Yorkie play-time nightmare! First post from England! Hello everyone! I'm new to joining this forum but have been an avid reader for many months now, in fact this site convinced me to adopt my own little Yorkie, Bean. :-) Bean has been with me for six months now and is the light of my life. He was a joy to train, picking up on things quickly and is so affectionate and obedient. My problem is, he hasn't got any doggy friends. Shortly after I adopted Bean from a reccomended breeder my sister adopted a beagle x jack rustle from a rescue shelter. Her name is Diva, she is two years old. Not a lot is known about her background but the shelter thinks she may have been abused. Both Diva and Bean are excellent with people, but to our dismay they cannot play together. Diva is very dominant and will repeatedly body slam Bean despite him submissively showing his tum. She will pin him and bite his neck until he yelps. We are constantly breaking them up as she is very muscular and I fear she may accidentally harm Bean. So with all this in mind, my sister is insisting that Bean is too aggressive. Despite the rough play Bean is still excited to see Diva and even after a hard body slam he scuttles back over to play some more, she thinks that Bean is instigating and taunting Diva. On our most recent play date Bean did retaliate to Divas insistant dominating and nipped her leg whilst she was holding him down. So my question is, how do I stop Bean from taunting Diva? Should I just let them play without interference? Is this common Yorkie behaviour when interacting with different breeds? Any help at all would be appreciated. :-) Thank you all so much. I appologize for the long post and if this has found its way into the wrong forum. :-) |
Welcome to the forum, it is hard to let them play together when there is a big difference size. I have 2 and at first when the older one would play I worried as there was a lot of holding down and rough play but then when the little one would keep going back for more I realised that she was loving the rough and tumble! But they are both small yorkies . I'm sure someone with a perspective on larger dogs will give you some advice. But if your unsure if he is getting hurt then I would be cautious . |
Thank you for the response! The hardest thing is knowing when to intervene and when to leave them alone. I'm not sorry worried about an attack, more of an accidental broken leg or something of the sort.... Do you find that with Yorkies being a smaller more delicate breed they are better off playing with smaller dogs? |
We are really lucky in that quite a few of our neighbours have Yorkies and they can socialise a bit with them but they keep the real rough and tumble when playing with each other. What was the reaction of your sisters dog when she gotted nipped? |
She pinned Bean by his neck with her mouth. My sister said this was Divas way of correcting him as she is older and more socialized. But from what I have been reading playtime should be the two of them equally pinning and chasing. At the moment it just consists of Diva looming over him in the 't-position' and body slamming him. It can't be fun for him. I was under the impression that Yorkies were big dogs in small packages, but Bean is so timid and submissive. Perhaps I should train him to be more assertive? |
I would say that diva needs to be corrected. I may be wrong but there is a point where as the alpha overall (human) if my girls get into it when I hear a yelp of pain that is when I step in with a hearty stop and they do. it sounds to me like diva is very dominate and aggressive even though bean is submissive. I would watch them carefully as you don't want bean getting hurt and that can happen if she is much bigger. maybe keep one of them harnessed and leashed so that you can more easily control the situation. hopefully others will chime in with more advice. welcome to you and bean and I hope you find a solution that works for everyone in this case. |
Hi and Welcome to YT! The best way to get two dogs to bond is by walking them together. Instead of letting them play, take them for a walk. Terriers are just that. They will continue to get in the face of other dogs whether it's a good thing or not. One must protect a Yorkie, but at the same time, protect the other dog from the Yorkie. I would stop/interrupt any behaviors from either dog that could lead to injury... it's just not worth it. |
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