how to introduce a new puppy..

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I'm hoping to eventually get a new male SBT puppy and could do with any advice on how to introduce a newcomer to my 2 girls - a sbt and a rottie.

The girls can be fickle when it comes to other dogs - either love them or hate them, historically male bull breeds are a safe bet though. We adopted an old male BM x when the girls were about 2 and they both adored him and there were never any signs of aggression/problems he sadly died in May. The SBT has been known to knock over pups she meets.

When we got Ruby (SBT) as a pup Boo promptly peed all over her lovely new pink bed!!

We have a crate and would appreciate any experiences/comments from others :)
 
introduce them if you can off your property - however if pup dosent have his vaccs done (depends on what age you get him)? then a garden

we introduced our pup in her crate and let them have a sniff (2 older dogs) beause 1 had fear aggression.... as it happened the fearful dog mothered the pup and they got on amazingly well :)

good luck :)
 
Like Noodle said introduce them on mutural ground, so that your current dogs can get to know the puppy without becoming territorial. If you are introducing a older puppy then try parallel walking. If you have to introduce them at home then it is safer to use either a crate or a baby gate so that all the dogs can interact without compromising safety. When they are introduced together take away all food/water/toys/etc.
 
With my puppies I just plonk them down and leave them to it - supervised of course, and when not supervised keep puppy in another room or in a crate so it doesn't get squashed by accident or hurt if it annoys one of the others
 
We just plonked B down with my parents dogs (individually) and a few of us sat on the floor and gave the older dog some fuss. That way there were plenty of bodies to grab a dog if something went wrong and they werent both after the attention of just one of us.

Charlie was fine with B in the house but he gave her a serious rollicking in the garden (unprovoked)
 
I would not be so worried about bringing a baby puppy into the home environment for meeting.
The main thing is the puppy is safe and the dogs can explore (if they wish) I usually sit puppy on my knee and let elders come and have a sniff, then place puppy on floor and sit on floor yourself and reprimand any over selous behaviour from older dogs but otherwise let them sniff and explore and give them access to "get away" if they choose.
When crating pup place the crate in the area the elders usually stay.
Always occupy the puppy yourself if it tries to pester the elder dogs, aslong as you can supervise allow them to mix, when out, place puppy in crate.
Let the elders see the pup in snoozy mode aswell as "hyper mode" so it's always that "pesky little pup"
I have a puppy guide, if u think it would help Pm me your e.mail addy.
 
I have always introduced new pups at home and never had a problem, I think a mature dog has to be seriously aggressive to have a proper go at a puppy and you would probably know this about your dogs by now.

I tend to sit on the floor with the puppy on my and go from there. The others are allowed to have a look, smell, etc. but I also makes sure the pup gets a bit of space. For the first few months they are never left alone unsupervised just to be on the safe side, I use a crate for the puppy.
 
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