Question About Chihuahua Being Around Older Males, help please. need ppl's opinion!!

[k9sucker]

Okay,this have nothing to do with sex,but i didnt know where else to go,and since i knew i would be answered here,here goes nothing. I have a little 3 1/2 month old chihuaha male, and my b/fs mom keeps asking me to take my little dog over there with his 3 older male dogs,but there all fixed. I dont feel it would be safe for my dog,i think they would hurt him,one bite and thats it for my little dog. Please give me your opinions,i would really appreciate it so i could tell his mother to stop asking. Is it safe? because i cant really take ne chances,thanks!!

[curiouskitten]

What type of dogs are the other three? And, if you introduce your dog to the others, you could hold on to him while you're there. Chihuahua's are *as is pretty obvious to you ^_^* small dogs. It wouldn't be much to just hold him in your arms and let the other dogs sniff. If they seem to get aggresive, you can just hold him up out of reach until you can take him back home.

[k9sucker]

Ehh.. two are mutts, and ones a golden retreiver/german shepard. i jus dont even really want to try,but i dont know what to tell his mom. She keeps telling me to take him by. <_< There pretty big dogs.. and there older,i think they would feel like their space is being invaded. But i dont know.

This post has been edited by k9sucker on Aug 19 2004, 06:24 AM

[thowra]

i dont blame you for being worried i have knowen of a few little dogs being chomped,it depends on the dogs involved but if you introduce your pup slowly and watch them carefully till they get to know each other it shouldn't be a problem...it would probally be a good time to introduce him while he is a puppy so that he knows how to realate to bigger dogs wich might save him from being chomped when he is older and has more of an attitude
i have seen plenty of little dogs get along fine with the bigger dogs

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[curiouskitten]

*nodnod* Yeah. It's all a matter of what the other dogs are like. My brother had my cousin's puppy with him when he stopped by awhile back to pick some stuff up while he was still staying at a friend's place. The puppy was female, as is my 2 1/2 year old Pitbull. I have never seen that dog so happy as when that little puppy was visiting. ^_^ I felt so bad that we weren't keeping the puppy. I don't think, before or since, my girl has ever smiled that big about anything. But while the puppy was here she had the biggest smile on her face that you've ever seen, and she kept comming over to sniff the puppy while I held it. It was so cute! ^_^

So, try and get to know the other three dogs some. If they're well behaved, they may not mind having your dog over, though you'll still want to be careful. Even if they like the puppy, with your dog being a Chihuahua you'll want to be careful, because they could still hurt your pup on accident if they aren't sure how to play gently around something so small.

[k9sucker]

Thanks for the adivice! :D