I have 2boys my first boy is dex and he is nearly 2. We adopted him from a dogs home at the very end of November. He is a big softy and was great when our seeing other dogs and LOVED it when my sisters yorkie came to visit. So we decided to adopt another on. We found monty a yorkie chihauhua cross nearly 1 yr old on a preloved website and went to meet him with dex at a local field. Everything went really well so we decided to take him. Once home they were fine and getting on really well. 3days later they had started to play fight but this was starting to become more and more out if control! Neither one would give up even if the other one did submit. We did some research on the web and was basically to you can NEVER have a terrier bread with another dog! I was deverstated! We looked into monty going to live with my other halts auntie but I just couldn't give him up. Since then we have spoken to our local vet who assured us that this is normal for the two boys and to just keep an eye on them. If things start to get out of hand we give them a quick pray with water and they stop right away. We are 2weeks in now and to my huge relief they are great friends now. Still the little spay now and then but I think the now know each others boundaries. We had dex nuetered when we got him, and monty was done a few days ago. This has helped settle them down and dex became a lot gentler with monty when he realised something was different about him. They are both curled up together now on the sofa and are becoming the best of friends. I hate to think of us giving up monty if we had listened to the web advise. If things start to go wrong give it some time and things will hopefully sort themselves out (sometimes with a little intervention). Don't panic and don't give up on them. Xx
Love my boys |