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Originally Posted by webkinz2001  since we spayed her a couple days ago we were thinking of a new puppy preferably dutch shepherd because I use to have them and they are sweet any ideas how to introduce them? we will go with my yorkie to see which one she likes  p.s its in a couple of weeks |
I have not read your other threads, but imo, getting a new puppy with a current dog that is not well-trained is well quite frankly risky/dangerous for all involved.
First new puppies of any breed require/need a lot of attention, a lot of training, do you have the time to do this, as well as to train your current dog?
Second do you have a plan in place to safely keep one from the other. At all times? Is your current dog crate and or Xpenned trained?
Is your whole family willing to crate and rotate as necessary to keep each dog safe from the other?
When your little Yorkie is out with the puppy 100% of the time their interactions need to be supervised by you, and you need to be ready at a moments notice to step in or intervene.
Now the question is; are you prepared to do this for the lifetime of both dogs?? Why do I ask this you say? Because what happens if this new puppy actually has a high prey drive that you are un-successful in teaching this new pup that your Yorkie is not and will never be prey to them? Are you prepared to exercise separately for their lifetimes, crate at least one of them at night, or keep them separate from each other at night?
I have one new BRT puppy that is tracking to a high prey drive as well as a working drive. She is constantly monitored and corrected from playing with Razzle, for at this point in time there is no safe way she can play with him. No safe way for my Yorkie. She and Razzle are both crated overnight and our senior male is allowed free roam.
This is an example of the commitment you should be prepared to make when bringing in another dog particularly a large breed dog with a known high prey drive into your home and heart.
This does not address the additional financial costs involved but there are many.