How do you introduce new puppy to Queen of the house???
 

I think I'm getting a new puppy soon, and I have no idea how to introduce new puppy to Sabrina - the Queen of the house.

I've never had 2 house pups before. PLEASE - any suggestions appreciated.

frankie

I'm going to be in the same situation soon. Good post! I would love to hear suggestions.

When I was getting ready to bring Pixie home I rubbed a shirt on Pixie while she was still at the breeder's house and then brought it home to Tuffy and let him sleep with it in his bed. He got used to her "scent" so when I finally brought her home he felt like he already knew her. I kept Tuffy seperated from her at first in a pen and let her kind of explore without him trying to attack her. She made herself right at home so I when I let Tuffy out they both started playing like they had known each other forever. It took some time to get them to get along and even now, 2 months later, they still have fights but they never hurt each other and always seem to make up afterwards. It just takes lots of time and patience. The hardest part of having an adult dog and a puppy is keeping them seperated during meal time so they don't eat each other's food. Also, you might want to expect some behavior issues with your older dog.. Tuffy started marking and had a few potty accidents because he was acting out at me for bringing home another dog. Another tip I've learned is to make sure you pay as much attention to your older dog as you do to the new puppy. Always give the older dog their dinner first, their treats first, praise first and love first so they won't be as likely to feel upset and act out. At first it seemed overwhelming having two dogs, but now I wouldn't have it any other way. :)

OH My! My ordeal was exactly that! :eek: I have had tilly for ten years and she was the baby of my family and then I brought "him" home (sami 7weeks) :D
she was not impressed and went to her den (under the bed) and avoided me my husband & sami, later that evening she came out I think curiosity got the best of her and started sniffing him out then walk away and lay on top of the couch and just keep an eye on him, but eventually when the strangeness of his presence wore off, like a month she would interact to a degree but not more than that. he would want to play, jump etc.. and she would snap and show her teeth, but he wasn't intimidated by her and was persistent in wanting to play. But now they love each other and tilly will still put him in his place but they play togeather and sleep togeather :D But now that Sami is 6 months I am concerned about the alpha male thing :eek: So enjoy your new :p family member the queen will come around!

I just had to introduce a rescue border collie into my household dominated by my territorial yorkies.

This is what I did. I took them all outside in the backyard. Took the border collie into the house and go ther adjusted to it. Then i took my sweetest yorkie in the pack and intoduce him to the border collie when he was sitting on my lab. (Keep in mind-it was important that the border collie was in the house already before I took my first dog in).

After he was settled, I put him the room and did the same thing with my second dog. etc..

After individual intro. I introduce them once again taking them out of my bedroom one by one but this time I let them just roam in the living room with my border collie. I didn't correct my Alpha female when she snap at the border collie but I did praise her for sniffing and being nice. Of course some less dominate yorkie left the room(which was okay and I didn't say anything or force it to socialize with this new dog)

It has been 1 week now and they are all comfortable being together in 1 room. Sometime my alpha female will still put this border collie in her place but that is okay.

BTW, I still crate the border collie when I'm not at home watching them. Still don't trust them being alone by themselves.

new pets
 

Always try to take your pet with you to pick up the new puppy. Yorkies like to think everything is their idea...I always ask the new owner to bring other pets if there are any for a few visits before going home.

That's a good idea too. It will let them meet in neutral ground.

I'm getting lots of good information - I thank you one and all for your time in sharing your experiences! This is going (could be) so neat!

frankie

OMG! I think Border Collies are sooo neat! I was looking into BC rescue before I found Layla! She is amazing btw! Even hubby is getting attached to her now! :)

We took Magic with us when we went to pick up Sailor...we let her snift her and her parents to let her know that she was okay...once we got home we let Magic doing the explore of Sailor as she choose to...it did take a while for them to adjust, esp. Magic as she was Queen around our house, but she evenutally came around and now loves to play with her sister!!!