Corgi Aggression

She's a lover and a fighter! We took LeeLoo home to meet my parents dog this weekend. Josie is a 3 year old small (possibly some King Charles/spaniel/terrier) who loves other dogs and people alike. We began them walking the drive way for about 20 minutes with one in front of the other. LeeLoo was the first to growl then bark. The closer Josie got, the more fearful and aggressive LeeLoo became.
LeeLoo came with the disclaimer that she did not do well with other dogs. We had taken her to PetSmart the first day we got her and was polite and nice to other dogs in the store. We're not sure what caused this outburst. We tried to correct her and redirect her attention while Josie passed. We then went into the house and pinned Josie up in 1/2 the house behind a baby gate. LeeLoo was fine as long as she was being played with, but as soon as her attention went back to Josie, the teeth were our and both dogs began to bark.
LeeLoo is our fist Corgi and I would appreciate any advice for the situation in which we find ourselves. My husband and I were sad that it did not work out and we would like to help LeeLoo at least tolerate other dogs.
I know it is mostly a fear issue-it was LeeLoo's first visit and she had been in the car for 4 hours. But throughout the entire weekend, we couldn't break her aggression towards Josie. We are heading back up there AGAIN this weekend for real family Christmas. My husband has the week off and will be trying some basic obedience training to key in on her attention.

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Comment by Bev Levy on December 20, 2010 at 4:34pm: I dealt with adding my son's dog (very much not liked by my Sparty) by leashing Sparty in the house and attaching him to me. Where ever I was Sparty was. If he growled at Misty I corrected him, if he was calm around her I petted him. It worked out. I would not say that Sparty likes her but he tolerates her in the house and minds when I tell him to leave her alone.Since she lives with us now it was necessary to insist on him minding. It did help that he has had a lot of obedience training and we practice a modified Nothing In Life Is Free method anyway.

Comment by Stephanie Starkey on December 20, 2010 at 4:14pm: Thank you, Michelle. We will try that. I know it will take time for her to become acclimated to us and our families.

Comment by Michelle on December 20, 2010 at 1:38pm: Prehaps, just for the weekend, she would do better in the bedroom that you guys are staying in with some very comfortable blanket or such from your home and even possibly crated in said room. It just takes time to overcome issues that you don't yet understand. Just because it did not work this past weekend does not mean it will be like that forever. As she becomes more comfortable and acclimated her behavior might improve. Until then make it as comfortable for her as possible and understand that familiar is very comfortable to her.