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01-28-2016, 05:26 AM | #1 |
Yorkie Yakker Join Date: Apr 2014 Location: Macomb, Michigan, USA
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| yorkies fighting with beagle Please help! I have three yorkies, one spayed female, one intact male, and one pregnant female. I also have a spayed beagle. Since the female became pregnant I have had problems with fighting. She attacks the beagle for no reason and the others follow suit. Yesterday the male attacked the beagle and the same thing happened. I am so afraid the beagle will seriously hurt one of my yorkies. I have been caging the male and pregnant female since the last fight. I just don't want to keep them in a cage all the time, but don't know what else to do. Any suggestions? |
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01-28-2016, 08:33 AM | #2 |
Rosehill Yorkies Donating YT Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Houston Texas
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| Welcome to the life of a dog breeder! You will need to start separating dogs now.....my yard and home is "fenced and crossed fenced", and my breeders are not allowed to all mix it up together among themselves, nor are the breeders allowed to run and cavort with my "pets". They fight....and they will gang up on one that goes down and do serious damage, possibly kill the dog that is down. The yorkies can still run together until the female that is pregnant, is 3 weeks from whelping....then she needs to be kept away from everyone, for safety. You may need to already be separating the yorkies from the beaqle permanently.....they have all gotten sideways with the beagle, and these dogs do not forget grudges..... Welcome to the joy of breeding! Some of them you can mix back together after the babies are sold.....once my mommas have their babies, no mixing with the others until babies are 10-12 weeks old, and then momma is separated from babies for short periods, in order to exercise with the group she gets along with....she will be on high alert with her babies present, so you need to be sure momma is not with babies and you do not allow another dog run around the room where the babies are present....momma will guard her babies and fight anyone that ventures too close.....you will need to allow momma to watch/guard over her babies when they are 10 weeks and older, with one of the other dogs.....keeping the babies separated in an exercise pen, but allowing another dog to visit thru the bars, with momma present...momma will watch closely and she will teach her babies how to interact with that strange dog, but dont push it...allow momma to dictate who and how long those little meet and greet sessions last! Everyone MAY return to getting along well together, but you should never leave them all running loose together unattended.....that is when you come back home and find a dead dog that the others have ganged up on and killed. They have already chosen sides and decided among themselves who is to be part of the acceptede group. You will need to watch and figure out who they have decided is the outcast...it could be the beagle, and it may include one of the yorkies....the breeding female may become alpha and get along with no one......it takes alot of energy and time to watch and observe the pack carefully, to see who is going to get along now that breeding has been thrown into the mix, but you have to do that now! It may all return to normal between the dogs, but you can not deend on that or trust that it will happen like that.....that is how you get savaged, injured or killed dogs. Last edited by Yorkiemom1; 01-28-2016 at 08:36 AM. |
01-28-2016, 10:56 AM | #3 |
Yorkie Yakker Join Date: Apr 2014 Location: Macomb, Michigan, USA
Posts: 67
| Thanks so much for that information. I do think the beagle is the outcast as she is the only one that is attacked. My first yorkie that had puppies got along well with the beagle, even letting her puppies play with the beagle. I have to believe all this fighting is due to the male being present. I guess I'll just have to keep them caged most of the time. Even when I'm in the room, I have to keep them on a leash because they attack her so quickly. I'm really scared that the beagle will kill one of the yorkies as she already bit the female by the eye. I hope that I don't have to sell him because he is such a cute, sweet little guy. Thanks again for your help. |
02-11-2016, 02:59 PM | #4 |
Yorkie Yakker Join Date: Apr 2014 Location: Macomb, Michigan, USA
Posts: 67
| yorkies fighting Well, the fighting was so stressful to me and my beagle, I had to sell my little male. It broke my heart, but things are back to normal now. I guess my house is a girl pet only house. That's ok because I love my girls! |
02-11-2016, 07:55 PM | #5 |
Rosehill Yorkies Donating YT Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Houston Texas
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| I feel awful for the baby you had to re-home....but that is what is necessary when you have fights and no way to keep everyone separated.....someone will get killed otherwise. |
02-12-2016, 04:33 AM | #6 |
Yorkie Yakker Join Date: Apr 2014 Location: Macomb, Michigan, USA
Posts: 67
| yorkies fighting Yes, it was a sad day when Marky Mark had to leave. I cried, but I knew it was best for all concerned. I hear he is adjusting well to his new home. I miss him terribly but at least I have a female pregnant with his offspring. Maybe I'll keep one of the females. She is due the first week of March. |
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