with anything they claim their own. Getting close to them or approaching things in their possession such as book, food, shoe, toys and whatever, will initiate offensive action.

Punishment Aggression People create this form of aggressive dog behavior by being corrupt and extremely dominant in attempting to teach or punish their dogs. How else is a dog to react if you point a menacing finger or newspaper, shout and hitting your dog? This includes, alarming them with angry rebukes, cornering or chasing them with anger, enclosing the dog under the chin or on the nose and standing over them in a threatening behavior.

Answer 4

Do take her to the obedience classes, at the very least, they will help you socialize her with other dogs. If I were you, I'd google "Nothing in Life is Free" technique. Use it for three weeks, the let her gradually win some of her privliages back, but not all. NILIF helps because it establishes you and all the ppl in your house as Boss. She will not like it at first, but she'll get used to it, and it will be worth it in the end because she will be happier. It teaches nervous/aggressive dogs that their owners are in control so they don't have to be. It teaches dominate/aggressive dogs that they are NOT in control.
Make sure she gets LOTS of exercise. A tired dog is a good dog! Make sure she doesn't get too bored. Rotating which of her toys are availiable to her keeps her from getting bored with them. Feed her from a Buddy Cube, helps too. Education, exersise, and activities will go a long way to solving your problems, good luck!

Answer 5

Just like all people/children are not the same, yorkies are not the same. Yorkies are aggressive and have no idea how small they really are. I used to pick my yorkie up when approaching another dog. Obedience classes are vital!!!

Answer 6

Doesn't sound like she is on a leash if she is able to go after other dogs, or other dogs are able to pin her down. Leash her and take control of the situation, don't allow this to happen. Things like this don't just happen, they are allowed to happen. You don't want a dog to learn or do certain things, you make sure you teach them to act appropriately by walking them and now allowing certain behaviours and training them so they know what is acceptable and what isn't..

Answer 7

In any given situation, focus on what you do want your dog to do instead of on whatever he’s doing wrong. Learn how to train your dog https://tr.im/p7n73

For example, suppose that on many evenings, your young dog gets busy looking for trouble just as you’re digesting your dinner. He grabs a boot from the mat by the front door and gallops through the house with it. You yell at him and take it away. He grabs its mate. You yell and take it away. He heads for the kitchen and starts checking out the counters in case something tasty’s been left behind. You chase him away. And on and on, until you’ve lost your temper and torn out clumps of hair you can ill afford to lose.

Answer 8

some dogs are like this.
we have a jack russell that does the same thing,even when you pick her up, she's like the hound of the baskervilles.at another dog.
you can try the water pistol, it may work.
some people just prefer to tell them to leave, ( my wife is like that ), me i just raise my voice in the stern tone and say no at the same time just gently give a tug on the lead.
she responds to that

Answer 9

It's normal because as dogs grow older they think they're in control and boss other dogs around.

Answer 10

chases another dog tells me that she is NOT in your control or on lead. you need to first do that, then contact a trainer YESTERDAY cause you have a time bomb waiting to go off and it is your responsibility to take control of that bomb before it goes off.