I don't believe in having dogs outside, I really could never do it and don't understand it.
As for the pit, pit bulls are one of the sweetest dogs there is. People can make any dog mean and aggressive, it is not the breed, rather the owners and how they raise and train it.
You do need to be careful as you do with any big dog. I would suggest getting a puppy so that it can be raised around the yorkies and learn to be gentle with them from an early age. They have to be taught to play gently with them and you have to watch or teach the bigger dog to watch where it lays down, sits or even walks because it doesn't take much to hurt a yorkie by accidentally sitting on one or stepping on them. And I would never leave the bigger dog alone with the yorkie, like I said accidents can happen and since yorkies are so small you have to be extra careful.
We have a border collie, she is about 60 pounds and my biggest yorkie is 5.5 pounds. She is so great with them. She lays down when she plays with them and is sooo gentle with them. She has even learned to watch where she steps when she walks. We do have to watch it when she is a running mood. We have to pick the dogs up because she is going so fast she doesn't have time to look down where she is stepping. She will even play tug o war with them and of course lets them win everytime. She has never once hurt them, even when they were smaller. We still don't leave her alone with them, accidents can happen and we don't want to take the chance. So you can have big dogs living with small dogs, you just have to be cautious and train them right. |