Welcome and Congratulations!! We took Oliver with us to pick Brooklyn up at the breeders. They met there. When we got home we supervised the time they were together. I used the xpen for her when she was little (until house-broken), but it was here in my family room. Oliver would go over and sniff her through the xpen....it took all of about 2 days for Oliver to decide she actually wasnt such a bad thing to have around!! Then they became buddies!! Good Luck!!