Hi again!

Just after some advice, Tomorrow my bf's brother and friend are coming to stay and are also bringing his GSD (around 10yrs), as you probably know I also have a GSD (1 yr), well my boy has met this dog before about 5 months ago and even though mine is quite boistrous (OMG sorry SP) they got on great and when this other dog got fed up with him he just gave him a quick telling off and my dog got the message. But my boy has never had another dog in his house before and I'm just wondering what the best way to go about introducing them again is? I was going to take mine outside on the lead and muzzled (just in case) to meet them before going inside, is this a good way of doing it? also if mine starts barking how should I react? should I tell him off, ignore him or something else?

Why don't you take the dogs to the park for a quick run as soon as they arrive and before the visitor comes in to the house.  Then when you get home put them in the garden for a while and then bring them indoors. 
Sally

Thanks for that Sally. But if he starts barking/growling/pulling etc whilst on the lead when the 2 dogs meet how should I react without making the situation worse?

To be honest, the best way to let them meet at the park is off lead.  You do know that they were okay before and I assume they are both generally fine with other dogs anyway.  If anything you could have one of them on a long line (not a flexi) but let it trail or keep it loose.  Old bit of washing line will do.  You need to be calm and they probably will be.  The first action I would take if you suspect that they are not going to see eye to eye is to walk briskly or run away encouraging your dog to follow you and have you bf's brother do the same in the opposite direction.

HTH
Sally

Hi Sally thx.

He normally is ok with larger dogs, a little while back (dunno if you read post) he had an inncedent with a jack russel, well without going into it all again my dog bit the jack russel. So now I keep him muzzeled and on lead when out walking as I dont want him getting in trouble or hurting anyone else. Recently If we walk past larger dogs he is ok (border collie upwards size) but any smaller dog he doesnt seem to like. So I cant let them run around off lead incase there are other dogs around and something happens.

That is a shame.  I wouldn't like to guess how he might be then if he isn't freely socialising anymore.  Maybe it would be better to just let them meet in your garden. 

Sally

Yes thats what I thought. Its a really let down because as soon as he was allowed we took him to training classes and got him to meet as many dogs as poss. So I dont know what went wrong :(

Big dog owners have this problem most of the time, little dogs almost always bark at bigger dogs, as a result the big dogs grow up thinking of little dogs as a threat/nuisence!

I never thought of it like that, i just cant understand his problem with small dogs, i thought it was because a while back at least 2 J/R's went for him but I got in the way and they got me instead, I always wondered if it was cos of that, even though they didnt actually get him, but almost every small dog that we walk past had had a go at my dog, i could be this?

Hi guys,

Zoe, I don't know if I'm coming into this a bit too late, but I would just like to point out, that just because your dog got on ok with this other older dog 5 months ago, when he was a young puppy, doesn't necessarily mean that they're going to get on now.  There is a big deal of difference between a pup and a year old dog, especially if he's entire.  If he hasn't been castrated, you may find that he's a lot more territorial about 'his' house and about guarding you.
Please don't think that I'm trying to put a downer on things, but be aware of what could happen when they meet.  I am looking after a friends dog at the moment and it has caused no end of problems in my house.  The dog, Jasper, is 3 years old and entire and my 10 month old entire pup, Kester has had a 'real' problem with him.  It was like world war 3 yesterday- no one got hurt, but if I hadn't have been on my toes, it could have all gone pretty wrong.  They are now in different rooms, with at least one door between them.  Luckily, Jasper goes back home on Sunday and everything can go back to normal.
If this had happened 3-4 months ago, there wouldn't have been the problem, but now with all the testosterone flying around, its a different matter.
Anyway, I hope it all goes ok for you and that your dog has a good play with his new friend.
Ali :)

Hi Ali.

No your not too late they will be here soon. Yes I know that it will not be the same as when they met before which is why I am asking for advice :)
Both dogs have been castrated and I'm going to be very open minded about how they will get on, I just wanted to know if anyone had any suggestions to make it a little bit more bearable.

Just an Update!

Well the visitors have been and gone, the dogs got on great, mine wanted to play a lot more than the other one but he was soon put in place once he got too much, there was no fighting so I'm very relieved. BUT me my boyfriend and his bro ended up falling out LOL. As I said before my dog can be a bit too playfull and boistrous so I always play calmer games with him and never anything rough as he gets carried away. Also I never play with him after eating due to bloat, I keep saying to the bf's bro 'can you play a bit gentler with him please' and 'please dont play with him straight after dinner as he might get bloat etc' well you would think that somebody would listen seeing as it is our house with our dog, and you would not ignore somebodies wishes if it was a child would you???? but OH NO he wanted to play and do things his way :rolleyes: so I went upstairs to check on CD's to calm down as you do :) when my bf came up, so I asked him if he could have a quiet word with his bro, so he did, but the bro just got worse, he was grabbing my dog and sarcasticly saying 'OH CANT PLAY LIKE THIS WITH YOU OR YOU MIGHT GET ILL OR BITE ME etc etc (you know like a child would do NOT A 42 YEAR OLD MAN!) WELL the next thing I knew he was coming up the stairs shouting 'THANKS FOR MAKING ME FEEL SO WELCOME!!!! I WILL BE LEAVING FIRST THING IN THE MORNING, GOODNIGHT!!!!'
So that was the end of a great weekend! Was I wrong? Should I have just kept my mouth shut?? I dont see that I should of, I have put my heart and soul into training my dog and I dont want it all going out of the window just so someone can have their fun! What do you guys think?

You weren't wrong it was your house and he was a guest, whether you told him to stand on his head the whole time bears no relevance he was still a guest and should have respected your 'rules'.
Don't beat yourself up over it thats families for ya!! :D

So glad it went well with the dogs.  Men eh?!!  Looks like you picked the right brother. ;)

A friend of mine once had her brother staying with her for a while and he was always teasing her Boxer whilst he was eating and taking bones away from him despite her best efforts to get him not to.  One day she served him his dinner and just as he picked up his cutlery she whipped the plate away and scraped his dinner into the bin.  He left the dog alone after that.
Sally

lol WISH i'D THOUGHT OF THAT :D