| > | | | | to feel equally loved and wanted. This will make the |
| When you bring home a new puppy it’s | | | | transition much smoother. |
| always an exciting time. Everyone is excited, the | | | | |
| puppy, the kids, and most importantly you. Normal 0 | | | | Make the transition as slowly as you possibly can. |
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| {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; | | | | surprise to your older dog. Let the puppy sniff and |
| mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; | | | | walk around the home. Let the puppy get used to his |
| mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; | | | | her new home. Make sure you stay near the two |
| mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; | | | | dogs when they’re together- there may be |
| mso-para-margin:0in; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; | | | | occasional fights and you need to be there to break |
| mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; | | | | them the fights up before they get ugly. |
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| mso-ansi-language:#0400; | | | | Make sure you spend some good alone time with |
| mso-fareast-language:#0400; | | | | each dog. This will allow you to effectively have |
| mso-bidi-language:#0400;} | | | | some bonding time with both dogs. Do this sparingly |
| Your older dog however, may not be so thrilled. You | | | | as it can cause jealously among the two dogs. Make |
| woudn’t want any kind of hatred built up | | | | sure you play with each dog separate, but also |
| between the two dogs, and luckily it’s fairly | | | | incorporate group playtime where you involve both |
| easy to properly introduce a new puppy to your | | | | of them. Once they begin to have fun together you |
| older dog. | | | | won’t even need to be around to initiate it. |
| | | | | Reward each dog for good behavior, especially if |
| Dogs, even after adapting to living with humans, | | | | they behave with each other during play time. |
| have a pack mentality, where theres a leader | | | | |
| (you), a beta, an alpha, etc. Your old dog is the | | | | Once your two dogs develop a strong relationship |
| second in command, the beta, and may feel | | | | it’ll be cruise-control from there, you wonyt |
| threatened by the new puppy. You want both dogs | | | | have to work at keeping the peace anymore. |