Large Dogs And Small Dogs Living Together?

[Dame Aussie]

Lili isn't small, but Mo is twice her weight and we have no issues, they play well and there has never been an injury or real fight....touch wood!!

[Riley James]

50 kg Ridgeback entire male 3.5 foxie cross desexed male.

Foxie x is the boss.

When playing foxie will put two front paws on ridgies side and push ridgie to the ground (cose he is super dog. Must be those hybrid vigour genes) and ridgie lies down so foxie x can hold him down by the throat.

This is all play and I am more concerned about foxie x hurting ridgie than other way around.

Ridgie is very very very laid back dog.

Having said that foxie was mature dog when ridgie came home as 8 weeks pup might have been different if it was the other way around.

Ridgie cries if foxie x is taken out for a walk with out him. And when I say cries he sounds like a baby sobbing

He is the biggest sook of a dog I have ever come across.

Cheers Janet

[blacklabrador]

I introduced a pomeranian pup into a household of labradors. She got stepped on a couple of times before she learnt to stay out of the way of their feet. Once that was established it was smooth sailing. She used to hop inside T bone's mouth and lick his teeth. She was the teeniest thing - 1.8kg fully grown running around with 27kg dogs.

One night when Mama got bored.

Edited July 21, 2010 by blacklabrador

[PRADA68]

I have a large breed of dog and two little ones the little ones rule the roost. I have never had problems but I never let them out together unless I can clearly see what they are doing. Big dogs and little dogs can go great together. I love having the mix of the two. My house mate has a 5kg poodle as well. I find that the little dogs have more issues with one another particularly the poodle and my girl.

[lanabanana]

If I separated my two, the big dog goes nuts. He hates being awy from his best girl (I usuallywalk them separately andhe cries the whole time she is gone, she ont he other hand doesnt care lol). She has been flung roung by him a few times in play and she just learnt to run quicker. Tehy do get very rough and I was concerned initially but she is a tough wee mite and as someone else pointed out, I thin she would be the one to hurt the big dog if anything LMAO

I am feeling a little relieved I am not the onyl one who lets my dogs run together all the time.

So, my question for those who supervise the small dogs with the big dogs is, do you also supervise dogs of the same size? If not, why not?

[kinsella]

I don't supervise adult dogs as such, but always supervise puppies and older dogs - regardless of size. It's too easy for a pup to annoy the living hell out of an older dog and get into trouble.

We have always had giant & small together. It works well for us.

[sas]

LOL, I am the only irresponsible owner who does not supervise her large and small dog.

Nope LOL, I have XL, L and weenie. Dogs - I treat'em all like Dogs.

meea

I don't think you understand what other people were referring to. It's not about treating them like a child or a dog, it's about protecting the smaller dog from getting hurt.

Your dogs partnership might just be fine.

Heard last night of a Staffy that rolled on a JRT puppy last night and broke its' leg....that's the kind of thing I was referring to.

[ash&elar]

I have never had a problem here and Coco weighs 4kgs and Oscar is 30kgs, she is way to quick.

Im glad as i have a male toy poodle puppy and want to get an adult standard.

[ash&elar]

I have an 80kg CASD and a 5kg pom x chi, the littlie is the boss here but she is an inside dog and he is outside dog doing his job. All interactions are supervised only because if she goes outside he could mistake her for an intruder so I always let him know she is there and they are fine

sorry but CASD??? Im gonna feel so dumb when you tell me lol

[ash&elar]

I introduced a pomeranian pup into a household of labradors. She got stepped on a couple of times before she learnt to stay out of the way of their feet. Once that was established it was smooth sailing. She used to hop inside T bone's mouth and lick his teeth. She was the teeniest thing - 1.8kg fully grown running around with 27kg dogs.

One night when Mama got bored.

awww cute only 1.8kgs, some friends of mine have a pure bred chi that is 800-900 grams at a year and a half old tiny!!!

[aussielover]

A bit OT but do you let your puppies play with dogs/puppies smaller than them?

I don't really like mindy playing with smaller dogs, she is a bit rough and I'm worried she could injure them just by sitting on them or running into them.

