We were adopted by a roughly year old male boxer this weekend. (Official age pending his vet appointment early next week!) We've been dogless since we lost our Aussie a few months ago. Our Aussie had no desire to be an inside dog (in fact, he hated it) so our 2 cats mostly stayed inside and we had peace in the family!
"Puppy", for lack of an official name, has obviously been an inside dog and acted like he wanted inside last night. He's been wandering in our neighborhood for the better part of 2 weeks and has a pretty rough case of fleas. We flea sprayed him last night, but he wanted no part of a bath. We didn't want to force the issue, but he's getting one in the next couple of days. Once the flea issue is solved, we have to tackle the cat issue.
What is the best way to introduce the 3 of them? "Puppy" has been outside with both of them (when he first wandered up) and didn't offer to bark at or chase them so I'm taking that as a great first sign. He's extremely docile and is super friendly -- but we have no idea of his history and want the first experiences to be positive ones.
Note: A neighbor and I have tried to find his family, but no one has answered the ad in the newspaper, the online ad with our local radio station, or the ad at both vets' offices. Even though we weren't planning on adding a dog to our family right now, it was never an option to take him to the local shelter.
"Puppy", for lack of an official name, has obviously been an inside dog and acted like he wanted inside last night. He's been wandering in our neighborhood for the better part of 2 weeks and has a pretty rough case of fleas. We flea sprayed him last night, but he wanted no part of a bath. We didn't want to force the issue, but he's getting one in the next couple of days. Once the flea issue is solved, we have to tackle the cat issue.
What is the best way to introduce the 3 of them? "Puppy" has been outside with both of them (when he first wandered up) and didn't offer to bark at or chase them so I'm taking that as a great first sign. He's extremely docile and is super friendly -- but we have no idea of his history and want the first experiences to be positive ones.
Note: A neighbor and I have tried to find his family, but no one has answered the ad in the newspaper, the online ad with our local radio station, or the ad at both vets' offices. Even though we weren't planning on adding a dog to our family right now, it was never an option to take him to the local shelter.
