Hi, I just registered to this group and was about to post about a similar issue. My sister just received an eight-month-old Yorkie female after she was cared for by me and my family for the past month (the dog was a Christmas gift for my sister and my niece). Tonight, as soon as they brought the Yorkie home, she saw my sister's dog, a 15-year-old American Eskimo (small white sled dog), barked and jumped on her to play with her. The American Eskimo was scared and the Yorkie just kept on chasing her and running under her and so on until the American Eskimo started to nip at the Yorkie. This is when my sister separated the two of them.
My question is if this issue has been discussed at length here before. That is, where an existing dog doesn't like the new baby Yorkie brought into the home. Is there a way to help the two dogs compromise--to train the Yorkie to stop chasing the other older dog and to show the older dog the Yorkie is just trying to play? **The American Eskimo is not familiar interacting with other dogs--this, I feel, is a big part of the problem.**
Thanks for reading and Merry Christmas : )
-Tom Roach, NJ |