i have a 2 lb. male yorkie, and when he came home it was certainly a fiasco!
i already have a 4 year old 7 lb male yorkie and a 6 year old 3 lb maltese (who by the way is the Alpha here!)
this was certainly a test. Mcdreamy, the little (new one) was just jumping all over everyone.i thought FOR SURE that elliott was going to bite him. I watched them, butalso,let them work it out, and they did. mcdreamyKNOWS when to stop.
now, my daughter bought a newyorkie(who isalmost onenow) and she also has a little Maltese, who is VERY demure. shes so quite, rarely barks, and just let little sophie take over. sophie jumps all over her, and its just been RECENTLY, that they now play fine. sophie is definately the Alpha, but thats okay.
i think as long as you watch them when you can, should be okay. a 1 or 2 lb. dog REALLY cant harm your other one, i dont think. but if you really are concerned, please contact your vet. good luck.
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Originally Posted by broodizt  Hi all,
I just got a 4 month old tiny puppy. She is about 1.2lbs, so she is small, about half the size of my almost 18 month old. My problem is she keeps charging at my poor little girl, seems to nip and try to bite her, steals her toys.....and she is half the size. My older girl seems lost, and hesitant to stand up for her rights. She seems afraid to set limits and ends up being abused by the puppy. The puppy charges at her like a bull and then rams into her, jumps on her and sometimes even tries to bite her. She just seems so lost, so depressed. I wonder am I supposed to stop these shenanegans? Or allow them to work it out themselves? Both of them are very very small. my older one is only between 2 and 2.5 lbs. She seems so depressed, I'm almost thinking of selling the puppy because my older one seems to be having such a bad reaction. Should I step in and stop the puppy from jumping on the older one? How should I handle this my first time as the parent of two puppy dogs. I don't know how to handle this. Any help would be greatly appreciated. By the way, the puppy is the cutest thing. Very rambunctious and full of energy and cute as pie. But I dont want my older girl to be depressed or abused. She is the love of my life. Help!!!! Any advice would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance, Shellie :-)  |