I brought home a maltese puppy 3 weeks ago, she was 12 weeks old. My yorkie had not been around too many dogs and was skittish around her. Natalie had only seen her once before we brought her home so you are lucky there. The puppy chases her all around and plays agressively, pulls hair etc. At first I only let them down togther when I was right there and Natalie always had an opportunity to escape. I didn't want her to feel trapped and hurt the puppy. I set their pens up right next to each other so they are close all day and all night but not in the same pen. Now Natalie can hardly wait to play with Lilli, when one of then starts to get too aggressive, I separate them until they calm down. I still keep them in their separate pens and hope one day to merge them but not anytime soon. My biggest problem has been that Natalie, 2 yrs old this month, still pees/poops in the house and the puppy is starting to lose her pee pad training. Good luck with your new baby.
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