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We have got a 9 week staff (Milly) who loves to play with our much older (14 year) yorkshire terrier Lady. Lady is still active for her age but dosent seem to want the attention and is very snappy with Milly. Lady just like to lick and sniff her when she is sleeping, I am worried one of them will get hurt as Millys teeth are sharp but lady is no walk over.

Any advice would be great.

ta

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you going have be the ref between the too and i'm sure after a while they will get on fine..

Thanks I hope so they worse than teenagers

Yes, just make sure you're there when they're together. Step in calmly but firmly if you think it's getting a little rough. Make sure that you protect Lady as she's the original family dog & you don't want her to get jealous.

thanks for that, Yeh I do she is the old girl but still my baby she is teaching Milly so much Milly is nearly house trained as she follows Lady everywhere especially outside.

I love the names! I have a Moo and used to have a lady!

Thanks Lady was picked by my daughter as her fav film at the time was lady and the tramp and my son picked Milly-Moo think he has a crush on a girl names Milly lol

and welcome to the forum

Lovely pic but very small, maybe my comp but double check in the tutorials x

Oh, isn't she sweet!

I am trying everything to do pic but nothing happening

I'm pretty pants too took me ages to suss it. Create a photobucket account and use the IMG code. Mine was trial and error for a while but got it eventually! Proper cutie though x

Milly is a stunner! Still small and not sure why! Can you get an avater pic up?

I am not very good on computers what is a avater?

It's the little picture you can put underneath your name.

Go into your profile (its in the top menu list) and select Avater, its basically the pic which will show up under your name on all posts. You can select any pic saved onto your comp. Then to add pics to your theads make a photobucket account. Dont worry I'm pants at them too lol x

Daft question but how do i do that

Yay there ya go!!

Thanks for you help hopefully I will get better!!!

Hit and miss for me too, more like the blind leading the blind lol

This is all new for me just wanna do the best for Milly

You will, Milly is a stunner anything u need to ask do, I'm pants at the comp stuff but someone else will help lol

Cheers appreciate that,we just got her a cage yesterday she is going in it and seems to like it but I am dreading locking the door on it when we go out seems cruel because we never did it with lady.

another blue Milly looks a stunner, i reckon all the blues on here have the same lines in em.

Thank you we took her vets today took us ages everyone wanted a hold

I have never crate trained but people do swear by it, Milly will be fiine I'm sure

although many dogs lovers may cringe at the mere mention of the word crate, thinking of it as a cage or a cruel means of confinement, this handy piece of equipment can be put to good use for puppies and grown dogs alike, even though you may love your dog to an extraordinary degree, you may not want him/her to have free rein of your house, particularity when your not home to supervise him. if used properly, a crate can restrict your dog when it is not convenient to have him underfoot. e.g. when guests are visiting or during mealtimes. A surprising number of dog owners, who originally had negative feelings about crating their dogs, have had great success using crates, the crate itself serves as a bed, provided its furnished with bedding materials, or it can be used as a indoor dog house, not all dogs readily accept crates or being confined in them for short periods, so for these dogs, another means of restriction must be found,

Firstly you must ensure the crate is a safe and pleasant environment for your puppy or dog and must NEVER be used as a form of punishment or prison. Your K9 companion will grow to love this area and it is great for when your dog requires a little 'me time'

The crate can help immensely when you are toilet training a puppy as it helps both you the owner and the pup to get into a routine. Initially your puppy will only be able to last a couple of hours between trips to the toilet, this may vary depending on the age you acquired the pup and could be as short as 1 hour. Please note that young pups will be unable to go the whole night without a trip to the toilet so a late night visit and very early morning trip will be required for a little while.

First things first, what crate to purchase ?. There are lotson the market with a variety of colours and sizes, the crate you purchase should be large enough for the dog when fully grown taking into consideration they should be able to lay down, stand up and turn around in comfort. It is highly recommended that a divider or separator is installed into the crate initially to reduce its size and ill explain why in the following paragraph.

Puppies will from time to time have an 'accident' in the crate, this will be encouraged if the crate is too large. The puppy will be happy to mess in one corner and sleep in the other !, to avoid this a divider is installed to make it large enough for puppy to lay, sit and turn around. The crate should be comfy so bedding will be needed and a few toys to keep pup amused, possibly look at blankets for bedding initially so if pup does have washed and dried without to much fuss, if the bed is a dark colour or has lots of filling it maybe difficult to see if pup has had an accident.

The pup will soon show you signs of when they are about to go by sniffing or circling. Don't dismay if pup does not go when you are in the garden, simply take pup back to the crate and then try again in 10 or 15 minutes. When the pup does go to the toilet in the correct location really praise the dog with a high pitch tone and lots of excitement. Eventually pup will associate the garden with toilet time and be able to last longer in between trips.

Now there are some basic points to consider when house training a puppy, they will need to go to the toilet after playtimes, feeding, early morning and last thing at night. Don't let the pup drink lots of water late at night so maybe after the last feed pick a time for a last drink and stick to this routine.

Pups need to learn bladder and bowel control and this could be some time so please be patient with your new addition and slowly increase the time the pup is left in the crate and with time and patience you will successfully house train your puppy.

Thanks for all that Shane really appreciate it.

Shane Milly stayed in her cage for two hours today while we went out we listened for 10 mins in hall before we went she cryed for approx 5 mins then settled down. She seemed fine when we got back so fingers crossed.