[Cirlonde]

Thanks so much for the responses! As long as some people have managed to free feed with multiple pets without problems then I'm willing to give it a try. I was thinking of keeping the puppy's food in her x-pen since she'll be crate training for awhile as we work on getting potty training down. That should give her plenty of time to eat undisturbed and keep Chloe out of the new pup's bowl. And of course, anytime the puppy isn't in her crate, she'll be with us so there shouldn't be any chance of her getting into Chloe's food. Hopefully, by the time she gets a little more freedom, we'll have been able to teach her to differentiate between her food and Chloe's food so that she knows which she can have and which she can't.

I'm awfully nervous about adding a second dog, but in an excited way! We've been talking about it for almost 2 years and just finally decided we're in the right place. We've got a trip planned to Seattle, Washington in September and then we'll be bringing some lucky little pup home! If we hadn't already bought plane tickets, I think I'd be skipping the trip just so we could get her sooner!