Bringing Molly home

I'm bringing my lovely corgi Molly home in a few weeks (25 days to be exact) and I need advice! I have a lab/chow/retriever mix (she was a rescue, so we don't really know what she is.) named Savannah, so my boyfriend and I know how to live with animals. But each breed is different. What advice do you have for a new corgi mommy?

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Permalink Reply by Natalie, Lance &Tucker on October 20, 2012 at 12:46pm

When you bring home Molly, have Savannah and Molly meet on neutral ground away from the house, like at a park. I would also take them for a walk together before bringing Savannah home. When you get home, explore the outside of the house with both dogs on leash, front yard and backyard, even if it is fenced in.

The other thing we did when we rescued Tucker and brought him home, was to gate off an area where Tucker could relax and just get used to being in the house and let Lance get used to the idea that there was another dog in the house. We let them play supervised, but then also gave them space to relax in on their own. We made sure to spend extra time with Lance so that he didnt feel like the other dog was taking over. We still found time to cuddle without Tucker while Tucker was gated in the kitchen. Lance still got fed first, etc.

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Permalink Reply by manda & molly on October 20, 2012 at 1:13pm

I was thinking about using a gate to separate the two, savannah is a sweet dog, but she gets grumpy when she tries to sleep and there's another dog trying to wake her up. Savannah is around 14 years old, so she sleeps a lot. She never bites, just growls and grunts. That's my main concern with bringing Molly home. Savannah is a, excuse my French, bitch. With relatives dogs that sleep in a kennel, savannah likes prance around in front of them teasing the other dog because Savannah doesn't sleep in a kennel. And I'm a believer in kennels to act as a safe spot for a dog.

We believe that savannah was kept in a kennel for an extremely long time before she was rescued so she's afraid of them now.

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Permalink Reply by Natalie, Lance &Tucker on October 20, 2012 at 1:26pm

Yes, I also believe in kennels, its good for dogs to have a space to go to feel safe. Yeah I bet if Savannah was kept in kennels for extremely long times she would not like them now. We also had separate play times for both dogs with us as well. We would have one dog gated in the kitchen while we were with the other dog in the basement, playing, training as well.