I took a puppy back from a home I sold her to. She went to them when she was about 16 weeks old. Very socialized, leash trained, crate trained etc.... They had an older female bulldog in their home...

After a few months I got an email asking for some help with fights in their house. apparently added a male bulldog (young adult or older) and were fine for a while and than started periodically getting in fights. I gave them advice on looking for warning signs of impending fight and stopping the behavior before it starts...(they live four hours away otherwise i would of started going over there) After a while i get another email saying they have to give her up. The husband came out of cancer remission and couldnt deal with them fighting. They thought it best if she was rehomed with someone who would have a better living situation. I picked the dog up the next day...


Brought her home and introduced her to our pack of 6. SHe grew up with all of these dogs but one. Initial reaction from her was slightly tense but not aggressive. after a while my pack ignored her and she was released in our small yard with them to play. Everyone was great for a while.. she started wrestling around with her brother whom I still have. and was on top of him and they were mouthing.. all of a sudden she snapped and started a fighting. The second I said HEY she jumped off sat and looked at me. We had an issue once more with her in our home when one dog jumped off the bed and hit her. She snapped and went after her. I corrected it firmly and immedietly.. we are now nearly a month with no issues with her at all. They share toys, bones, no food aggression with other dogs or people. She seems to be a great dog...

She has been here a month and a half. She had a new home as of a month ago that is accross the country. I am planning on being very close for christmas and will hand deliver the dog to meet the new home. New home has a 5 year old boxer neutered male and a 3 year old chihuahua neutered male.

We are transporting two dogs with us a mix and a boxer. Both calm submissive dogs. This is my question. She immedietly tried to attack both dogs. I was working with her learning to introduce to dogs for her new home. She seems to have no skills in dog introduction.. how to sniff etc etc. she gives no warning of the attack. No bristles up... doesnt get tense.. doesnt growl.. NOTHING.. just immedietly goes after the other dog. I called and talked with the previous owner asking for fight history etc.. and find out that not only was she not getting along witht he bulldog.. but they WERE taking her to a dog park daily as a young puppy She had been attacked by three different dogs there on three different occasions and than started being more careful about other dogs that were there when they went.. this is when she started attacking other dogs and they had to stop going.. the bulldog was added after this and apparently it was not always her who would start the fights...

ARGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH. Such stupid mistakes that now this dog has to deal with forever. Her new home is an AMAZING home.. woman stays at home and dogs are crated when she goes out to run errands etc. They live on 27 acres in the country and she has had dogs her whole life. I want to make sure that this home works out for her and want to put together a program to properly introduce her into the home and need advice.

My current thought on approach is.. to visit the home and ask her to put her dogs up when we arrive. I want Bindi to get used to the home and meet the new owner..

I than want to put Bindi up and meet her dogs and see what kind of control she has on them and what type of personalities they have. Depending on personalities the dogs show.. i'd like to take each dog on a walk with bindi and see how they react to her under my control on separate sides..

depending on how all of this works out and temperments etc.. I may introduce them with the sniffing etc. My guess is I'll need to leave a plan with her.
keeping dogs separate and giving bindi time to bond with her as a leader before we do this using crates.

after a few days of them getting used to each other and her she might try a fence meeting...

and when we are ready to officially introduce I would plan on driving back down there to supervise (she lives about 1.5 hours from where I'm staying)

I want to do this right and have this home work out. She deserves it.


does anyone have any suggestions or comments?

yes i have. and i agree with pretty much everything he has said but everything is a case by case basis... and in my experience it depends a lot on the owner and temperments of their dogs. I am a very experienced dog person. I have never had what i would consider fights in my home. My dogs are reminded often that I am alpha when they do something i do not deem appropriate. I have 7 dogs 5 of which are intact.. two males three females and I have no issues. Not with toys... food.. bones etc. never have and i for a fact can say that I never will. My dogs have structure.. cages.. boundaries and I do all the right things. I can honestly trust Bindi (the dog in question) 100 % in my home. I know that these issues stem from her experience at this pervious home and not from her breeding as I bred her and did all the right things there.. health testing.. temperment testing etc etc. Which is probably why she isnt worse than she is.

I really do think this can work out if done correctly. and I do know that a lot of it will depend on the new owners personality and the temperments of her dogs. I cannot access that until i meet them. If i dont think it will work out i have no issues leaving and finding a single dog home for her.

the new owner is aware of all these issues and feels pretty confident it will not be an issue either. however i dont think we or I will know until I'm there and see the situation.

after these two transports being in my home for two days (we leave saturday) she is already fine with the one dog and they have been out an playing together with no issues. all supervised. She seems to relax and calm down after she feels safe. The other dog I have had two sessions with her thus far with a dominant dog type collar and initially she tried to attack and I choked her up and she hasnt tried since. has layed down next to her.. let her walk around her and touch her... and has been sniffing. I really do believe she will be fine if it is done correctly and wanted some advice or input from others on anything to do step wise for her new home

Sorry I didn't delete my post before you replied instead of at the same time .... I should explain that Crystal's reply "yes I have" was to my question about reading Ed's intro article.

I also said that the dog should go to a home with no animals unless this adoptive prospect aware that the dogs may have to be separated.




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I deleted because I knew I was too rushed right now to follow up and that several knowledgeable folks were online and still are.

connie i thought i was crazy! lol. Thanks. I didnt know what happened to the previous post.

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connie i thought i was crazy! lol. Thanks. I didnt know what happened to the previous post.

What previous post?






JK.

well just wanted to update.. spent 6 hours with the new home on dropoff day.. bindi snapped once.. than was over it... and the main issue we actually had was from the womans boxer she didnt like Bindi playing with her toy. She has been there a week and no issues and the woman was very great with keeping an eye out for warning signs just in case.

Toys out with two dogs? This would be something I'd be careful to warn about clearly, all dogs, any dogs: no chewies and no toys with more than one loose dog.


JMO!

i know i just wanted to make sure we covered every situation before i left. I think it really paid off. The new owner felt way more comfortable dealing with her dogs after i left and bindi had been exposed to several situations while i was there that she would likely deal with later. Its been over a month now and things are going great