Hi Cannie, Thanks for your reply! I did the same thing with Cooper when we went to meet Dali. He was only four months old then, so he was pretty receptive to the whole thing. I am just nervous where they are so close that they will gang up in the new "intruder "!
I agree with you about neutral territory and I would like to bring them to meet the new dog before he comes home. The woman has lots of dogs running around so I'm hoping they don't show react negatively! Thanks! Cindy Sent via DroidX2 on Verizon Wireless™ -----Original message----- From: Cannie <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Thu, Jan 12, 2012 04:20:30 GMT+00:00 Subject: [Chihuahuas] Re: New Chihuahua Hi, everybody. Hope I'm not being presumptuous, since I'm brand new to this forum... AND to Chihuahuas! For that matter, I'm new to all itsy-bitsy dogs. The smallest I've had previously was a Smooth Fox TERRIER (a far cry from Chihuahuas). I've had this Chihuahua mix for 8 days now. I introduced her to my dog, an Airedale Terrier, when I first went to meet her myself. Then I took him with me to visit her a couple of times before I actually brought her home. Each time it was on neutral territory. On that last visit, they were able to be in the fosters living room together (off leash, of course). Although at one point they play-bowed to each other, my Airedale swiped at her with his big ol' paw and it scared her, tho' she responded by growling from behind the foster's legs. Except for that one instance, they got along fine. I took my Airedale with me when I went to pick her up, too. They rode home together, with him in a seat restraint and her in a small crate. I carried the crate into the house and set it down in the room with us; of course, my dog was curious. Eventually, I opened the crate door, but let her decide when to come out of it. So I just left the door open so that she could run back into it for safety in case she felt threatened. My dog was loose in the room, but got bored and took a nap. After about 45 minutes, she came out very slowly. My dog walked over to her, they sniffed noses, and the rest is history. Don't know i
