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once upon a time I had 2 dogs, a 6 y/o poodle and a 3 y/o yorkie, both got along fine, my poodle was an angel, but so was my yorkie, both females, both not spayed, no pack leader. Then I got "the monster" poodle 6y/o yorkie 3 y/o I was on a 2 week vacation, I know better NOT TO GO INTO PET SHOPS THAT HAVE DOGS, SPECIALLY YORKIES, but I was with my cousin that JUST WANTED TO LOOK, well SHE LOOKED and I BOUGHT another yorkie, I did this because, this lil girl was hovering in the corner of the cage, her sister was bouncing around the cage saying take me, take me, I know it is advised to get the bouncing frisky baby, but seeing this frightened wee lil baby hovering in the corner, I knew NO ONE IS GOING TO BUY THAT BABY, my fear was if not purchased it would be put down, at the time I saw these 2 pups I didn't know what sex they were, so I asked the shop worker (I know your not supposed to buy from pet shops, but this one had a very good reputation in selling healthy dogs and a good return policy if your vet found anything wrong with the pup) what sex was of the one in the corner, I am told they are sisters, I ask may I see the one in the corner, I am given this lil fur ball that fit in the palm of my hand, I tell the worker write her up, she's coming home with me. My 2 other babies were not aggressive dogs, so there was no concern or fear they would harm a new baby. So home I come with "the monster" my cousin was holding "the angel" on the trip home. When I got in my house and put this lil "car angel" on the floor, all hell broke loose, the "car angel" CHARGED my 2 surprised babies, the yorkie jumped on the sofa, said WTF, while my poodle introduced her self to the puppy. Life as we knew it was over, well life as my 2 older dogs knew it was over. This pup TRIED to take over, her & the poodle were friends, the yorkie lived her life on the sofa. Two weeks after I had her (my poodle had a habit of hiding her milk bones in the corner of the love seat, if the older yorkie went near that corner the poodle would jump on the love seat and grab her milk bone) I was sitting on the love seat brushing the puppy, was finished with the brushing and off my lap went the puppy, and she headed right to that corner, my poodle jumped up and grabbed her milk bone and the puppy bite the poodle on the nose, my poodle did nothing, just jumped off the love seat bleeding. I took care on the bite. That friendship ended with that bite. The puppy was now the alpha dog, well she thought she was, she was always after the poodle, would bite her when ever she had the chance, I would scold the puppy, my poodle would never go back at the puppy, I ALWAYS STEPPED IN showed the puppy I WAS THE ALPHA lol, I WAS THE PACK LEADER, when the puppy would bite the poodle I would tell the pup in a VERY FIRM VOICE "no bite, kiss sister" and the puppy would go and lick the poodle, after 2 months of this the puppy would bite the poodle then run back and lick her lol, this puppy was so cute and funny, she was such a lil clown, she was always my favorite because she was so spunky. I was always so glad I bought her. She was shy with ppl, I had to watch she did not bite them but was great with all dogs, when she got to know a person she was your best friend. So what I am trying to get at is, I never let the dogs work it out, I always did, the biting of the poodle stopped when the pup was about 9 mos.old, there was no more friendship there, the poodle kept away from the pup. When the puppy was able to jump on the sofa my older yorkie had no choice but to accept being pounced on ,it ended up the older yorkie treated the puppy like it was her baby, she would clean her, lick up her face, there was never any aggressive behavior between the older yorkie and the puppy. The puppy learned where her place in the pecking order was, because I WAS THE ALPHA DOG lol. end of story lol