Would getting a girl dog keep 2 male yorkies inline?
My parents have two male half sibling yorkshire terriers that are 10 years old. They are literally impossible to potty train because they MARK. One is 10 pounds and the other is 3.5 pounds. The larger yorky is extremely anxiety ridden, older than the little yorky, and does not take the alpha position. The little yorky knows the older yorky is larger and older (bigger yorky still tries to walk UNDER the little yorky because he thinks he is still smaller). The little yorky has tried to take over the alpha position for the above reasons, and because he knows he's little and really shouldn't be the alpha, he barks at EVERYTHING, marks everywhere, suffers no issues in confidence, and seems to know that he's too small for the alpha job so he's on high alert all the time. My mom is getting older and rarely leaves the house, and both dogs have become accustomed to being around her all the time and anxiously watch her all the time. She can't even go in the other room without the larger yorky peeing on the floor almost immediately due to panic because she's in the other room, and the little yorky howling like someone is killing him. The larger yorky does not tend to pee on the sides of furniture etc, although he will if he is let upstairs, and the small yorky marks EVERYTHING. It's definitely marking. He's taken out in the yard every hour at the least and he will pretend to pee outside and save it up so he can pee inside.
I am wondering if bringing a grown female dog into the house would result in the female dog keeping the yorkies in line? thinkable Or would she just adopt the behavior as well? From my knowledge of female dogs when we had a female dog when I was young, along with a male puppy brought in later, our female dog ran the house and kept the younger male dog..and the cats..in line. She didn't put up with peeing, barking, any type of bad behavior etc. She trained our male dog so well that we never had to potty train him and we actually had to take him to the breeders to learn how to pee on three legs because he was copying her. I'm unsure if this was all luck or if this is the nature of female dogs to rule the roost, and I'm also unsure if the same would happen when introducing a female dog in a house where the boys are already adult dogs. Any insight would be helpful. My hope is that a female dog would naturally adopt the alpha position and put a halt to these behaviors? I need expert advice on whether this would help at all.
I am wondering if bringing a grown female dog into the house would result in the female dog keeping the yorkies in line? thinkable Or would she just adopt the behavior as well? From my knowledge of female dogs when we had a female dog when I was young, along with a male puppy brought in later, our female dog ran the house and kept the younger male dog..and the cats..in line. She didn't put up with peeing, barking, any type of bad behavior etc. She trained our male dog so well that we never had to potty train him and we actually had to take him to the breeders to learn how to pee on three legs because he was copying her. I'm unsure if this was all luck or if this is the nature of female dogs to rule the roost, and I'm also unsure if the same would happen when introducing a female dog in a house where the boys are already adult dogs. Any insight would be helpful. My hope is that a female dog would naturally adopt the alpha position and put a halt to these behaviors? I need expert advice on whether this would help at all.
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