Hello breeders,
I just recently added a male Maltese puppy to our family. I brought him home about 4 weeks ago when he was 12 weeks old (2.2 lbs). I have a 2 year old spayed female yorkie(Milu). She is 3.5 lbs. and very loving, very sweet, very gentle and she is very delicate. I had picked the Maltese puppy because the breeder said he is the most loving one of the litter and he was when we visited him.
I know the maltese puppy is going to get bigger than Milu, so I had hoped that Milu could achieve the "alpha dog" status while the puppy(Davinci) is still young. However, Davinci seems to be very hardy and rough when they play, he always makes Milu yelp, and he doesn't seem to stop when she yelps. he will bite her top knot or the fur on her face and drag her along and won't let go when she cries. Davinci also humps Milu sometimes. What I have been trying to do is to offer food, water, toy to Milu first always. However, my vet told me that no matter what I try to do, if Davinci is the alpha dog, he is still going to be the alpha dog in the house.
Previously, I had kept them together while I am gone, because I was hoping that Milu can stand her ground with the puppy while he is still small so that when he gets bigger he doesn't pick on her, but after seeing how rough he is with her, i started keeping them in different rooms when I am not home.
What can I do to make sure Milu doesn't get picked on by the puppy?
Here's some pictures of them together:
http://www.yorkietalk.com/forums/my-...e-brother.html
Some Pix of Davinci the little butthead/love bug:
http://www.yorkietalk.com/forums/my-...untie-ann.html