Meet & greet
When any new dog joins an established little gang, whether that’s of two or ten or however many, they need to be introduced properly. Think of it as going in to a party where you know no-one and everyone else there knows everyone else: you need to be looked after a bit, you need to know who to trust, how to handle it - and where the drinks table is!
Here’s a snapshot of how we introduce new dogs here at HoM. It’s always the same process, whether they’ve been a hundred times or whether this is their first; and whether they’ve met all the dogs before or whether they’re complete strangers. The only thing that varies is the time we take over it - basically if there’s any sign of tension, we goooooooo nice and slowwww…