Introducing a New Dog into a Home with Other Dogs By 1999 If you want to do it properly, introducing a new dog into a home that already has another dog is not a simple task. I get emails every day and it seems that 2 or 3 a day have questions about this subject. Dogs are pack animals and the average pet owner does not have a clue about the genetic instincts that are floating under the fur of their lovable pet. Yesterday, I had a lady write me who has a serious problem. She owns 30 kinds of dogs obedience training articles dogs (she takes in strays) and keeps the majority of them as house dogs. She realizes that she has an obsessive compulsive problem and needs to do something about it. This women has created a "dog pack" and has seen some awesome dog fights. She has gone so far as to grind the eye teeth flat on the dogs so when they attack one another they don't do as much damage. Pretty gruesome for someone who claims to love dogs. She confirmed some of the facts that I learned years ago: Dogs are territorial (like wolves) They have a pack order (ranks order) working dogs obedience training articles which included a pack leader and every dog in the pack knows it's rank The worst dog fights are amount bitches (they are fierce) When fights begin dogs will gang up on the weaker or newer dog Some dogs (lower rank dogs) will turn and run at the mere sound of a fight Once attacked a dog will always be leery of meeting new dogs. Some will automatically be fighters the rest of their lives. So the goal of introducing a new dog into a family which already has other dogs comes down to "bringing another member into the family pack" without allowing dog fights. If done obedience training articles obedience training articles properly this can usually (not always) be done. The wrong way to do it is to bring a new dog into the home and allow the dogs to works it out themselves. That's like asking for Monday night wrestling in your front room. The right way to do this is with the aide of a dog crate. I will put the new dog in a dog crate in the house where the other dogs can go up and look at and smell it. If there is growling I will correct the older house dogs for showing any sign of aggression. If dog training certification obedience training articles need be, I will
