Introducing him to another dog...
 

I am moving into a new apartment and my new roomie has a small female Beagle that is 3-4 years old that she got at the shelter. I recently had a problem introducing Maximus to a neighbors dog and I'm worried about him becoming aggressive. We are moving in today and neither dog has been to the house (so there should be no territorry issues) and the Doogie(the Beagle) is small enough that I don't see a size issue here. Also Maximus has been around cats since the get go and he does fine with them, although I know dogs are a different story.

Does anyone have some advice on introducing a Yorkie that is 4 months old and used to be an only dog to a slightly excited Beagle?

Both dogs are great and I don't want issues! :confused:

There should not be much problems . Maximus will get used to the new one. Just the first day , don't place them face to face . Let them time to adjust and in a while they'll be friends .

give them time....I have a 2 and 1 year old and just introduced them in March. They are slowly coming around but they still get into squabbles every now and then. It takes time...Remmy was an only dog for quite some time and Silk came along as an adult not a puppy. there were a bunch of territory issues...and Silk can be quite rude to Remmy but we are working on the correct behavior. Chris

I wouldn't expect it to be too tough. Here is something I had written about my approach for another post: " My boyfriend has a Newfoundland/Chow mix who weighs 98lbs. He looks like a pure Newfie though. The very first day I got Tucker, I stopped by and let Samson (boyfriend's dog) sniff Tuck while I held him on my lap and my boyfriend held Samson's collar repeatedly saying, "Be nice, Samson". The next time, I still kept Tuck on the couch by my side but letting them touch noses occasionally. We were also very intent on praising Samson and giving him lots of attention when my baby was there to avoid a jealousy issue. I eventually got to putting Tuck on the floor a bit at a time but stayed right next to him. I got Tuck at 10wks old - he is now right at 6 months. I do go to my boyfriend's and stay the night or weekend with Tucker occasionally and they are now ok to be on the floor or in the fenced yard together with moderate supervision. Samson has been a patient angel. Tucker constantly runs over and grabs treats and chewies right out of his mouth and he doesn't say a word. There is an occasional grumble when Tuck is too hyper in Samson's face but no bad scenes so far. Samson has accidentally tripped over Tuck a time or two causing him to yelp so we watch for that as well.
I would NEVER leave the two alone together. You just never know...
I'm just saying it's a great idea to get them acquainted but you might want to start in small doses at first - it is a process."

I don't think all of this necessarily applies since a beagle isn't as big a threat as far as size goes but just keep an eye on them for a while to make sure nobody gets too rough and watch out for those jealousy issues!

Good Luck!!!!
Dana

I am in serious thoughts about this topic cause I have 2 big dogs and have brought home a new 6 week old pup (Cujo). Good thread to post, helps me too

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Thanks everyone! I will try to ease them into it and hopefully we will all be a happy family! I do intend to give it time though... just in case