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11-01-2012, 02:05 PM | #1 |
Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: Jul 2012 Location: Highland, Ca. USA
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| What have I done wrong? I have three dogs, a 9 year old female spayed Yorkie, a 10 months old male intact Yorkie, and a 2 year old neutered Terrier mix. My problem started 3 days ago and I never saw any warning signs. The male Yorkie puppy has started to fight with the female Yorkie. I mean all out growling, biting, fighting. This never happens during the day. It only happens at night when we go to bed. The dogs all sleep with me and until 3 nights ago, we were all just fine. But now in the middle of the night they start to fight. Based on their personalities, I believe the puppy starts the fight and it has to do with who gets to lay closest to me. I normally show them lots of love when we play and sit together but as of today, I've decided to reduce the amount of contact to see if I am the one who is causing the fight. I try to share myself equally amoungst them but maybe I've favored the puppy alittle more as I've tried to welcome him into the pack. They all get a turn to receive affection and that usually goes well. The Yorkie that wants to fight joined the pack in March when he was 3 months old. Other than this problem, he is doing very well as the newest family member. House training is going well, he isn't distructive, we just have this one big issue! My thought is to the crate the trouble maker at night until the issue is resolved. Any advice out there from Yorkie land? |
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11-01-2012, 02:16 PM | #2 |
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| I think he is just trying to become top dog and the highest prize is the spot next to you on the bed. What does your girl do? She may very well sort out the problem if she is more assertive than him.
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11-01-2012, 04:10 PM | #3 |
YT 2000 Club Donating Member | Discipline firmly this puppy. At the first sign of aggression that pup would be told a firm NO, and be taken off the bed and placed in a crate! Once in a while I still have do this with my male Yorkie. Although he doesn't sleep on the bed, all my dogs get to have a nighttime cuddle time on the bed. The big dogs don't want to stay up too long...it's too hot, but after they go off the bed, they still will come around to the sides of the bed, my Yorkie will growl and go after these big dogs!. Immediately I say NO... and off he goes into his crate.
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11-01-2012, 04:27 PM | #5 |
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| Well..maybe just buy a few beds for them by your bed side and not let them up on bed? Pao growls at my husband when he was allowed to sleep in the bed and I don't let him on anymore. I bought a super plush bed for him and he stays in his bed right next to me. We get better sleep too like that.
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11-01-2012, 06:24 PM | #6 |
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| Thank you all for your input! All day the house has been peaceful, no fighting, no growling. The 2 Yorkies are like best friends. Let's see what happens tonight. As I said in my original post, I may be contributing to this behavior by favoring the puppy too much. When I first brought him home, the 2 older dogs used to give him a hard time, now he has turned the table on the other Yorkie. He doesn't even attempt to fight the Terrier. The Terrier has about a 10 lbs advantage and the Yorkie knows this! He's no dummy! Will post tonights results! @juliealfies mum: My girl fights back. No blood has been shed. But I still don't want this behavior to continue. I always have to be careful when I break them up because one of them could easily bite me. @gemy: I'm leaning more towards the crate. Right now he gets a very firm NO and then I put him on the floor. If he exibits the agression tonight then he'll spend the night in the crate. Thanks! |
11-02-2012, 10:02 AM | #7 |
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| I would definitely back off with your affection toward the puppy. Make sure he knows that your female is the pack leader and that she is first. With my two, my male (who came first) gets everything before the female. He is fed, petted, loved on, given treats etc all first. Good luck! It's definitely not a good feeling having aggression issues. I hope you are able to resolve this soon.
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11-03-2012, 04:23 PM | #8 |
Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: Jul 2012 Location: Highland, Ca. USA
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| Hi everyone! The past 2 nights haven't been too bad! No fighting, just a minor growl by the Terrier to inform baby Yorkie of his presence and sleeping position. The Yorkie actually turned on his back and surrendered! YES! I've reduced the affection towards the puppy and I agree with "CouversMom" that he is mistaking this behavior as his superiority in the pack. It seems to be working and in a very short time I see results. Thanks everyone! |
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