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Posted : 5/31/2006 11:52:08 AM

Hi. I'm new to this forum, but I've been reading it faithfully for several months. I think it's great. I own a 1yr. old neutered male red toy poodle named Dugan and will be getting a 9wk. female, black and tan Phantom toy poodle in a couple of days. My question is how do I introduce the new puppy (Maddie) to Dugan without making him feel jealous or left out? What kind of problems will I encounter with two dogs instead of one? Will my male dog regress if the new puppy has accidents in the house? Even though he was neutered at 6mths. he still gets amorous with a pink squishy pillow occaisonally. Will he leave my little girl alone? I am planning on having her spayed at 6mths. Any thoughts would be appreciated.
Cindy

forpaws

Posted : 5/31/2006 12:07:43 PM

Welcome to the forum. The price of addmission here is post a pic of you fur kid. [

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Secondly, I found the easiest way was to find a neutral place where your boy Dugan doesn't consider it his territory like maybe the breeder's yard to intro the pup to him. That is what I did with Dilly and my new Tzu baby Skipper and there have been no issues.

Pam

Posted : 5/31/2006 1:56:39 PM

I used my neighbors yard to introduce my 2nd dog to my 7 year old resident dog. Then we all took a 20 min walk in the neighborhood and I let my neighbor walk the new dog in and she pretended he was her dog. Then after about 1 hour, the neighbor left and viola, we had a new member. My resident dog thought this was a mistake and got mad that he was peeing in her backyard. She was very very mad and jumped him and bit him almost daily for a year. We choose a bigger 2nd dog because we knew our resident dog would hurt a smaller dog and possibly kill a puppy (she hates puupies) by accident.

I'm sure you won't have a problem with a sweet young male. The puuppy should be submissive to him..

magilacudy

Posted : 5/31/2006 1:58:33 PM

Hello, Welcome to the board. I think the above idea is great, have them meet at a neighbors house. From what I've learnt, dogs could be very territorial, so better to have a happy greet.

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Posted : 5/31/2006 2:06:19 PM

All of the previous posts were excellent but I have some additional thoughts.
Sleeping routines- does your old dog sleep on your bed? that might be a issue for both.
Eating routines- your old dog may get very upset if the other dog is trying to eat out of his bowl so maybe a new one for the new dog would be a great idea
New toys too!

Pam

Posted : 5/31/2006 2:15:15 PM

OH YES! you must always buy 2 of the same toy or there will be fighting. You need 2 food bowls, they can share 1 water bowl. Feed them on separate sides of the kitchen. Separate beds. We allowed our resident dog on the bed and would not let the new dog on it to re-inforce her Alpha status, because she was smaller than he. In time, tho, we let the new dog on the bed too.

But this is baby puppy so you'll have to play it by ear.

Bethany

Posted : 5/31/2006 2:42:24 PM

We got Gracie when she was 8 weeks old and Tanner was 4 years. We introduced them outside but it was quick b/c it was freezing cold! At first he seemed interested and then when he realized she was there to stay, he got a little jealous. For the first month, he would snap at her if she got too close to him but now they play together all the time. Also, as many accidents as she had in the house, he never regressed and had an accident. In fact I think it was easier b/c she learned to go in the woods with him to go potty instead of doing it in the yard. We got another set of bowls, toys, and bed too and kept the bowls and the beds totally seperate. During the day they stayed together but there was never a problem. Good luck with your new baby!

Cindy Camery

Posted : 5/31/2006 3:00:39 PM

Thanks for the advice. The older dog does sleep with us. He has since he was 8 wks old. It only took him three days to train us.LOL I don't think my DH is going to like another dog in bed, hogging the covers. I thought about crating the new pup next to our bed for awhile, but I don't know how long before I give in. They will definitely have separate food dishes and beds. Some toys I hope they will share, but I know which ones Dugan will not part with willingly. Actually they have met each other a couple of times. Once at the breeders and once here at our house. He was very gentle with her, but he kind of acted noninterested and bored with the whole idea. I hope he learns to love her.