It used to be a lot easier when Recon was young, I had Sir and Frag.
Now that Recon is older and pickier, and Patton has matured (and been attacked a lot as a puppy...) it's a little less easy, but still manageable.
Little dogs, puppies, most females there is no problem from Patton. Adult males need a walk about outside first, then yard time, then house. If I just let them inside, Patton would be pissy and it's completely correctable, but if the new male isn't submissive, they'd fight for sure. I have a friend with a golden who just walked in and Patton was nasty 3 or 4 times when they came into contact, but stopped when I told him to, and the golden acted like nothing was happening, so there was no trouble, then they got along fine. If we had walked around the block once there would have been no issue.
Little dogs, puppies, and any calm adults there is no problem from Recon. If it's an in his face type adult he will correct them harshly inside. If they don't listen he gets pissy, so I manage those interactions well. Once they're redirected enough and know to leave him alone everything is fine. Outside he's pretty good with most dogs. He'll freeze if a dog rushes him, but I can introduce dogs in the yard just fine. He acts like they don't exist.
Frag is fine with absolutely anything, so when he is here he's the first dog everyone meets.
So basically, calm dogs, littles or pups just get plopped down into the crowd. Others get a walk or yard time before coming into the house, and so far the only blood drawn has been my ex's jerk dog on Patton, so I'd say I'm doing alright... sometimes we have up to 7 dogs in the house co-existing fine with different levels of management.
Now that Recon is older and pickier, and Patton has matured (and been attacked a lot as a puppy...) it's a little less easy, but still manageable.
Little dogs, puppies, most females there is no problem from Patton. Adult males need a walk about outside first, then yard time, then house. If I just let them inside, Patton would be pissy and it's completely correctable, but if the new male isn't submissive, they'd fight for sure. I have a friend with a golden who just walked in and Patton was nasty 3 or 4 times when they came into contact, but stopped when I told him to, and the golden acted like nothing was happening, so there was no trouble, then they got along fine. If we had walked around the block once there would have been no issue.
Little dogs, puppies, and any calm adults there is no problem from Recon. If it's an in his face type adult he will correct them harshly inside. If they don't listen he gets pissy, so I manage those interactions well. Once they're redirected enough and know to leave him alone everything is fine. Outside he's pretty good with most dogs. He'll freeze if a dog rushes him, but I can introduce dogs in the yard just fine. He acts like they don't exist.
Frag is fine with absolutely anything, so when he is here he's the first dog everyone meets.
So basically, calm dogs, littles or pups just get plopped down into the crowd. Others get a walk or yard time before coming into the house, and so far the only blood drawn has been my ex's jerk dog on Patton, so I'd say I'm doing alright... sometimes we have up to 7 dogs in the house co-existing fine with different levels of management.
