How do you get another dog use to another dog?

Question

I have two dogs and we just got another one but the one we just got is scared of the two I already had . So how do I help her so she won't be scared . She is afraid of the other dogs.

Answer 1

Little by little. Try holding her and allowing her sniff the rear of the other dogs, this is how dogs "get to know each other". Limit exposure time so you don't stress her out. But also show her that the other dogs are okay to accept by loving on the other dogs in front of her as well. Don't leave them unsupervised until you are SURE that all of the dogs accept one another.

Answer 2

I have 4 dogs, and recently we just introduced the fourth one, which was an 8 week old puppy. But my third dog was an adult on introduction to the pack! Dogs are very capable of handiling themselves. People generally try and baby our dogs a bit too much. What I did when I introduced the puppy and adult is I had just one of the older dogs (dog #1) and the new one meet, gave them an hour or so to become comfortable with eachother and then introduced the new dog to dog #2 and removed dog number 1#. And so on and so on until the new dog has met every one of the other dogs. By having a new dog meet all the already present dogs in the household, you could accidently end up with a gang up on the new dog. It's just natural. And here are a couple tips to help you in the process -

#1 - calm down and don't worry. The new dog may cower and hide a bit.. no big deal, just as long as no teeth are exposed, everything is fine.
#2 - if things start to get uncomfortable, take a break and give the new dog space and time to calm back down.. seperate the new dog. Never remove the old dog, remove the new dog. You don't want the old dog to feel threatened.
#3 - feed the new dog seperate and pet the new dog seperate away from the old dogs, keep jealousy to a zero level!

everything should go smoothly! Just let them be dogs!

Answer 3

Give her some time and space literally. Give one room of the house to her and try to get her and one at a time the other dogs out to an off leash park to play.

That said not all dogs get along with each other. They are like people sometimes they just don't mesh. Give it some time though and odds are she will find her place in the family. Don't interfere with the dogs working things out on their own unless they are causing her physical injury.

Answer 4

When I got my dog she was petrified of my other dog. Letting them spend supervised time together is the best way for them to get used to one another. I made the mistake of carrying my puppy around when the older one was pestering her though. Don't do this. It causes confusion for all the dogs. The new puppy will think she is dominant and this could cause a riff. Good luck and make sure you love on them all equally.

Answer 5

take them all on a long walk together. don't allow sniffing or the scared dog to pull behind. have all 3 dogs walking at the same pace either next to or behind you. once you're home let them interact. all of them will be too tired to dominate or be afraid. take them on this long walk at least twice a day for several days. when you're home encourage them to do things together, but nothing that could result in one dog trying to be dominant over the new dog. such as playing ball or tug of war. this could intimidate the new dog further. enroll your new dog in a training class. this will help build the dog's confidence, and not be so scared. plus it will help you bond better with the dog and teach her you are leader and to be respected and listened to. and the trainer will be able to give you ideas on how to get all of your dogs to bond. good luck. be patient and consistent is all you can do.

Answer 6

Introductions like this are best "away from home" because of the dogs you already have there. It may not be too late to take them to a park or somewhere else where they can get to know each other.

Answer 7

let them sniff to each other then let them be close together.