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12-11-2008, 12:06 PM | #1 |
Senior Yorkie Talker | Yorkie & Golden Retriever=Need Advice!! Hi Everyone, Daisy (yorkie) is 11 months old who is 4 lbs. We got a golden retriever (Gracie) who now is 6 months and weights 52 lbs. Daisy is very possessive & loves people, but hates other dogs. We have tried putting them together with close supervision, but all Daisy does is bark at Gracie constantly. Daisy is like this with all dogs including my mom's 6 lb. toy poodle. I don't know if it is b/c she is small and she thinks that is a way of protecting herself or what, but that is how she is. Now, Gracie wants to play with Daisy, but my husband and I have both been a little scared of letting them play together b/c Gracie is so much bigger. (so far for the past 3 months, atleast one of them has been on a leash while they are together) Does anyone have suggestions and am I being too overprotective of Daisy? They are both very sweet dogs and they both are puppies so they are both very energetic. I don't think Gracie would ever intentionally hurt Daisy, but she is almost 50 lbs. heavier than Daisy and it scares me a little.
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12-11-2008, 12:12 PM | #2 |
YT Addict Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: santa clarita, CA
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| Hi, Oh, I was so scared to let ted the yorkie interact with Wallace the 80 pound lab. Now that Ted lives with me, I was forced to let them interact. and though they play rough, it is amazing how the lab just senses Ted's little and doesn't take it too far. I do, however, never leave them in the house alone cause accidents could happen. ted stays in, Wallace out when no one is home. Yeah, you kind of have to bite your lip and let them build their relationship and referee if they start getting too rough. If anything, Ted does more damage to poor big wallace always nipping and annoying him. sounds like keeping one on a leash until they get used to playing with each other is a good idea to set limits. Just always keep an eye on them so you can break them up when the rough play gets out of hand. Ted will lie by Wallace and snuggle with him. They love each other now. good luck. |
12-11-2008, 12:25 PM | #3 |
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| They just need a little time to get to know each other. My little Fergie (4.5 lb yorkie) loves playing with our other dog, Ollie (49 lb. collie). Fergie gets so excited when it is time to bring Ollie in to play. It is so much fun watching Fergie jump all over the big collie. We introduced them slowly and only when we were able to supervise. It was Ollie's house first, so we made sure to pay attention to him. Now, they spend the day together, lots of times Fergie will fall asleep in all of his fur!
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12-12-2008, 06:47 AM | #5 |
Yorkie Yakker Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: utah
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| let them play off leash and see how they do maybe they need a little fight/play time to figure out who is the dominant one and to find out where they stand but you for sure cant just keep them away from eachother they are both a member of the family now. if gracie did hurt her she would probably have done it as an accident and would be more careful next time. i think you need to let them play and learn their limits. my two play very rough and sometimes they make eachother yelp a little and you can see it in their eyes that they didnt mean to do that and that they were just playing. but i would for sure get them use to eachother before gracie gets much older. |
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