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Patti · 10-29-2007, 04:39 PM

I have a 11 lb Pom ans Pixie who is 3.5 lbs and they get along great. Pixie beats up Maya and Cali all the time. But if you are concerned about the size difference you may want to pass on him. I know carrying Maya around ia a lot harder than Pixie.

TurtleDove · 10-29-2007, 04:49 PM

My poodle, Belle, is 15 pounds, and Ariel is just shy of 2.5 pounds at 16 weeks. Almost a 13 pound difference. I, too, was a bit worried about their size difference, but they get along wonderfully. In fact, Ariel is the one who initiates a lot of the playing and is the rougher one of the two.

ali · 10-29-2007, 08:23 PM

my 6 lb yorkie would rather play with my 76 pound boxer than my parents 10 pound shih tuzs.

yorkiegirl83 · 10-29-2007, 08:31 PM

Mckenzie is around 3.8 lbs and I have 3 other dogs sized 7.5 lbs, 10 lbs, and 13 lbs and they are all fine together.

Occassionally they play a bit too rough (usually mckenzie starts it!!) and I'll have to intervene, but everything has been fine and the adjustment has been easy!

lara2913 · 10-30-2007, 02:06 AM

I think it will be fine, I have around a 5lb weight difference between my biggest and my smallest yorkie and have no problems, 8lbs is still really small.

Nikki+2 · 10-30-2007, 05:50 AM

I have Sugar, 3 lb, Spike 4lb and Gracie 9 lb. We don't have any problems as far as safety when they play and Spike and Gracie play pretty rough sometimes. I think Gracie knows to be careful with him. You are right though- it's a big difference in size, especially to carry around. Sugar and Spike will sit in you lap together but there's only room for 1 Gracie.

10-29-2007, 04:39 PM	#16
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lara2913 Donating YT 1000 Club Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: UK Posts: 1,920	I think it will be fine, I have around a 5lb weight difference between my biggest and my smallest yorkie and have no problems, 8lbs is still really small. __________________ Indy, Benjamin and Malachi There is no psychiatrist in the world like a puppy licking your face- Ben Williams

10-30-2007, 05:50 AM	#21
Nikki+2 I heart Sugar Donating Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Florida Posts: 7,373	I have Sugar, 3 lb, Spike 4lb and Gracie 9 lb. We don't have any problems as far as safety when they play and Spike and Gracie play pretty rough sometimes. I think Gracie knows to be careful with him. You are right though- it's a big difference in size, especially to carry around. Sugar and Spike will sit in you lap together but there's only room for 1 Gracie. __________________ "If you have men who will exclude any of God’s creatures from the shelter of compassion and pity, you will have men who will deal likewise with their fellow men." — St. Francis of Assisi, 1181-1226

10-29-2007, 04:49 PM	#17
TurtleDove Donating Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: California Posts: 1,510	My poodle, Belle, is 15 pounds, and Ariel is just shy of 2.5 pounds at 16 weeks. Almost a 13 pound difference. I, too, was a bit worried about their size difference, but they get along wonderfully. In fact, Ariel is the one who initiates a lot of the playing and is the rougher one of the two.

10-29-2007, 08:23 PM	#18
ali Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Monrovia, Maryland Posts: 114	my 6 lb yorkie would rather play with my 76 pound boxer than my parents 10 pound shih tuzs.

10-29-2007, 08:31 PM	#19
yorkiegirl83 Love My Furbabies! Donating Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: somewhere Posts: 4,427	Mckenzie is around 3.8 lbs and I have 3 other dogs sized 7.5 lbs, 10 lbs, and 13 lbs and they are all fine together. Occassionally they play a bit too rough (usually mckenzie starts it!!) and I'll have to intervene, but everything has been fine and the adjustment has been easy!