Well if Chewy gets aggressive then you do need to be careful, not because the other dog is a Pittie but because it's much bigger then her. My Wolfhound that I lost to cancer this past Feb was a sight hound meaning they hunt by sight, so anything that moves quick got his FULL & undivided attention but he would run fast up to little dogs & put on his breaks just before he got to them & stood still as a statue & would not lift a foot till the little dog stopped running around. He would let the little one get it's hello's out & then gently & cautiously try to find it under him to check it out, it was comedy to see for sure. He was always afraid to step on it & I find that amazing as I don't know how he knew not to step on it as he never had & I had him from the time he was around 10 mo old, so maybe he stepped on one before I got him IDK but he was a big ol funny boy & I miss him so much. So sometimes little can start the fight as they can be very much intimidated be the larger dogs & is why you must always be cautious when introducing dogs of such size diff & be VERY cautious if you allow them to play as IF the large dog were to run into or over the little one it can be fatal & believe me it's not a pretty thing to see. Captain my Wolfhound was never allowed to play in that way with my little ones as I have seen WAY too many times the ugly side of that situation. Captain got his own separate play & roughhouse time outside with myself & DH & he was very happy with that. Now indoors was a diff story as he never got the Mad Dogs or the Crazies or the Zoomies inside the house & when the little ones did he got out of their way fast, usually behind or beside me. He would look at me like Ummmm, momma they are playing in the house & they are gonna get in Biiiiig trouble.When I think of him, sometimes I laugh & sometimes I cry or like rite now sometimes I do both. UGH I need a big dog, this is the longest in my whole life that I have been without a big dog in my house & I don't like it much but I know I need to hold off as Sparky, Ruby & PooKat are all in Kidney failure & putting them through the stress of adding a new pet rite now is not going to happen, but one day.... So I think you will be fine taking her as long as you proceed with caution. |