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Yorkiemom1 · 01-28-2016, 08:33 AM

Welcome to the life of a dog breeder! You will need to start separating dogs now.....my yard and home is "fenced and crossed fenced", and my breeders are not allowed to all mix it up together among themselves, nor are the breeders allowed to run and cavort with my "pets". They fight....and they will gang up on one that goes down and do serious damage, possibly kill the dog that is down.

The yorkies can still run together until the female that is pregnant, is 3 weeks from whelping....then she needs to be kept away from everyone, for safety. You may need to already be separating the yorkies from the beaqle permanently.....they have all gotten sideways with the beagle, and these dogs do not forget grudges.....

Welcome to the joy of breeding! Some of them you can mix back together after the babies are sold.....once my mommas have their babies, no mixing with the others until babies are 10-12 weeks old, and then momma is separated from babies for short periods, in order to exercise with the group she gets along with....she will be on high alert with her babies present, so you need to be sure momma is not with babies and you do not allow another dog run around the room where the babies are present....momma will guard her babies and fight anyone that ventures too close.....you will need to allow momma to watch/guard over her babies when they are 10 weeks and older, with one of the other dogs.....keeping the babies separated in an exercise pen, but allowing another dog to visit thru the bars, with momma present...momma will watch closely and she will teach her babies how to interact with that strange dog, but dont push it...allow momma to dictate who and how long those little meet and greet sessions last!

Everyone MAY return to getting along well together, but you should never leave them all running loose together unattended.....that is when you come back home and find a dead dog that the others have ganged up on and killed. They have already chosen sides and decided among themselves who is to be part of the acceptede group. You will need to watch and figure out who they have decided is the outcast...it could be the beagle, and it may include one of the yorkies....the breeding female may become alpha and get along with no one......it takes alot of energy and time to watch and observe the pack carefully, to see who is going to get along now that breeding has been thrown into the mix, but you have to do that now! It may all return to normal between the dogs, but you can not deend on that or trust that it will happen like that.....that is how you get savaged, injured or killed dogs.

01-28-2016, 08:33 AM	#2
Yorkiemom1 Rosehill Yorkies Donating YT Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Houston Texas Posts: 9,462	Welcome to the life of a dog breeder! You will need to start separating dogs now.....my yard and home is "fenced and crossed fenced", and my breeders are not allowed to all mix it up together among themselves, nor are the breeders allowed to run and cavort with my "pets". They fight....and they will gang up on one that goes down and do serious damage, possibly kill the dog that is down. The yorkies can still run together until the female that is pregnant, is 3 weeks from whelping....then she needs to be kept away from everyone, for safety. You may need to already be separating the yorkies from the beaqle permanently.....they have all gotten sideways with the beagle, and these dogs do not forget grudges..... Welcome to the joy of breeding! Some of them you can mix back together after the babies are sold.....once my mommas have their babies, no mixing with the others until babies are 10-12 weeks old, and then momma is separated from babies for short periods, in order to exercise with the group she gets along with....she will be on high alert with her babies present, so you need to be sure momma is not with babies and you do not allow another dog run around the room where the babies are present....momma will guard her babies and fight anyone that ventures too close.....you will need to allow momma to watch/guard over her babies when they are 10 weeks and older, with one of the other dogs.....keeping the babies separated in an exercise pen, but allowing another dog to visit thru the bars, with momma present...momma will watch closely and she will teach her babies how to interact with that strange dog, but dont push it...allow momma to dictate who and how long those little meet and greet sessions last! Everyone MAY return to getting along well together, but you should never leave them all running loose together unattended.....that is when you come back home and find a dead dog that the others have ganged up on and killed. They have already chosen sides and decided among themselves who is to be part of the acceptede group. You will need to watch and figure out who they have decided is the outcast...it could be the beagle, and it may include one of the yorkies....the breeding female may become alpha and get along with no one......it takes alot of energy and time to watch and observe the pack carefully, to see who is going to get along now that breeding has been thrown into the mix, but you have to do that now! It may all return to normal between the dogs, but you can not deend on that or trust that it will happen like that.....that is how you get savaged, injured or killed dogs. Last edited by Yorkiemom1; 01-28-2016 at 08:36 AM.