[AliceVanwygarden]

oh please help me guys!!!
I've got a 4 year old scottish terrier and a 3 year old chihuahua and i am about to get a 2 months old Samoyed but I'm worried about how will they behave...
what can I do to help them get along ? will they fight a lot?
I'm seriously desperate !!:shock::shock: what can I do??
Can you please give me your advice guys?

[Yogi]

One suggestion I can offer and it is something I learned years ago and still due with all my fosters as well as new dogs I keep is if you have a common shampoo that you use, before the existing dogs can see the new one try bathing it with the shampoo you use on the others. This eliminates scents that the others may notice. By dong this the existing dogs only pick up a scent common to the home and helps alleviate some of the tension. Being that it is a new and different breed may still cause some problems so best to monitor their interaction and be stern with your warnings. Try introducing the new one to the existing ones, one at a time and maybe using a barrier until they feel comfortable. Good luck.

[Riddick]

One thing I might try is to take some sort of towel and rub it all over the new dog which you want to bring into the house and then take it home and let the 2 already established dogs, smell the towel. This I think will give them the heads up to the new dog by them already knowing the scent of the new dogs.
And one real big piece of advice is that you must walk in the house without have the fear that something might go wrong.As dogs will pick this up and just do what you are hoping they wont do.
I hope these few ideas will work for you.
Please remeber to spend the same amount of time with the other dogs to.