I started out with two huge male cats, and added two baby female yorkies, which worked out perfectly, until tragedy took my Marley away at 6 1/2 months. So then I just had her sister, Izzy, and after a while I felt bad for her since she no longer had a playmate. So I adopted Toby. He was 4 1/2 months old ( but huge! She was 6 lbs and he already around 8 lbs. that's big for a yorkie!) he had so much energy it was exhausting. And sometimes their playing got way too rough. And it was chaos and hectic because he never stopped moving and running and stealing things and chewing, and pouncing on the disgruntled cats. But now that he's been neutered he has mellowed out enough that the cats don't hate him anymore. They swat at him half heartedly in slow motion, almost out of habit, really. And then they just stare at him until he licks their face and walks off. Izzy now holds her own and actually gets the best of him so play fighting isn't stressful anymore. My only complaint now is he has a chronic problem with marking,which getting fixed did not subdue one bit. I was hoping he would stop that . But really, through all the chaos and disruption and steam cleaning it took to get to this point, I still wouldn't trade him for anything. So as long as you realize the possible down sides to adding a boy and are willing and patient enough to work through it, I say do it! You never know what you're gonna get in a yorkie... He may turn out to be an angel. But even if his halo is a little chewed up and crooked my guess is he'll end up owning your heart regardless. I love my gigantic yorkshire terrorist. He made life comical for me. Just get him young and start training him before he trains you and you'll be fine. Good luck! |