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05-23-2006, 03:49 AM | #1 |
Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Virginia
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| One of many questions... Okay. So here's the first round of questions that I have about having two puppies!! There will probably be many more, but I've never had two young dogs before. I hope you all don't mind. For those that have two or have ever had two yorkies, is this normal for the pups to be doing? Yogie is 4 1/2 months and Dixie is a little over two months. When Dixie is on the floor, Yogi will run up and stand over top of her. He'll just stand there over her, until she gets mad and snaps at him. What do you think is going on with this? Is it some sort of dominance thing that he is doing? Should I continue to let him do this? She seems to get quite upset, because he does it so much. Should I stop him when he does this? Also, this morning, I think they are playing but they have their teeth bared and are nipping at each other. Both tails are wagging, well, they're wagging most of the time. Is this how they play? I"m so worried that he is going to hurt her. He gets her paws in his mouth, he doesn't bite down on them, she easily pulls her paws out of his mouth, but I don't want him to hurt her. I just am not used to seeing Yogi's teeth bared and she's doing the same thing. Any help would be great!
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05-23-2006, 04:03 AM | #2 |
I Love My Yorkies Donating Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Indianapolis, Indiana
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| I think it is a dominance thing and they are jusy playing. The playing needs to be supervised when you have one that is little but I rarely broke it up when mine were that age.
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05-23-2006, 04:17 AM | #3 |
Yorkie Talker Join Date: May 2006 Location: ohio
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| It's absolutely an Alpha male thing and it's absolutely normal. However, due to Dixie's age and size I would not allow any unsupervised play. Being pack animals everyone in the house needs to figure out who the Alpha pack member is...which is you! If Yogie is being too rough or too aggressive and Dixie is showing signs of stress you need to assert your role with him as the "leader" with a quick, loud, "NO". I would suggest you playing on the floor with them and letting him know just who is in control. My concern would be Dixie's experience as the lowest on the todem pole. You don't want her to become too submissive as it can lead to some behavior problems. My guess is, as she gains age and size she will assert herself and they will work things out fine and you will have a perfect little Yorkie pack. Good Luck! and enjoy your babies!
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05-23-2006, 02:57 PM | #4 |
Yorkie Yakker Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Louisiana
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| My yorkie Paris is right under 2 pounds and my mother's dog Cuddles who is a male is about 8 or 9 pounds..He is so afraid of her and its too funny...Everytime we go to my mom's house she runs him up the sofa and he will not come down for nothing because he knows that she is on the floor waiting for him..She constantly barks at him up on the sofa and tries jumping on the sofa even though she knows she is too little...It seems like she really wants to play with him because she is a puppy but he does not want to play with her because hes older (he's 7). We've only had her for about 3 weeks now so hopefully they might get used to each other and Cuddles will eventually play with her. |
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