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inabowbina · 10-06-2009, 02:37 PM

honestly i think the dogs need to meet i have 4 very tiny dogs no bigger than 3 pounds and are next door neighbor has a very large pit and my dogs would charge the fence and get him worked up and he would start to go crazy the thing was is my dogs can fit through the fence if they try. And the pit can jump a 6 foot fence if he wanted. i put up a smaller fence up along the big fence for my dogs could not go through but i got sick of the barking and it scared me every day. i would schedule a time to let the dogs meet. Put your dogs in a secure cage where they cant put their paws out and stuff. and have the owner or the pit put his dogs on leashes or the other way around whatever works. it will be crazy and scary the first few minuets but it is worth it. after all the excitement of meeting each other is gone they calm down. And now i do not have problems with them barking and charging the fence anymore they get along very well and even if the dog some how jumps the fence or gets out and gets them in the front yard or something since they met a few times im not as worried he is going to kill my dogs he seems to really like them actually. its just the excitement of wanting to meet. your always going to worry about it if you don't try and let them meet it will ease your mind it did mine. because if they do meet with him from like jumping the fence or something without you being right there in a controlled situation it most likely will go bad. yorkies are great at picking fights i really think you should let them meet a few times to calm that anxiety down for you and the dogs. your going to worry about it every day if you dont try and let them meet even if it doesn't go great the first time i would keep trying. they are your neighbors and that dog is not going anywhere. everyday will be a scare if you dont try something.

10-06-2009, 02:37 PM	#15
inabowbina YT Addict Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: illinois Posts: 253 Blog Entries: 3	honestly i think the dogs need to meet i have 4 very tiny dogs no bigger than 3 pounds and are next door neighbor has a very large pit and my dogs would charge the fence and get him worked up and he would start to go crazy the thing was is my dogs can fit through the fence if they try. And the pit can jump a 6 foot fence if he wanted. i put up a smaller fence up along the big fence for my dogs could not go through but i got sick of the barking and it scared me every day. i would schedule a time to let the dogs meet. Put your dogs in a secure cage where they cant put their paws out and stuff. and have the owner or the pit put his dogs on leashes or the other way around whatever works. it will be crazy and scary the first few minuets but it is worth it. after all the excitement of meeting each other is gone they calm down. And now i do not have problems with them barking and charging the fence anymore they get along very well and even if the dog some how jumps the fence or gets out and gets them in the front yard or something since they met a few times im not as worried he is going to kill my dogs he seems to really like them actually. its just the excitement of wanting to meet. your always going to worry about it if you don't try and let them meet it will ease your mind it did mine. because if they do meet with him from like jumping the fence or something without you being right there in a controlled situation it most likely will go bad. yorkies are great at picking fights i really think you should let them meet a few times to calm that anxiety down for you and the dogs. your going to worry about it every day if you dont try and let them meet even if it doesn't go great the first time i would keep trying. they are your neighbors and that dog is not going anywhere. everyday will be a scare if you dont try something. Last edited by inabowbina; 10-06-2009 at 02:39 PM.