Okay, so I am at my wits end and very frustrated and really do not know which direction to go in? I have two Bichon Frise sisters 7 yrs old. They are really hyper, but sweet little dogs always together all the time. They are not allowed to run all thru the house but have thier own area and access to the huge back yard whenever they want. Sometimes I let them run around the house but not too often as they get so bouncy and hyper that they would just piddle from excitement so this is what we do for them and it has always worked fine. In June I picked up my new yorkie female, Dixie who is now almost four months old and my twin daughters purchased a male yorkie Teddy, who is from a different litter and is now 3 and a half months old. I am trying very hard to get the bichons used to the new puppies. Introducing them slowing by the vets recommendation of putting a muzzle on the bichons for no more than 20 to 30 minutes at a time and letting them on a leash around the puppies so they can smell them, even move them around in play but not have the ability to bite them or put thier mouths over them. They have never shown aggresiveness in the past to bite anyone! So I have been doing what the vet recommended and the bichons hate the muzzles. If I take them off and have them on a taunt leash they seem fine until they are close to the puppies. One bichon is worse than the other. When they are in the house they are within sight of each other and seem to want to play. The puppies are sure playful. If I take the puppies on the deck and the bichons are in the yard and cannot get to them they act like they want to play. But the problem is that the few times I have let the bichons off the leash they dive for the yorkies and really want to hurt them. Thankfully the couple of times this has happened we have been able to get the bichon off the yorkie but it really frustrates me and makes me mad as well. I love my bichons and my yorkies. I want them to be friends but it really bothers me that I see such nastiness and aggresiveness in these bichons that I never saw before. I know it is natural for them to be territorial and to want to let the puppies know that I was here first but I really believe they would tear them up if they got the chance. I won't have it. My daughters and my husband says to take the bichons to a rescue but I won't do that unless it is a total last resort. Any suggestions on what on earth I can do to make this situation better. All the dogs are absolutly wonderful but these yorkies are little, not even 4 pds and I don't want them to get hurt. The bichons are about 17 pds each. I am really torn as to what to do next. I have been searching the internet trying to find out from the dog experts how to handle this. Help
