The adult male is a 6 year old Maltese.
When he was a puppy we had two female dogs (Siberian Husky & and German Sherperd) they got a long great.
I'm looking into getting a new male puppy, I'm currently looking at a chihuahua and a yorkie, chihuahua, and poodle mix both are suppose to stay between 3-6 lbs. My maltese is 10 lbs.
Any suggestions please let me know.
Thanks!
2007-07-27 03:18:48 · 11 answers · asked by Bee 1 in Pets ➔ Dogs
Sure why not. Just don't pay for more than vetting 100$ to $150 dollars. Be careful even "rescues" are out there trying to make a buck off a pup.
2007-07-27 03:22:31 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
On a personal note, I would never endanger a small male puppy by putting him anywhere near my male dog. Male dogs fight for a variety of reasons. Dominance, Fear, female nearby, to name a few. I had three and even though they were neutered the tried to kill each other all the time, even going so far as to pair up and gang up on the oldest to try to bring him down first then turn on each other. The reason mine fought? A FEMALE!!! Your older dog is the Alpha and he will try to establish that with the puppy. If the puppy doesn't comply, there will be a fight. This may not happen until the puppy becomes an adult. Try doing a search on inter-male aggression in dogs. There may be some tidbits of information there. Good luck!
2007-07-27 03:34:24 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Sure they will! At first, your Maltese may be a little unsure and the puppy you'd get might bother him a little bit, but they should be fine!
If you don't care the gender, I would go female because of the alpha male thing between dogs. Female dogs aren't going to try to be the alpha male so there's no challenge between them.
2007-07-27 03:46:34 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-10-09 10:40:22 · answer #4 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i'm getting a chihuahua tomorrow but back to you i would love it if people like you start liking and adopting chihuahuas igroning paris hilton I say get one but introduce them to eachother by rubbing them each in a balanket or towel and then switch and let them sniff the lblanket then you hold the puppy and someone else hold the Maltese and let then sniff each other noses do this at a new place for both of them so they are not territorly
2007-07-27 03:25:33 · answer #5 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hello,
We have a five year old MALE black lab & a year ago we bought 8 week old FEMALE pug, they are very good company for each other. I would get the dog. Good Luck.
2007-07-27 03:22:45 · answer #6 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
hey there.
its a matter of choice really .
our saint benard is four and starting to slow down ,
his interest in life began to slightly wain.
i intruduced him to Dylan our American cocker spaniel pup
and his life has turned around .
however close our relationship with our dogs are. there is no substitute for another of the same species .
2007-07-27 03:29:29 · answer #7 · answered by matt culling 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
well first see if who ever your getting the dog from will let you bring your dog there to met before you get it.make shore your dog gets along with the new one.
Good Luck
2007-07-27 03:22:22 · answer #8 · answered by Turdly B 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I see nothing wrong with another dog. If you ignore the older
dog while your petting the pup he won't understand. It may
make him feel rejected. That would be sad.
2007-07-27 03:52:24 · answer #9 · answered by wayne g 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
introduce them slowly, but yes. It will give him someone to play with
2007-07-27 03:51:13 · answer #10 · answered by Abigail's Mom 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