Good evening
This is my first post here and if I'm posting in the incorrect forum, I apologize.
I am needing advice. But first, being that I'm a girl I must share details
I adopted a Chesapeake Bay Retreiver (which is not one of the dog breeds represented...
..) from a shelter a few months ago. Her name is Ginger, she is 8 years old, spayed. Sparing you all the horrid details, suffice it to say that she was abused and terribly neglected. She was in an outside kennel her entire life, with little human contact; and if anyone may be familiar with CBR that's a big no no. She is very skittish, afraid of her shadow, and having difficulty with my husband due to her associating a bad noise with him so therefore he's a bad man....*sigh*. Per the obedience trainer and behaviorist both have suggested a companion dog to help her a) with her self esteem issues b) have a bud to play with c)and this will get her mind off of any noise (all noises freak her out)so she's not so stressed out. This is a difficult row to hoe but we understood the issues that Ginger had prior to adopting her so we're committed to her 110%
In search of a second dog, I found one that I loved, that has seperate issues from Ginger but way more workable, easier than Gingers'. The problem if that is the correct term; is that "Snookums" is a Yorkshire Terrier, all 9 lbs of her. Now Ginger is about 74#.
Alot of the websites that I have looked up have talked of introductions of second dogs as if the 'small' one was a puppy. Both are girl dogs, both adults "Snookums' is 4 and in a rescue program. By the way, the tiny dog LOVES big dogs and HATES small dogs and cats. Ginger has been around small dogs but only in a obedience training setting and not as a 'bud' or in our home.
My question to all of you out there is it a feasible thing, introducing a tiny dog to a large dog? Would this work, is it workable? What suggestions do you have? If you have had similiar experience please share.
Thank you
Michelle