Male or Female Yorkie with a male adult yellow lab??? Hi Everyone! Hope you can help me out. I will be getting a Yorkie the end of December. The mother had one male and one female. The person I am getting it from has requested I choose which one so she can let others know which one is available. When they are only a couple of weeks old it is so hard to know their personality. My male lab is about 6-8 years old and very friendly and gentle. Can anyone give me some advice on what to do? I worry about a male lifting his leg in the house. I have done lots of reading on here about males vs. females and really I don't care. I am finally able and ready to bring a new furbaby into my home and I am so excited. Thanks Again. |
Training and neutering can help with the marking. You really have to teach them not to do any unwanted behaviors. Good luck finding your perfect match. :) |
yorkie with lab I can give you first hand info on that. Been there, done that. We had a 9yr.old 85 pound black lab ( I tearfully say had as we had to put him down last month due to Cushings disease) TJ, our big guy was grieving from the loss of his "sister" 2 months before and didn't want to do much of anything. We got our little Belle who is a Morkie and she weighed in at 2 pounds. When we brought her home TJ looked at us like "she's not staying, right?" It didn't take Belle long to let TJ know that he was her favorite toy. Morkies do what we call "zoomies" where she runs all over as fast as her little legs can go. She would do that using TJ as her springboard! He just rolled his eyes. They did play together, she even had him playing with toys again. If she wanted a bully stick that he was chewing on, she took it and he just waited till she was done with it. We totally trusted TJ with Belle but just for our peace of mind we put Belle in her crate when we would go somewhere. That way we knew that nothing would happen. TJ would just lay by her crate and sleep. My hubby says he thinks TJ would tell her "mommy and daddy aren't coming back again, all the treats are mine!":eek: Belle was very happy to see us when we got home. Just introduce them slowly and give your lab lots of attention, they kind of work things out themselves but just be watchful. We never saw any signs of jealousy but TJ was a special dog. I would say a female Yorkie may be better as I've heard and read about the leg lifting with the males too. Mostly, I just love dressing Belle all girly.:rolleyes: |
The majority of male dogs on here don't mark, because most are neutered. Of course you run into some that do it regardless but I have also met quite a few females who mark as well. Jackson squats to pee still but he will lift his leg on a tree or something at a public park, or on a walk, but never indoors or on other dogs, people, etc. Potty training a Yorkie in general is a lot more difficult than potty training a Lab. They typically take a lot longer! I honestly think either sex would work. If your male dog currently does not have problems with other males and they are both neutered, it should be okay. In general, people will recommend male/female households. I just prefer little boys personally! Don't really have a real 'reason'... I just do! |
I had a larger male dog pee on my male yorkie for territory reasons. He just lifted his leg and went all over my poor little guy. I would take the girl. |
My female maltese does mark, she is an Alpha which is bad because I have a male dog who is an Alpha as well (and he is neutered). My yorkie girl on the other hand is laid back and doesn't care about anything as long as she's taken care off. I will probably go with the female and keep her in a playpen when your not watching so she won't have accident or mark everywhere. Good luck, oh and I used to have a male who wouldn't raise his leg to pee he pee like the girls :rolleyes: |
Your concerns are very valid and you are very wise for addressing them in advance. Wow, I really don't know what to say here. When you are bringing in a new dog, expecially into a home where you alredy have a dog, it is so important to be able to get a feel for it's personality and how he/she will adapt and also how the dog you have will react. Ideally, I'd even say staging a "meeting" between the two and seeing if they will accept one another before making the final decision to bring the new dog home. I can't imagine having to decide on a dog at only a few weeks old without having to take into consideration the one I already have. Having to factor that in only makes it more difficult. :( Surely the breeder understands your position? I would really suggest letting the other interested party select their dog and really evaluating the siutation when the other dog is older to determine if he/she is a good match for your home and NOT concretely making a commitment on either at this point. I understand your concern about marking. And even with two neutered males, they are still territorial and are likely to act as such. For that reason, I would suggest the female. Irregardless, given the circumstances, I would think that marking should be the least of your concerns at this point. |
Rizzo is just about 11 months old and has never lifted his leg to anything. I do notice marking behavior when he is outside, like squatting for just a second on something the big dog just marked. But indoors he is great, and I've noticed he is actually better around other males then he is around females...not sure why, maybe the females were to alpha-like for his liking...It is a tough call, maybe your breeder can just say she has one puppy available and then you and the other interested party can have a meet-up with the puppies when they are old enough and you both can decide then? It's hard to choose a puppy that young, mainly because you can't determine their personalities. How is your lab around smaller animals? Some do have predator instincts and will chase and could switch to that mode when the small ones are in zoomies mode. I've had to grab my LL's shepherd a couple of times when Rizzo gets to running around. I can see when they're just playing chase, but then something changes in his face when they really get into the running. Luckily he is a smaller shepherd and used to be an American's so he hears my commands and stops when I yell at him. (I would never leave Rizzo unattended with this dog) Do any of your friends have a young pup that is small like a yorkie? Have a play date with the yorkie-sized dog to see how the lab reacts. I'd say m/f would be a great combo, but I'm pretty sure that if/when I get another it'll probably be a male, unless we can find a female that Rizzo gets along with :D |
We have a neutered male that tries to mark on occassion.....but the belly band and water bottle has 99% fixed that! We have another one that "tried" to mark like that when we adopted him (older rescue dog), but he has hip dysplasia and fell over and tooted when he tried a couple of times, so he has quit too! :D A friend of ours has a lab and I will tell you, it is really fun to watch him and our little ones play. They get along really well (of course I can't imagine anything not getting along with a lab). |
Thank you to everyone for all of the information. One thing that I have done that I hope helps the transition for both my lab and the new puppy is I bought a baby blanket and have it here for my dog to get his scent on it and than I will bring it over to the puppies so they can get used to the scents. After a week I will just rotate it back and forth. I don't know if this is a dumb idea but I am hoping that it will help. I serve on our local humane society's BOD as VP and have done lots of fostering of puppies and dealt with all the fun potty training. So I am ready for what I understand could be a challenge. I will admit I am a very excited but also very nervous. I have been on this site for at least an hour every night reading up on everything. I really think and xpen will be good but not sure which to get. So many choices. But I do like the ones that have floors in them, rather than just the wire ones. Oh and one more thing my lab does very well with small dogs, my sister just got a new puppy this summer and when I would babysit he did great. My neighbor also has a small dog that comes over to play. I wouldn't leave them alone together for quite awhile until I was absolutely sure. Some say male, some say female, and some say both. So I am going to try and hold off for as long as I can to try and get to know the puppies better. I won't see them now for 2 weeks so maybe than I can try and decide. Currently the girl is a bit bigger than the girl at 2 weeks, could that change or will the girl most likely always be bigger? Do you have a recommendation on a specific xpen? Thanks so much for everything..... Sorry this got so long:) |
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