What Is The Best Way To Introduce 3 New Dogs?
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Me and my family go on holiday with my aunt and her children every year, and they have to dogs, a greyhound/ lurcher mix who is quite chilled, never lets anything bother him and is great with dogs and children, there other dog is Golden retriever mix and is OK with dogs once she gets to know them, they both came from the shelter.
They are coming over between christmas and new year(live like 5 hours away) to see the rest of our family and stuff and there bringing there dogs.
And seen as though we are going on holiday later that year i think it’s best to make the dogs meet when mine is younger.
So i have a GSD 4 nearly 5 month and will be 7-8 months then, he gets on well with calm dogs and then he wants to play, he goes puppy training and has done since his shots where complete but giddy dogs bug him.
So what is the best way to introduce these dogs to each other.
I was thinking in a neutral place one dog at a time.
BTW all dogs are spayed and neutered well mine is not yet but will be when they are here.
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well your right, when your introducing a new dog to your dog they have to be in a neutral place and introduce them one at a time. let the dogs sniff each other and then back away then bring them closer and if they don’t like each other then you may have a problem on making them connect. but sometimes they get along together pretty easily, i don’t see why that there should be any problem at all.
It would be easy if all the dogs are around the same age. They can be introduced by having them on leashes and make them sniff and if doing a good job give them a treat!
Whats the age of the other two? If the other two are older than this pup here is what will happen:
The two will rush to take the scent of this GSD. The puppy will immediately go down on his full length and allow them to catch his scent (lying down full is a way of the pup agreeing to be a runt and demonstrating it). After this- either the three will play regularly or the two will ignore the newcomer but there will be no hostilities.
The GSD is too young to make spaying or neuetering an issue here.