Re: the multi dog adjustment HELP for Peggy

[Leigh Stoller <stoller@cs.utah.edu>]

Hi Peggy and All,
	We have two dogs and would be willing to share any info we have that
will help.  I second Yanna's comments on letting us know your
concerns.  Not sure if our dog experience will help, but it is worth a
shot.  

Leigh and Renee

Yanna Jorni wrote:
> 
> Hi Peggy,
> 
> Can you give me some idea of what exactly is going on between Katie &
> AmEx?  How long have they been together (exact ages, etc...)  What kinds
> of issues are concerning you?
> 
> Rick and I merged his family of 3 goldens (at the time) and my 2 golden
> kids together 4 years ago... so we've pretty much seen it all.  :-)  I'm
> cc'ing Rick on this note, as he is much more "behavior savvy" than I am.
> 
> Feel free to respond privately (unless the list would find this topic
> interesting)... and others might have some ideas for you as well.
> 
> Yanna
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-brierpups@fast.cs.utah.edu
> [mailto:owner-brierpups@fast.cs.utah.edu] On Behalf Of Gina Heitz
> Sent: Monday, July 08, 2002 8:47 AM
> To: brierpups@fast.cs.utah.edu
> Subject: the multi dog adjustment HELP for Peggy
> 
> Hi All,
> 
> I need some help here from those of you who have multiple dogs.  Well I
> don't but Peggy does...  Peggy has Katie from the Casino litter and she
> also adopted our AmEx about 3 weeks ago.  AmEx has two missing teeth and
> 
> with that we can not show him or breed him.  Judy and I felt it was best
> 
> for AmEx to move on and Peggy was wanting another dog for a play mate
> for
> Katie.  Katie is a fairly quiet dog like so many of you have told me
> about
> your Sprite and Gidget kids and as I have also observed myself with
> these
> babies... Katie is well socialized, she goes to day care has for ever
> and
> gets along well with all dogs.  AmEx is mellow but in my opinion more up
> 
> more animated in general than the Casino kids, he too is well socialized
> 
> and has always been very playful here and at Judy's, so we are a bit
> stumped.  I personally think that there has not been enough time passage
> 
> for adjustment but Peggy has some concerns, I am going to ask Peggy to
> take
> it from here and it's my hopes that others can give her some insights
> and
> encouragement though your own experiences.  It's not a matter of fights
> or
> aggression, both dogs are very sweet.
> 
> Yanna you might have some pearls of wisdom to share after merging two
> households of dogs?
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Gina