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Originally Posted by SRD  I would think its possible but just needs lots of training and supervision. and on top of that, remember that they should be separated when not under supervision, no matter how gentle a large breed dog can be, its quite possible for them to hurt the little ones unitentionally. |
Agreed. We have 3 large breed dogs at our house, including a doberman. They are all really gentle with Lexi, never had an incident. My yorkie is a little bigger though at 9lbs. Lexi came into our large family as a puppy, so she got used to being the "underdog".
They will probably get along fine. However depending on the age of your yorkie, it might take awhile to warm up to the new puppy. My golden is was older when we introduced new dogs to the household. It took her a while to adjust - and she still doesn't like either of the big dogs. It took her about 3 months to warm up to Lexi.
My boyfriend's mother had 2 adult Shih Tzus. when his brother brought home a lab puppy. This puppy was hyperactive, and was constantly terrorizing the small dogs. Both the Shih Tzus died within the next year. I can't remember their ages, but the mother was older, we believe that stress caused by this puppy did help contribute to her death. Once she died, her daughter died shortly after.
I think that if your yorkie is used to larger dogs and well socialized, they should be fine. However if he/she isn't well socialized and not used to being around large dogs or puppies - the whole event might be really stressful for them.