I need help!! introducing our new Yorkie to my Small 18 month old Yorkie we have had Cindy a year but she will not interact with our new 5 month old pup. They eat out of the same dish with no problems , nap in the same bed in the day time but though the new pup will cudle up to Cindy, Cindy will not walk or play with our pup, what is the average length of time it takes for them to get on???
PS I am brand new to this web site and love reading all people have written its great...

Hi Tina and Welcome,

You know from what you describe they seem to be getting on just fine.

Believe it or not, not all dogs are playful with pups, some are just indifferent, they tolerate them but don't play with them, you usually find this in packs of dogs the Alpha's don't play and a lower ranking female will, some dogs are natural mother types and will play and care for any pup my mum has a terrier cross who will mother anything. :-)  But other females will ingnore pups, your older Yorkie will let the pup eat and sleep with her which is great.

The plus side is she will bond very closely with you, you need to be the one playing and teaching her so in one way it is a bonus. :-)

Dogs are just like us with different personalities as long as they get on that is the most important thing. :-)

Welcome! :)

Sounds like you have found the perect match for your girl so dont rock the boat! :p

They will eventually play and tussle together but the fact theyre eating out of the same bowl already and snuggling up together is fantastic!
If anything like just said she will bond more with you which is what you want in the end, and should be easier to train if she is more people focused, im guessing she is from good breeding and been very well socialised from a young age to be so relaxed with a new dog and everything else!

So dont worry but be happy and chuffed with the lil angel you have! :)

Thanks for the answers, the jokes on me .I thought it would be nice for Cindy to have a playmate hence I searched for the best breeder I could find, our new pup has 48 champs on her pedigree and Cindy should feel honoured with pups company, they are both my little loves. It took me two years of tears to buy another dog after looseing my 12 year old Yorkie due to Cushing's Syndrome her last two years were a bonus and I values every day.

Sorry to hear of you loss those times seem to be hard forever, but now you can rest easy knowing that you have 2 super dogs who love each other, you and youre household is one happy place! :)

Thats a smashing pedigree she has and its coming through now with her star temperament :)

Hi Tina and welcome to the site. A little off topic but I would personally never feed my dogs out of the same dish. You may have your reasons to do this but it's hard to know how much food each dog is getting that way. Plus I for one wouldn't like to eat off the same dinner plate as my OH - and we get along fine. As for the playing my dogs rarely play together. I have an almost 10 month old puppy and a 2 1/2 year old, both goldens. The don't play together in the house and on walks they run, sniff and explore together sometimes, others they just find their own interests. They get on just fine.

To Lori. I did put 2 dishes down at first but they ignored one dish and just shared one dish then shared the other belive me they both have round bellies after, I think if there is no growing from iether then let them get on with it after all my husband will always finnish my chicken if I have have eye's bigger than my bellie!!!!ha!

I would stand over them while they eat not allowing them to go to each others dishes.  If they are both eating more than their fill they will get fat, very easy with a toy breed.

Oh my puppy would have been more than glad to ignore her dish and share with my big boy :-D I did as Brainless said, stood between them and refereed. I don't need to stand there every second now but I still patrol the kitchen at feeding time.

I never let my husband eat off my plate, if I have leftovers it goes in his own food dish. :-D

They are obviously getting on great.  If your bitch doesn't want to play with the pup then that is her prerogative.  If she has been an only dog until now and not had many canine play chums then she probably prefers her interactions with you and other people to playing with pup.  Also restricting his play with her is one way of her asserting her authority over pup.

I would never feed two dogs from the same dish (though of course all mine will share a ice cream tub to lick etc) as you need to know how much each is eating, and it isn't fair as the more dominant one may intimidate the other so it gets more.

Also change in eating is one of the first signs when a dog or person isn't well, and thsi will be ahrtder to judge if they are not getting individual meals.

Relax everone my dogs have decided to eat out of seperate dishes at last.. I have had dogs for over 40 yrs and have never had a problem with a dog not accepting the other hence my question!
To the lady who throws food in the bin!! we are both war babies and brought up with ration books so we do not waste food or fill our bins with throw away food which the goverment are complaining about! (think about it everyone!!)

Nothing edible ever wasted here either.

> To the lady who throws food in the bin!! <

I couldn't find that post but nothing is ever wasted when you have dogs -and husbands! ;-) (unless it's chocolate then it's mine to dispose of!) :-D :-D

Lori eat your words Ha! Thanks for the laugh ! we are from north yorkshire with a dry humour well know for being blunt but full of fun..