Border collie, introducing help. first person to reply shall be voted as best...

[Nadine]

...answer- thankyou? i have a male collie, 2 and half years old and hes abit sheepish with other dogs if there too fussy and barks at them, but if hes off led on a field with them, hes fine.
but were thinking of getting a bitch collie, who's 6months and we want to know how to introduce them properly- so they get on. please could we have some tips and help on how to do this? thanks.

 

[BCdog]

When we introduced our Border Collie b!tch to our second dog, we took her to the place the second dog was. We rehomed our second dog (Millie) so when it was time to take go visit her we took our Border Collie (Tess) to the home Millie was in. We allowed them to approach and sniff at each other- when we felt comfortable with the introduction and felt that getting Millie would be great we took her home.

At first, Tess didn't want to associate with Millie when in her own territory and wouldn't even be in the same room as her. We left them to it and didn't force them on each other. Whenever Tess came in the room Millie was in she got praised, or whenever she played with her she got praised. We took then on walks together to build pack mentality and after around 2 weeks Tess came around. Now? they're the best of friends.

The best thing to do is take your Collie to meet the second dog on neutral ground...ground that she doesn't think is "hers". Don't force them on each other, and don't force your Collie to do something she doesn't want to do. If your comfortable with the second dog and do take her home just leave them to it, don't confine them to a room together and don't force your current dog to play, etc and take them on walks together.

 

[littlechic110]

if at all possible take them both to neutral ground...

 

[Katie.corin]

have treats at the ready its always a good idea , i have a small yorkie cross who had puppies and we also have the father of the puppies and he hated them was really not happy to be around them,
we got rid of all of them apart from one we started by having them in the same room on leads and giving them both treats then if that went well after a while giving them some food also giving the equal attention , after a few days of that we took them off the leads it was still abit tense so we just kept trying just do it slowly and they should be ok also try taking them for a walk together everything helps .

 

[Crystal Stanley]

First you need to find a neutral place for both of the dogs to meet. It's usually not a good idea for them to meet on either of the dogs territories. Male dogs can be rather territorial so with your collie being older and male he won't like it if you bring a new dog into his home that he doesn't know. So I would suggest an off leash dog park so that they can get to know and play together. But also do not let one dog stay leashed while the other is off it will create tension. They should either both be on a leash or both off. After playing together bring them home together not at separate times, and see how they react together when they both go into the house.

Another good tip is to make sure the other dog has it's own things. The new dog should have it's own bed and food dishes. The beds should also be on other sides of the room. If the dogs decide to sleep in the same spot together that's great but let them decide that. It's also never a good idea to feed them from the same dish unless they grew up together and even then it doesn't always work out well. So like there beds feed them at the same time on the opposite side of the room.

Well good luck I hope my tips can help you and you can have your new dog in the house without a lot of problems.