Hi -- I only have a few more days to resolve this issue, any advice would be appreciated....we have two male GSD, four and ten. They are house dogs, they get along well, the 4 yr old is dominant.....two weeks ago we adopted a beautiful 1 yr old female GSD. She is very sweet, doesn't mind handling, quiet in her crate, very very nice dog. She completed her first heat cycle shortly before we brought her home. We plan to have her spayed. The first day we introduced the dogs and our 4 yr old (who is neutrered) tried to mount her, just for a second or two. We seperated them, and since then have not let the dogs in the yard together. That was clearly our naive fault. For the next few days she barked aggressively whenever the 4 yr old was in view. Now she does not do this, and in fact we can walk them side by side on leash with no problems -- no lunging, no gorwling, othing. The male pays no attention to her at all, and she is way more interested in the possibility of a treat. Yesterday I walked both of them myself with no problem, one leash in each hand.............. ALSO - she gets along fine with the older male -- no problem at all. OK -- the thing is, I work at home, our dogs have great lives, but we are not equipped to keep these dogs seperated all the time. I just don't have the energy for it. If we are returning her to the woman we got her from - who has another family ready to take her -- we have to do it on Tuesday after Labor Day. I do not want to fail this dog! Is it a reasonable idea at this point to try them in our (big) yard together, perhaps on long lines? If they don't fight we can keep her. I hate to see her go through the stress of yet another move. And we like her very much. For all I know there is no reason to think they will fight at this point and its just us being overly-cautions. Any advice? Please.I will check for replies all weekend! Thanks -- Michael

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