Introducing a new puppy to my Corgi puppy

Hello everybody!!

So I need some advice/help and really appreciate it! I have my corgi puppy Sadie, she is 4 months old. My roommate and I have just brought home and rescue puppy who is just under 3 months (female, daschund and chiuaua mix). I dont want to make Sadie jealous she is the alpha dog of the house, but she doesnt seem to play nicely with the new puppy. If the new pup is in her kennel Sadie wines for her to come out, if she is out Sadie is both naughty and good. How do I make this transaction of the two co-existing and becoming friends easy? Thank you all!

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Permalink Reply by Karen Dadisman on April 19, 2011 at 8:55am

They are puppies. Let them play with supervision and breaks to rest. They will be fine.

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Permalink Reply by Stephanie Sean Skinner on April 19, 2011 at 4:46pm

i think they are doing well :) thank you!

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Permalink Reply by Sam Tsang on April 19, 2011 at 9:41am

Hi Stephanie, you may want and think Sadie should be the alpha dog of the house, but a true alpha dog is not vocal, they are calm and will not react to things unless they really need to get involve. The pack order of the house will change as they get older, it'll also change when human come and leave in the next few years.

There are proper techniques to use when two strange dogs meet, usually in a neutral place, not at the house, search the site, there are lots of old discussion on how to introduce new dogs to old dogs.

What you can do now is have a house meeting, everyone needs to be on the same page on food schedule, pee / poop schedule, feeding method, toy rules and food / treat rules. Have a solid exercise / walk outside schedule for both dogs, exercise, discipline, then affection, in that order. Feed them separately in different location, let them eat in peace and away from disruption.

Don't interrupt when the dogs are trying to find their boundaries, dogs often make noise, have disagreement and give warning to eachother. Let them work it out, don't yell, gasp, stay calm, your dog can pick up signals when you're uneasy, don't fuel the fire, don't let her think that you are under attack or else she will feel the need to defend your honour.

Dogs rarely "fight", when they do fight, they fight to immobilize the opponent or to kill, they latch on, yank and pull, they never miss.

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Permalink Reply by Stephanie Sean Skinner on April 19, 2011 at 4:45pm

great advice thank you!

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Permalink Reply by Jen on April 19, 2011 at 2:45pm

When we brought Ginger home at 10 and a half weeks, we weren't introducing her to a puppy, we were introducing her to our 14 year old lab/terrier mix, who had been the only dog for 4 years, and is extremely sensitive, territorial, and moody. They did their fair share of "fighting" for the first few months. Coko (lab mix) was just trying to put the new puppy in her place. Coko only got ahold of her once, and it just resulted in a little scratch on the nose. Immediately afterwards Coko ran off with her tail tucked. I'm positive she didn't mean to bite Ginger, but Ginger is very hard-headed and doesn't really know when to back off. The 2 of them are not snuggle buddies or play mates, but now 7 and a half months later they can definitely co-exist peacefully. Just give them their space and time. I agree with Sam, you have to let them work out the pecking order and their differences. Only break up a "fight" if you truely feel one of them is in danger. I know that it can sound absolutely horrible and look a bit scary, but they are doing what dogs do.