Yorkies and Huskys

[Ellex]

Originally Posted by Critter

I don't know much about huskys but i hate it when people stereotype dogs in general. We have two small yorkies, a 4lb and 8lb one (both we got from a breeder). A year and a half ago we decided to rescue a pitbull that we knew very little about. We did a lot of research on the breed, looked at a lot of pits before we got her to make sure the temperament would match the boys we had. We also invested a ton of money in a trainer to transition her into our home. She came to our home once a week to help us watch for any concerning behavior we needed to be aware of. After all they are powerful breeds. We learned a ton of things in general I would not have thought of in transitioning her into our home. She is a gentle dog, my smallest yorkie is terrible in comparison! Is always growling at her, sometimes snaps at her face and the pitbull does nothing. She has never even done anything that would worry me. That doesn't mean I let my guard down, something the trainer taught me, we watch all play, never leave them alone, crate her when we are gone. But honestly I can't imagine her not in our lives. She is the most well behaved dog I have ever had! It saddens me when people say things about pits (or other dogs who typically get a bad rap) because it is usually the owner who doesn't put in the time to train their dog or actually teaches their dog to attack!

And tips on how to get my little GSD to play more gentle? We've just been telling her no when she starts playing rough and for the most part she just backs away. Ashton isn't really feeling her at the moment, granted it's been less then a day. But he snaps at her and you can tell it hurts her feelings
I'm also looking into starting her on puppy classes very soon.

[Britster]

You got the dog already??

[Ellex]

Originally Posted by Britster

You got the dog already??

We picked her up last night. She's the sweetest thing ever! Ashton seems to be coming around to her and she's been doing better. We're getting her to sit and lay down when she wants him to get closer. And he'll tell her when he's had enough and she just backs away and comes running to us. She's also being crate trained and we're gonna enroll her in puppy classes.

I wanna upload a picture but the files too big.