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I will be picking up Callan this Friday and wanted to share my plan on introductions. This will be the first time I have brought in an older dog, done puppies before.
Ok So Max is 10 mo and Callen is 7 yrs, they met at my breeders last weekend and got along fine. However Max has not had a dog in his home since we lost our female this past May, but he gets along great with all dogs outside home.
Since I will be alone here is my plan and please any advice is very welcome. I will pick her up (40 min drive) and when we get home I planned to walk her a bit to see how she is on leash. I then planned to take her in the back yard and introduce her. Then into the house where Max will be in his crate, I will crate her (next to him) and then let him out to sniff around. I am sure he will be barking his fool head off. From here I am not real sure, thought I would play it by ear. Maybe once he settles down I can get them both outside, I think I will put him on his leash and just let her come out?
My breeder also said to give them each a bully in their crates, if they can sleep together and chew together they will get along great. I do not worry about them getting along since they have met, just the first few hours maybe funky.
Ok So Max is 10 mo and Callen is 7 yrs, they met at my breeders last weekend and got along fine. However Max has not had a dog in his home since we lost our female this past May, but he gets along great with all dogs outside home.
Since I will be alone here is my plan and please any advice is very welcome. I will pick her up (40 min drive) and when we get home I planned to walk her a bit to see how she is on leash. I then planned to take her in the back yard and introduce her. Then into the house where Max will be in his crate, I will crate her (next to him) and then let him out to sniff around. I am sure he will be barking his fool head off. From here I am not real sure, thought I would play it by ear. Maybe once he settles down I can get them both outside, I think I will put him on his leash and just let her come out?
My breeder also said to give them each a bully in their crates, if they can sleep together and chew together they will get along great. I do not worry about them getting along since they have met, just the first few hours maybe funky.