How To Introduce a New Puppy to Your Dog

Everyone loves a pet. But your present canine might really feel in a different way at first, regardless of how lovely the pet is. It can take weeks or longer to your canine to simply accept the pet. Don’t power or rush interactions. Always set them as much as succeed.

To begin, keep away from the pet working into your private home together with your resident canine there. After all, would you desire a stranger out of the blue speeding as much as you in your home? Probably not. And neither does your canine.

Assuming that your present canine is canine pleasant and also you’ve chosen a appropriate pet, managing the surroundings and correctly introducing your new pet to your canine will show you how to obtain a contented family.

Steps for one of the simplest ways to introduce canines

Remain calm and upbeat throughout all introductions to assist keep away from stress — yours and the canines. Next:

• Trade scents. If attainable, get a blanket or related merchandise with the pet’s scent from the canine breeder or rescue previous to getting him. Place that merchandise the place your present canine’s mattress is positioned. This familiarity helps him settle for the younger newcomer.
• Introduce the canines on impartial territory. To forestall your grownup canine from changing into territorial, don’t introduce your new pet in your home or yard. This could be at a pal’s home or different location that your canine doesn’t view as his personal turf and the place different unvaccinated canines haven’t been.
• Each canine ought to have a separate handler. The two handlers ought to stroll parallel to one another about 10 ft aside. Put each canines on harnesses so {that a} tight collar or leash doesn’t convey that one thing’s fallacious. Walk on this parallel place for just some minutes with out them assembly.
• Read your grownup canine’s body language. If at any time throughout the stroll or throughout later introductions, your canine exhibits that he’s harassed, finish the interplay. Even higher, finish it earlier than your canine turns into harassed.

Stress indicators embrace:

• Drooling
• Raised hackles
• Tucking his tail, below his physique
• Lip licking
• Body stress, together with furrowed forehead
• Staring on the pet with a tough stare
• Ears pulled again
• Whale eye
• Moist pads that go away a paw print that’s not warmth associated
• Shedding dandruff
• Have a quick greeting. If your grownup canine appears welcoming to your pet, have his briefly greet for a couple of seconds utilizing a “say good day” cue. Then have every handler cheerily say “let’s go” and stroll away. Do this introduction thrice previous to assembly at your home.
• Exercise every canine bodily and mentally earlier than every interplay. Take every for a stroll or have every fetch a toy Do a couple of obedience cues. You need to take the sting off however not have them get too drained earlier than assembly. Make positive the pet and the canine have separate areas to retreat to when interacting in case both wants a break.

When you’re able to introduce your canines at house,  have a handler take your grownup canine outdoors in your yard.

How to introduce a brand new pet to your canine in your house

The following steps are methods to introduce them efficiently in your house after they’ve met on impartial territory. Only proceed to the next step after they’ve met efficiently throughout the prior one.

• Have them meet by means of a barrier. Put the pet in an train pen or behind a gate. Then have them briefly meet utilizing two handlers, one specializing in the pet and one specializing in the grownup canine. Reward every pup for optimistic interactions. Call your grownup canine away after a couple of seconds. Do this train for a couple of minutes whole and finish on a optimistic observe. You might do that arrange for a couple of days till the canines really feel comfy with one another.
• Take them on walks collectively. Do parallel walks along with a handler for every canine. Have them about 10 ft aside, ultimately strolling nearer over time whereas every is calm. You can do that inside, off territory and in your yard.
• After your grownup canine is accustomed and welcoming to the pet, have them meet inside with every canine’s leash dragging whereas carrying harnesses. Be able to seize the leash and stroll them away from one another earlier than interactions develop into too intense. Take frequent breaks between interactions. End every coaching session on a optimistic observe whereas each canines benefit from the interplay.
• Meet off-leash. Over time — might take weeks — in the event that they appear to be getting alongside effectively, have them meet off-leash, inside. Be able to interrupt earlier than play turns into tough. Look for play bows and mushy, inviting physique language. Be prepared with two handlers who can every name a canine over to interrupt the play.
• Reward all optimistic interactions. Praise and reward every with a yummy deal with once they calmly work together.

Scheduling feeding and coaching for brand spanking new pet and grownup canine

Each canine requires some alone and separate time with you. So have a schedule. Try to maintain your grownup canine’s prior schedule as a lot as attainable. Maintain the good bond together with your grownup canine by not upsetting his world unnecessarily.

• Have a feeding, train, play, coaching and sleep schedule the place every pup has a while alone with you. This exhibits your grownup canine that you take care of and about him and provides you bonding time with the pet to show him some manners.
• Train every canine individually — then collectively. Training some fundamental cues corresponding to consideration and title recognition, Come, Sit, Down, Stay, Leave it, Drop it and loose-leash strolling will assist talk your guidelines to the pet, give him confidence and assist additional your bond. After the pet understands some fundamental manners, assuming your grownup canine is aware of the identical cues, have them carry out them collectively typically. These cues will show you how to be capable to name every pup away from one another earlier than interactions develop into too intense. And practice your pet to make use of a crate.
• Socialize your puppy. Get your pet used to all he shall be uncovered to on this planet. Of course, do it at his personal tempo.

Rules for brand spanking new pet and grownup canine interactions

After the preliminary interactions are going easily and every is aware of some floor guidelines, begin accelerating their training collectively, however preserve the next ideas in thoughts:

• Don’t permit both canine to bully the opposite. Observe all interactions and by no means go away the younger pet alone with the grownup canine. An grownup canine who correctly corrects a pet is okay. But don’t permit the pet to harass the grownup. And don’t let the older canine get too tough with the teenager.
• Introduce toys and different goodies over time. As lengthy as your older canine doesn’t guard resources, begin to give them new toys. Place a couple of toys on the bottom and have separate handlers play with every pup at reverse ends of the room. Then change handlers and toys.
• Get skilled assist if crucial. If at any time your older canine is aggressive to the pet or doesn’t appear to be progressing in his acceptance of the newcomer, get skilled assist from a optimistic reinforcement coach or behaviorist.

Getting a brand new pet is a good expertise. You image your grownup canine and pup being finest buddies and enjoying collectively, tugging toys and curling up collectively. To be certain that all goes effectively, just remember to correctly introduce the canines. Then the idyllic image you envision of them fortunately romping by means of a subject might come true!