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Old 03-09-2008, 09:53 AM   #1
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Hey everyone. My husband and I adopted a yorkie yesterday (think she might be mixed with something though). We have a 13 month old daughter who is use to our very large Mastiff! I keep reading everywhere that yorkies are bad for small children. Someone please tell me that there is hope this will all work out beautifully! My daughter was with us and she played with her fur as I held her. Does anyone have this breed of dog and also have small children? Is it working out okay? My inlaws have a mini schnauzer that my daughter loves. It took time but they get along great now! Ladybug (their dog) just runs if she does not want to be bothered. Of course I'm not gonna let my daughter just run loose all over the new sweet doggie. We do know that the Yorkie was an owner surrender and is approx 2 - 3 years old. That's all they told us! Please give advice. Our new doggie will be here this Wednesday (she has to be fixed before they will allow us to have her home)!

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Welcome to YT. Murfee has been around my grandchildren since we got him 4 years ago. (they lived with us) We just had to teach them to be very careful. It was probably 3 years before we let them pick him up and the younger ones still can't. We have really not had a problem. Good luck.
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Do you know whether or not the yorkie has been around small children???
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Welcome to YT!!!!

It is good that the dog is older..... but your little girl will have to learn "doggie etiquette". Just make sure that she doesn't pick the dog up OR push it off from anything. A fall can be fatal for a Yorkie.
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We got our two yorkies when our daughter was five. We are also the house that all the kids in the neighborhood come over and play at so I have kids of all ages over to my house. We have never had an incident of one of ours getting aggressive with a child. We dont let any children pick them up only pet them. My Daughter has held them but its been supervised. You just need to teach your child to be gentle with the yorkie and have rules about not picking it up and being careful around the pup. I am sure it will work out for you
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My daughter isn't as young as yours. She will be five next month. She constantly has friends over to play, so Tucker is around children all the time and he loves them! The children are only allowed to interact with him when I can supervise and they are never allowed to pick him up. I also let them play in the backyard together, but only when I can supervise. Basically, they do great together, I just have to be there to watch because he's so small. When I can't watch, he goes in his crate or xpen and is always close to me. I have sneaky kids in my neighborhood and I never know what they are going to do.
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If the pup is used to children that will be a plus. I believe that it can work with Yorkies and children just as easily as any other dog. Yes, there are some differences like not letting your child run around to accidently fall on the dog but these adjustments can be made. As far as the dog liking your daugther, as long as he/she doesn't have a predisposed fear of children and your daughter treats the pup right you shouldn't have any trouble.
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I have a 4 year old and a 1.5 year old. They both know they only pet the fur kids when they are sitting and mommy or daddy are with them. If I cant watch them all at the same time, they are gated up (kids in one room, yorkies in another) to make sure nothing happens to either! Hope things go well with your baby, did they tell you why he was surrendered?
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Thanks for the advice. I can't seem to find too many people who have yorkies with a child close to my daughters age. I hope it all works out. No, I know nothing of her, only that she is comeing home to us and we're calling her Gracey. That's all I know.

Another question... I have an English Mastiff "Sara" who is a big ol lazy goofball baby! She's also 13 months old and is 100 pounds. Any one have a yorkie and a larger dog. Do they get along okay?
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I have 4 boys. (8,6,3 and 9 months) We have had Kawi for almost 2 weeks now. At first Kawi wanted nothing to do with the kids and would run to me when ever they would come into the room. Now he's warming up to them. He loves my oldest, let's him pick him up and everything. We have gone over the rules many times with them. My 3 year old is the only one who is having trouble being calm around him. My 9 month old sits on the floor and Kawi lays right next to him, they share toys lol (until I catch them). He's been stepped on a couple times, the boys have learned that they need to watch their feet and no running. Kawi loves to chase their feet, especially Wyatt(3), he nips at his pants. But all in all so far so good. Hope all goes well

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My concern is that your daughter will 'manhandle' the yorkie and break a leg or neck of the smaller doggie.

You will need to show her how to pet the doggie 'nice/nice' and to be very gentle with her.

As for your mastiff... you may find that the Yorkie will try to dominate the mastiff and become the Alpha dog in the home. Be careful though, if your mastiff is not ready to be submissive, it would only take a little reaction from the mastiff to really hurt/maim the Yorkie.

Yorkies are famous for chasing after much larger dogs and getting themselves into trouble that way.

Recently on the board, a member had to put a Yorkie down because it fell and broke its neck. Yorkies are fiesty yet fragile.

Good luck, I would NOT let the Yorkie be unsupervised around the baby or the Mastiff for the first week.

Take pics and keep us updated.
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Thanks ya'll. My daughter has been around small dogs and we work with her on it. I have her play pen from when she was an infant. I'm actually gonna use it for the new doggie to have a safe place to play for when I'm cleaning and my daughter is running free.

As for Sara, our Mastiff, she's been around a very small beagle about the size of the yorkie mix we are getting and the beagle rules the yard when she comes to visit. Our mastiff has shown zero aggression toward anything. I think she's too lazy to care really. I'd be more worried of her stepping on the yorkie accidentally. I'm gonna keep a close eye on that. Our mastiff only comes insid in the evening and then she just wants to eat and lay in her recliner (very tightly might I add). I also gate her feeding area off so my daughter (and the new doggie) can't bother her.
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I have a four year old and a big dog. My collie is almost 11 and she tolerates Zoe and sometimes even seems to enjoy her but she's gentle but sometimes definately gives a little growl to say stay away from my food dish or that's my toy. I think she was just used to being the only one for so long. She does know though that I'm the one in charge and that makes things much easier. As for my 4 year, Zoe and him are best friends. Since she really can't play with the older dog, my son has become her playmate. They play tag alot! But we do have the rule that he is not supposed to pick her up, he needs to be sitting to hold her. And I do remind him a lot to be careful. I think it can be done but you have to be willing and committed to training all 3 of them! Good Luck!
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I have 2 rather large dogs and a yorkie puppy AND siblings! (13, 7, 6, 2) The 2 year old is the happiest with my yorkie puppy and they are the greatest of friends! he will sit on the couch and my puppy will jump up and snuggle him. they play chase and hide-and-go-seek. They are excellent with each other! Congrats on your new addition! (and yes you definatly have to teach them how to be "gentle")
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I have an 8 year old and a 5 year old. My neices and nephew (4,2 & 16 months) are also around quite often. Sophie does awesome with all of them. I totally trust my 8 year old because he treats her like a baby. My 5 year old son doesn't quite get it yet. He can't tell between gentle touching and squeezing. So, needless to say he doesn't get to spend time with her alone. Sophie nips at him when he gets too close. The littlest one (neice) can't keep up with Sophie but my sister has taught her about "soft touches" and she seems to understand (better than my 5 year old ). I would be very careful though because even a fall that lands on the puppy could be fatal. Best wishes!
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