[HighlandYorkies]

Originally Posted by Yorksmama

HELP! I have two female yorkies that were best friends from birth until 3 years of age. Right around their 3rd birthday they began fighting. We have to separate them now. If they get together they visciously will fight, blood and all! Normally they are so loving and submissive, but with each other I am afraid that they will fight to their death! Shortly after their 3rd birthday we bought a male Yorkie so we can breed them. We are hoping that one is pregnant now. Any suggestions as to how we can work with them to stop the fighting? We want to keep both of them.

I started to have this problem after taking a whole mature female into a house with a neutered alpha female who was here first, and her pal a whole male, also mature, last October('06).
Tara, now 7.5, was not amused with Tammy then 3, now 4, trying to be top dog, and Tammy would instigate everything - even pulling Tara's bed from under her. She was a wee tart with Casper, now 5.
It all stopped when I got Tammy neutered !
Also, I have since been told that females should not be bred after age 3 if they have never been bred before....so I am glad I didn't try after the once after I got her....she didn't have puppies and I didn't want to try again because of her age. I had thought that 5 was the limit.
Now they are all the best of friends...very much a threesome !
See pics !
Debra x x x x