This is a question for Mr Frawley and/or anyone with experience on the subject - this relates both to dogs living together and to dominance issues. I have a 3-year old male American Akita, fairly large but not enormous. It is definitely well-established that I am the "pack leader" and he is submissive to me. Although he is an absolute sweetheart with humans, he can definitely be aggressive towards other male dogs of any size or type. At times he has been accepting of other male dogs but just as frequently he aggressively goes after them; in all cases he definitely tries to establish dominance. In a month I will be moving to stay with my father, who owns a medium-sized dog, a German Shephard and Golden Retriever mix. My father has a large backyard, which of course can be considered the domain of my father´s dog. Since my dog and I will be staying with my father for about two months, what is the best way to 1) introduce my Akita to the new home and dog without major friction 2) teach them to live in peaceful coexistance ? Is it possible that they will be friends and play? Any advice is much appreciated.

Seth, I am not qualified to give any advice, but just wanted to be sure that you had read Ed's free E-article...
here's the link:

http://www.leerburg.com/pdf/introducingdogs.pdf

Seth, since you will only be living at your father's for 2 months, why would you want to do anything but keep the dogs seperated? If your dog is aggressive towards other males, and your father's dog is a male, why don't you just keep them seperated for the 2 months you will be living there? How old is your father's dog?

Lynn - I had read this article previously, but I just re-read it and soaked up a lot more stuff - thanks!

Janice - you are right about the separation - it seems to be the easiest and most logical way. My dog was crate-trained as a pup, although he has not experienced one for some time now, but I am going to re-train him in this way. However, my dad´s dog is not crate-trained (he is also about 3 yrs, by the way.) I can deal with the yard situation but I think the night in-house situation will be more complicated. Anyway, thanks for the tip!

Lynn - I had read this article previously, but I just re-read it and soaked up a lot more stuff - thanks!

Janice - you are right about the separation - it seems to be the easiest and most logical way. My dog was crate-trained as a pup, although he has not experienced one for some time now, but I am going to re-train him in this way. However, my dad´s dog is not crate-trained (he is also about 3 yrs, by the way.) I can deal with the yard situation but I think the night in-house situation will be more complicated. Anyway, thanks for the tip!