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Originally Posted by JadeD  If he lets her sleep with him then they are best buddies!
The snarling and stuff, it just play. I have a 9 year old Yorkie and 2 puppies (almost 7 months old). When we brought home the puppies the 9 year old stayed on the back of the couch all the time. If he came down to eat the puppies pounced on him and back to the couch he went. I had to feed him in a separate room so he could eat. After several weeks he started following the puppies around as they played and soon he was joining in. He is now bonded with one of the puppies (the 2 of them sleep with me) and he gets along well with the other puppy (she sleeps with my teenage daughter).
If they are hurting each other you will hear them yelp and the other should back off. Aside from that mine play rough and there is snarling involved but they are just playing. Let them play as long as one backs off when the other cries out. They will learn how hard they can bite without hurting the other. All 3 of mine are very good about how hard they can bite each other and also me. My puppy has his mouth on me all the time and I rarely have to say Ouch to him. My 9 year old can play rough with me and has only got me too hard once (I have had him almost 10 months).
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The joyous sounds of multiple babies romping and rebel rousing and gleefully playing...no sweeter sounds to my ears or warmth to my heart!! I highlighted in JadeD's post exactly how I also see it......spot on, in my opinion. Welcome to the forum, I think you will most certainly enjoy the learning experiences and the discussions as well as the differences in opinions! TONS to learn and different experiences to share and appreciate and disagree with....come on in, take off your hat and coat, pull up a chair to the table and relax!