We bought 2 Yorkie Male pups into a home with a 14 yar old Yorkie Female and an 11 year old Cane Corso. Do a correct introduction at first, and then gradually introduce them.
The Cane Corso likes them, and naturally they pick on him, and jump on him, and chew on his huge Nylabones and Toys He is very careful around them and gentle, and at 135 pounds, it is hard for him to be gentle.
THe 14 year old Yorkie female wants nothing to do with them. They buzz around her like bee's, and she will snap and bark at htem, but they are already gone and she is still spinning trying to find them as her eye sight is going. She is also on a special diet, and we eats where she always has in the kitchen, and has free rein of the house, and on the couch when we sit there. The new boys eat in their X-Pens, and are allowed out every few hours to run and play, and they are out all evening playing, and when they start getting tired, we bring them on the couch and hold them until asleep as they are jumpers and no jumping.
Overall, we are glad we have the new boys, more work, but more fun. It can be done, just do it slow, and always treat your older dog as the number one dog. That is what we do, and it works. |