Aggressive towards other dogs???

[woodsman200xc]

I am new to being around Yorkies and small dogs. I have always had big dogs (Labs and Husky's). Well my fiancee has a Yorkie and it is very aggressive towards my lab. Any time my Lab comes in the room with the Yorkie, it gets mean and goes after the Lab. It always tries to bite my lab and my lab just ends up running from it. I am getting very annoyed with this because this Lab loves people and never has a problem with anything. The Yorkie on the other hand is annoying, almost like it is jealous. I have no idea how to handle this or fix the problem.

[Denzilla]

Welcome to the wonderful world of Yorkies! LOL Toby does the same thing to my mother-in-laws retriever.If you watch them secretly they are probablly sweet togther. The Yorkie is just trying to be doninant.That's what they do.They are small dogs with BIG attitudes.He'll probablly never stop entirely but the Yorkie will probablly lighten up some.Good Luck.

[TeresaM]

You and your fiancee need to step in and make him understand he is not top dog. By you allowing unwanted behavior you are allowing him to believe he is top dog and able to do anything he wants. A firm but GENTLE touch to the back of the neck and a noise to let him know this is bad behavior followed by turning him away from the lab will start to get the message that YOU are top dog across. I use a shhh sound and now only need to do the shhh when unwanted actions start. It will take a little time and a lot of consistent action on ya'lls part. The lab should be fed first, given treats and attention first, allowed through the doorways before the Yorkie. Give calm praise and even a treat when the Yorkie ignores the lab coming into the room.

Good luck!

[Britster]

Originally Posted by TeresaM

You and your fiancee need to step in and make him understand he is not top dog. By you allowing unwanted behavior you are allowing him to believe he is top dog and able to do anything he wants. A firm but GENTLE touch to the back of the neck and a noise to let him know this is bad behavior followed by turning him away from the lab will start to get the message that YOU are top dog across. I use a shhh sound and now only need to do the shhh when unwanted actions start. It will take a little time and a lot of consistent action on ya'lls part. The lab should be fed first, given treats and attention first, allowed through the doorways before the Yorkie. Give calm praise and even a treat when the Yorkie ignores the lab coming into the room.

Good luck!

Great advice!

So many times people excuse little dogs behavior because they're little dogs... it shouldn't be acceptable. I think, like the post above says, that you guys just need to step in and show him he's not the boss.