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my sister is getting a chiwawa and i have two australian cattle dogs

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Question
do you think that a chiwawa and two austrailian cattle dogs will get along fine?

Answer
Hi Mike;
I have an ?Australian Shepherd mix, and an Australian Cattle dog mix, and my experience with these two great guys is, they get along with the whole world, if the rest of the world works with them.
My Australian shepherd was 1 year old when my son brought a little male Lhasa mix to me. Max was 6 weeks old, and Rowdy took over that puppy and raised it like he was it's mother.
He just didn't even think I should say no to his precious little baby.
They are 9 and 8 now, and Rowdy STILL leats that little runt boss him.

Introduce them slowly, teach the little Chihuahua to be a good baby too, and theyt should get along fine.
The ages of all the dogs will make a difference, and how much they get along with each other and other dogs in general, but if they aren't too crazy about it at first, bet with just tgraining they will adjust fine.
Training is to key to it all, and how spoiled they are.
If they are allowed to fuss with each other, they will fuss. If they are allowed to snap, they will snap.
I DO NOT allow my children to fight, and if they get nasty, the get chewed out and sent to time-out for a half hour or so.
Bescause of how spoiled Rowdy has raised Max, Max goes to time out more than anybody else.LOl
It is just like bringing other children to live with other children.
We are all a family, and I am the mom, and they have to mind me. I spoli them, love them to death, but they have to follow my rules, or they go to time out. I don't spank, and I think Max would prefer if I beat himn. He HATES time-out.LOL
Charlotte