Some hardy little dogs like JRTs are ok, Mindy has a puppy friend called Ruby who is a 6 month old JRT and is very tough. She bosses Mindy around!

[WoofnHoof]

I used to leave mine together unsupervised but after a couple of nasty fights they are now seperated when im not around its just not worth the risk to my little dog if they have another 'misunderstanding' when im not there to break it up. My two breeds have very different styles of communication so they can get into trouble very quickly because they misinterpret their signals.

[ash&elar]

A bit OT but do you let your puppies play with dogs/puppies smaller than them?

I don't really like mindy playing with smaller dogs, she is a bit rough and I'm worried she could injure them just by sitting on them or running into them.

Some hardy little dogs like JRTs are ok, Mindy has a puppy friend called Ruby who is a 6 month old JRT and is very tough. She bosses Mindy around!

This is what i am worried about with my parents whippet puppy playing with my toy poodle puppy she is growing and getting bigger and is not!! so she is getting a bit rough with him now.

[ash&elar]

I used to leave mine together unsupervised but after a couple of nasty fights they are now seperated when im not around its just not worth the risk to my little dog if they have another 'misunderstanding' when im not there to break it up. My two breeds have very different styles of communication so they can get into trouble very quickly because they misinterpret their signals.

What two breeds do you have if you dont mind me asking?

[Ons]

I had an older maltese, Daisy and got a golden retreiver puppy, Onslow. After a couple of weeks of Daisy getting used to the Onsy, they ended up loving each other and would play wonderful games together Daisy of course was the boss

But I would supervise them together and when I was at work or out the Daisy was in the house and Onslow was in the backyard. I was just concerned that Onslow may accidentally injure Daisy. Even today Onslow is so gentle around littlier dogs especially my mum's two cavaliers and he is a very big golden retriever

[WoofnHoof]

I used to leave mine together unsupervised but after a couple of nasty fights they are now seperated when im not around its just not worth the risk to my little dog if they have another 'misunderstanding' when im not there to break it up. My two breeds have very different styles of communication so they can get into trouble very quickly because they misinterpret their signals.

What two breeds do you have if you dont mind me asking?

I have a chihuahua and a siberian husky they are very different!

[ash&elar]

I used to leave mine together unsupervised but after a couple of nasty fights they are now seperated when im not around its just not worth the risk to my little dog if they have another 'misunderstanding' when im not there to break it up. My two breeds have very different styles of communication so they can get into trouble very quickly because they misinterpret their signals.

What two breeds do you have if you dont mind me asking?

I have a chihuahua and a siberian husky they are very different!

oh yes very different ;)

[badboyz]

I have shar pei and chihuahuas and they get on really well together, even when all entire. The shar pei feel in no way threatened by the chi so there are no issues. I have left them out together unsupervised, especially my male chi, but the female chi can't be trusted not to find a small escape hole, so they are supervised whenever they are out with in the main area with the bigger dogs, for this reason. I now have a secure area for the chis, where they can all see each other, but I know the chi's can't escape.

I've also had shar pei and beagles together without any problems. Beagles generally just want to have fun and get on well with everybody. But they are not a great deal different in size.

Edited July 22, 2010 by badboyz

[mish13]

I did have a problem many years ago, not with my current dogs.

I had a German shepherd and I brought a toy poodle, they got on well together from the start. The problem I had was the Shepherd liked to lick the toy poodle all the time.

This resulted in him licking him straight off our back veranda and sooty fell down onto a slab of concrete.He broke his leg and we had only had him for a couple of days. He did recover but it was a slow and costly exercise.

[Rascalmyshadow]

We have a 9yr old mini poodle, 8-9kg.

A 6yr old standard poodle, 24kg.

A 1yr old afghan, 23-24kg.

An almost 1yr old terrierxlhasa apso, 4kg.

Our dogs all get along well but I never let the big ones loose in large space as the standard girl has a very high prey drive, she will chase anything smaller if there's a lot of room to run.

My old mini girl goes everywhere with us and the other 3 stay all together with the run of house and yard.