[Yorkiemom1]

I have been in this position several times over many years....some times it works and sometimes they just never get along....sometimes the older Yorkie will learn to tolerate the youngster....and the youngster will learn to just be respectful to the elder, but dont harrass the matriarch! And on a rare instance, they will learn to be best friends....

I always kept my matriarch FIRST in our lives...she ate first, she went out for play time first, anything that was done with the dogs, she was always first in line. And my matriarch was the ONLY one that slept with me in my bed.....she never thought for one minute that she was in the least way, displaced for the benefit of the new comer, the "interloper".....

If you are not able to do this, to make it work for your matriarch, I personally would tell my son that the matriarch is not adjusting to the new pup and see if he will take this puppy until your elder crosses over The Bridge. I know ME, and if I had a situation where my little loving matriarch was feeling abandoned or that she was being "replaced" by some "young whipper-snapper", I would never forgive myself for making her feel displaced by the youngblood.

But that is me....I get all eaten up with guilt and "thoughts" and "feelings" that I project onto animals, who if the truth is known, have absolutely NO concept of the past or the future or the ability to reason and justify what their mistress may be thinking!!!!! My brother just smiles and shakes his head at me...."these dogs have you jumping thru hoops that only exist in YOUR mind,", he says.....