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meli · 08-27-2008, 05:23 PM

Well, trust me, it all works out unless they really dislike each other. I have a 100 pound rottweiler, a mean male Cairn Terrier and two yorkies. All of them get along in their own way. The mean Cairn ignores everyone and goes about his business and if anyone gets in his way they are growled at in a way that puts even the rottie runing for the other side of the room or he just goes into his crate and hides until he is in a better mood. The rottie has mental problems I swear! She believes she is the mother of the yorkies, the guinea pigs, the cat and the mice that I feed the snakes. She babies and plays with everyone and truely believes she is not any bigger than a yorkie. I have to remind her at times that she is HUGE when she tries ti hide under the couch or go under there to play with the yorkies and moves it across the floor! The yorkies learn real fast to stay out of her way when she goes to sit down. Other then her sitting, we have had no problems. One of their biggest games is to hide their heads inher mouth like lion tamers do with lions. It is the weirdest thing I have ever seen. It used to freak me out until I saw it was like a dare game they all play and no one was getting hurt. They all sleep together and play together but i do need to watch outside when the rottie has free run like that because she can go crazy and run them over. I usually take the little ones in if an ball is involved because she just loses her mind too much.

All feeding is done in crates to prevent any snapping from dish wanders. Treats are only given when dogs line up in a sitting row so they know they have to stay still and EVERYONE is working. They are like little kids, "fair is fair."

It's pretty funny. Big scarey satan dogs crying to play with fluffy girlie yorkies. Just goes to show how wrong stereotyping is.

08-27-2008, 05:23 PM	#30
meli Yorkie Talker Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: canonsburg, pa usa Posts: 22	Well, trust me, it all works out unless they really dislike each other. I have a 100 pound rottweiler, a mean male Cairn Terrier and two yorkies. All of them get along in their own way. The mean Cairn ignores everyone and goes about his business and if anyone gets in his way they are growled at in a way that puts even the rottie runing for the other side of the room or he just goes into his crate and hides until he is in a better mood. The rottie has mental problems I swear! She believes she is the mother of the yorkies, the guinea pigs, the cat and the mice that I feed the snakes. She babies and plays with everyone and truely believes she is not any bigger than a yorkie. I have to remind her at times that she is HUGE when she tries ti hide under the couch or go under there to play with the yorkies and moves it across the floor! The yorkies learn real fast to stay out of her way when she goes to sit down. Other then her sitting, we have had no problems. One of their biggest games is to hide their heads inher mouth like lion tamers do with lions. It is the weirdest thing I have ever seen. It used to freak me out until I saw it was like a dare game they all play and no one was getting hurt. They all sleep together and play together but i do need to watch outside when the rottie has free run like that because she can go crazy and run them over. I usually take the little ones in if an ball is involved because she just loses her mind too much. All feeding is done in crates to prevent any snapping from dish wanders. Treats are only given when dogs line up in a sitting row so they know they have to stay still and EVERYONE is working. They are like little kids, "fair is fair." It's pretty funny. Big scarey satan dogs crying to play with fluffy girlie yorkies. Just goes to show how wrong stereotyping is. Attached Thumbnails Last edited by meli; 08-27-2008 at 05:28 PM.