I am picking up my Bouvier pup tomorrow at the airport. He is from some of the strongest KNVP working lines available. We have a 7 year old Bouvier bitch with serious working lines as well. She is a very hard dog. If she could, she would work 24/7. The pup is coming from stronger better balanced work lines. Breeder recommended introducing them on neutral ground. We wont get home from the airport until night time (4 1/2 hour drive). Should I have my wife meet me with our bitch at a park 1st? How much time should be allowed for this meeting?

I really want to do things right. I have already given this a lot of thought and now at the last minute am trying to make sure I dont miss anything.

Any other advice for the 1st few days would be appreciated as well.

Tony Longworth

 Quote: Tony Longworth

I am picking up my Bouvier pup tomorrow at the airport. He is from some of the strongest KNVP working lines available. We have a 7 year old Bouvier bitch with serious working lines as well. She is a very hard dog. If she could, she would work 24/7. The pup is coming from stronger better balanced work lines. Breeder recommended introducing them on neutral ground. We wont get home from the airport until night time (4 1/2 hour drive). Should I have my wife meet me with our bitch at a park 1st? How much time should be allowed for this meeting?

I really want to do things right. I have already given this a lot of thought and now at the last minute am trying to make sure I dont miss anything.

Any other advice for the 1st few days would be appreciated as well.

Tony Longworth

Have you read Ed's article on introducing a new dog to a home that already has dogs?

BTW, last minute is right. No offense meant, but this is way too last-minute. You will get frank advice here.

I second Connie's suggestion. Ed's article has very sound advice. It can be found right Here

For starters until you can read it, bringing puppy home does not mean immediate introductions are necessary (or smart) Read the article- you'll be happy you did

 Quote: Tony Longworth

I am picking up my Bouvier pup tomorrow at the airport. He is from some of the strongest KNVP working lines available. We have a 7 year old Bouvier bitch with serious working lines as well. She is a very hard dog. If she could, she would work 24/7. The pup is coming from stronger better balanced work lines. Breeder recommended introducing them on neutral ground. We wont get home from the airport until night time (4 1/2 hour drive). Should I have my wife meet me with our bitch at a park 1st? How much time should be allowed for this meeting?

I really want to do things right. I have already given this a lot of thought and now at the last minute am trying to make sure I dont miss anything.

Any other advice for the 1st few days would be appreciated as well.

Tony Longworth

SERIOUSLY?!! If you have so little experience that you don't know what to do & at this late date with 2 so-called serious dogs going to be in the same house...,frankiy, you have no business bringing a 2nd dog into the house...let alone putting a puppy's wellbeing at risk in doing so.

All the above!

Congrats on the new addition. I hope you will post photos and give updates.

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SERIOUSLY?!! If you have so little experience that you don't know what to do & at this late date with 2 so-called serious dogs going to be in the same house...,frankiy, you have no business bringing a 2nd dog into the house...let alone putting a puppy's wellbeing at risk in doing so.

Kinda my first thought as well....


"strongest KNVP working lines available"... "bitch with serious working lines"... "very hard dog"... "pup is coming from stronger better balanced work lines" All of this makes me nervous. I don't know you, and don't know your real level of experience, but you question is a pretty basic, pet owner type of question, not an experienced working dog handler question...

What are your plans with this new dog?

And BTW, getting a new puppy is always exciting! I am sure you are over the moon and super excited!

Ok, if you read my 1st post at face value, nowhere does it say I am new to this. I said I was looking for some additional last minute information to make sure I had not missed anything. There are many ways to get things done. After re reading my post I can see how it would be possible for one interpretation to be I am totally new to this. I have raised a couple of working dogs and was a K-9 Handler for a number of years. Its not my 1st rodeo. I suppose I should have communicated differently. Maybe something like " Though I am very experienced and have successfully trained many dogs for many duties, is there any NEW theories or methods for introducing a puppy into a working dog home?" Sheesh.

I introduced the pup as I have in the past. It went fine.

I mean hell, those that have know Ed for a long time would have never in a million years thought he would get on board with marker training. I have even heard and read that it surprised Ed himself. I was just looking for input. I dont know everything about training. I will ask direct questions in the future instead of trying to provoke dialog.

Sorry.

So I will do better in communicating.

Tony

Glad that you updated us.....you had a number of us folks, that have been here a long while, with our teeth on edge.

So many people come here with your kind of OP ....only to post a month or so later with horror stories about how their pup got torn up etc etc. That since we advocate more for the dogs then the humans, :-)....we tend to jump all over this kind of thing to try to keep the dogs, especially pups safe.

I will only suggest that the pup have limited time with the adult dog so as to keep his focus on you as the primary fun thing in his life & not get doggy.

Hope all goes well with the new pup. Keep up updated & we LOVE puppy pix. :-)

P.S. Marker training is the best for sure. And yes, you can teach old dogs, like Ed & others, new tricks. LOL

Tony, thanks for explaining that!
I'm another one of those "old dogs" Anne is talking about. I've used most every method out there and the one thing I can say about the past 8-10 yrs with marker training is that it was a HUGE epiphany for me.
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