Years ago brought my brand new Yorkie puppy to my vet. Vet said: Chickensoup, do you want a barky nippy little dog or do you want a well behaved little dog.
If you want a well behaved little dog do not leave it alone at home, take it with you everywhere. Let it see and be with people in all settings. So for a year Yorkie went everywhere. After that he went to obedience school. then he went to the office every day with me. He was a good dog.
“If you want a well behaved little dog do not leave it alone at home, take it with you everywhere.”
That doesn’t work so well with a German Shepherd from East German blood lines. I spent two semesters taking him to a major university so he’d be socialized and not chase skate boarders or golf carts. “You are an evil spy trying to kill mom and I must kill you!” I worked so hard, but the dog is too darn smart- cute, tiny Asian girl is no threat (sigh, yawn)...goth guy, “I kill you now!” I decided he’s a barometer for evil intentions. My professional trainer gave up on him because he couldn’t train “save mom” out of him. The trainer could walk him on the Las Vegas Strip. Mom can’t walk him in the cul de sack. I love him and have signage.
Very wise! I have a big, rescue Golden Retriever who was already close to full grown and totally untrained when we got him. I treated him just like you did your Yorkie, and he has turned out to be a wonderful dog.
He pulled me down in the grass behind the plant the first week I had him (in my white wool plants and yellow Pendleton blazer) and later dragged me across the street and right up to a stranger’s door going after a Schnauzer. I had NO control over that juvenile delinquent. I went right into the office and phoned the nearest dog trainer, and we started dog school that very week. LOL.
After a year’s work, he and I came to an agreement about walking on a leash. He’s 11 or 12 now and just a lamb. He still comes to work with me every day, and we have the golden fur on the carpet to prove it! Sometimes I leave him home, and everybody wants to know where he is. He never barks, whines, whimpers, or misbehaves in any way.
What you report about your Yorkie is really interesting. I had a friend who was given a Yorkie puppy when her 1st husband left her. She doted on that dog. She later remarried, and that little dog did not like the new husband at all — nearly broke up the marriage. The dog had to be confined to a different room when her 2nd husband was in the house. He’d growl and nip and pee on the floor.