Last year, I looked after my sister's lab and he has always been an outside dog at my parents' house.
When he came to me, he was allowed inside sometimes (as long as he is relaxed since he is so big) and always during bad weather. The biggest reasons that he was outside was that he isn't trained to be inside and I am extremely allergic to dogs (luckily yorkies are hypoallergenic!), so a lab's hair all over our living room didn't work for me.
Anyway, Cash is an inside dog and he would taunt the lab! When I got him new toys (separate ones for the lab since he destroys all Cash's toys), Cash would pick up the toys in his mouth and parade by the door (security gate kept the lab from coming inside). He was actually bragging! I couldn't believe my eyes!
Cash got quite an attitude with the lab (although the lab is so much bigger than him) and although they got on very well, Cash is now having trouble adjusting to another dog (June) in his space. The leader of a dog pack controls all the resources and if the yorkie is allowed to be in place where the other dog is not, dominance issues can arise.
Yorkies are a lot of work and a lot of money, so choose very carefully.
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