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Originally Posted by hamilton77fan  Hello all. We have a 4 year old Yorkie named Brittany and just got a new male s**tzu puppy. When they first interacted, Brittany snapped at the s**tzu and wants nothing to do with him. We had a Lhasa Apso that we got 2 years ago but had to put it down recently because of kidney failure...it had health problems from day one as a result of being bred too quickly. That was tough to take and we've since done our home work on breeders.
Anyway, when we got the Lhasa Apso, Brittany had fun with her when she was still a puppy. As the Lhasa got older, they didn't play much anymore but at least tolerated one another. Our thought was that Brittany would like the s**tzu in its puppy years at least. This is not the case however and we're not sure what to do. The s**tzu puppy is an 8 week year old male. Our one thought is that maybe since the puppy hasn't been neutered yet, Brittany doesn't trust him, even though Brittany is neutered herself.
Any info would be appreciated as we're at a loss. Hope it all made sense. Thanks! |
Wow, this really hit home for me. In may we brought home a new baby brother for Zoey(our 1 year old yorkie). He was a s**tzhu-chihuahua mix. Zoey HATED him. She snapped at him and growled and bit him and wouldn't have anything to do with me, her mommy, for 2 weeks. I cried every single night for the first week and almost gave him away. HOWEVER after taking the advice of many friends and trying things that made Zoey know she was still number one, they are now the best of friends!!! She is 1 1/2 years and he is 4 months and they love each other so much. It's exactly why I got another one...to give her someone to love and play with and it worked.
So all I can say is patience...Let Brittany know she is still number one..pet her first when you come home, give her the treat first, put him in the crate and play with Brittany a few minutes a day by herself.
I sure hope all goes well.
Best wishes here.