Dog staying in our apartment

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Dog staying in our apartment

inne

Posted : 8/25/2006 12:50:18 AM

Louise's half-sister, Agnes, is coming to visit for a week! She is owned by two of my best friends. Anyway, Louise has never met another dog in our apartment before - that was the one big thing I forgot about during our early socialization. I'm planning on introducing them in a neutral area (the park) before going back home. Is there anything else I should be doing to help make sure she's okay with a new dog staying with us?

jones

Posted : 8/25/2006 7:24:19 AM

Boy I just love the names of those two! [

] So cute. Anyway, I've only dog-sat once but I put all the toys and bully sticks out of sight just to prevent problems. And though we didn't have this, I think if you can have Agnes's crate there that would be helpful too. Hopefully they'll have a blast!

angelabarry

Posted : 8/25/2006 8:41:03 AM

When we recently had two (unexpected) doggie houseguests, I put up a baby gate separating them from my pack for a few hours so they could sniff at each other in a controlled situation.
After a short time, I let them in with the rest, and stood guard until I felt that everyone would do ok together.
Thankfully, the "golden girls" were quite easy going, and didn't try to intrude too much on the others.
It went very well, considering that meant 8 dogs here for a week!
Good luck, and I hope Lousie and Agnes have a great time together.