[chickensmith]

We have a husky and a yorkie.....misha is 11 yrs. Winnie is the newbie at 10 months. Misha was our second as adults. Cassie was our first...a tiny 3 # chihuahua mix. Misha came into the house when cassie was almost 3....she was the queen. While even at 4 months misha had 17# on cassie....she knew who was the boss. A trend that has been set between our dogs is that misha has her part of the house and the smaller dog (winnie now) has her part. They are both welcome in any part of the house they please ....but they have their "spots". That being said....if there is a time we are not home....the gate that is typically open that separates the two areas is closed. Misha is old now....and really has no interest in winnie the way she did when she was a pup and cassie was around. They never fought. And play time was very closely supervised....still is. Large dogs and small dogs do work but take extreme attention to keeping the two separate when there is No one around....even when someone is supervising accidents can and do happen....while we've been blessed that in almost 12 years we have never had an accident between the two....it is still risky.