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Originally Posted by mscat

DO you have a patio or back porch that you can section off just for your yorkie's ? Make a safe place for them to be outside? Without the threat of 2 pit bulls who can easily jump over the fence , attacking your to little dogs?
Pit Bulls are number one whe it comes to dog attacks and on humans. No matter how "nice" the pitbulls owners say they are, a Pit Bull has that drive in them, And tragedy is what will bound to happen .
Even keeping your 2 yorkies on a longer leash outside in your yard is not going to prevent one or both those Pit bulls from jumping over the fence and attacking. It is quick, painful, and over in seconds . Never , trust a pit , around or near a small dog.
I have seen those things attack and kill medium sized dogs. They kill each other when trained to do so . They fight to the death , Pit Bulls , they are huge, majestic cannines. And have a bad reputation because of their volitile nature.
If you can't place a higher fence, maybe making something on your patio or porch is a safer approach , if this cannot happen, then I would suggest, to you your 2 yorkies , wil need to be going on more walks , to use the bathroom . I would not even take the chance of having my two little toy dogs out in the yard, knowing that pits are right next door, with easy acsess to my little dogs.
Their is too much to leave for chance, and it is now wise to do that, or believe that it won;t ever happen. Because IMHO , it is going to happen one of these days, and it will be the Yorkies who are going to lose. Lose big time.
A lot of yorkie owners use indoor potty systems, that might be something you may have to consider.
When safety is compromised , it is up to us to do everything in our power to protect our precious Yorkies from harm. This is a tragedy waiting to happen.
Do what you have to do to protect your Yorkies from harm. The more agitated these pit bulls become, just by hearing the barking from the otherside of the fence, and certainly by smelling your 2 dogs, is only increasing their stress levels. You 2 yorkie's are also stressed out by the Pit Bulls.
Do not leave this to chance. Keep them safe, at all times. And please do not feel like you need to introduce the Pits to your Yorkies, it will not be a good situation. They do not know each other, or grew up together, that is the only time I believe it could work .
NOT with 2 strange , new Pit Bulls . Do your part as a yorkie dog owner , to protect them from those Pit Bulls . I am sorry you have to deal with this, but SAFETY is number one priority.

Thanks for your great post. Yes, I can close off my deck and keep them there. I think I got confused reading some of the threads about how friendly people's pits are with their yorkies. I see that is a totally diff situation when they have grown up together.

These 2 pits never had a backyard to run in before this. They were in a apt. and taken on walks. They are going nuts getting used to a yard and yesterday I saw one of them jumping up at the trunk of a tree and his back legs were so high he could EASILY clear the little 3 foot fence and maybe even a 6 foot fence. He is a young dog and very full of energy. VERY SCARY. The neighbor has been taking a stick and beating the dogs' behind when they run to the fence. I question whether it is right to do that and it is scaring me too that the dogs will just get meaner. I'm going to keep Daisy and Teddy totally away from the back yard for now. Thanks.