One thing that happend to us with our first yorkie. She figured out who in the family was the lowest on the totem pole (my 7 year old daughter was at the time the youngest and the baby of the family) and then Tia took to chasing her an nipping her heels. I was ready to send her back to the breeders and Jessica was terrified of the new puppy!
My breeder explained that this was normal doggie behaviour. Tia was just trying to figure out where she fit in the pecking order of our "pack". We had to teach Jessica to stand her ground and make the puppy back down. I wish I'd known this from the beginning and we wouldn't have had a week of hell with my daughter running screaming through the house with a small Tasmanian devil of a dog with needle sharp puppy teeth, nipping at her heels.
Good luck with your new baby!
Michele :-) |