Adopting a second dog.. advice? So we're rescuing a second dog. Our first dog, Max is a rambunctious 2 year old Shepard/pit mix. He is all around a very good dog (after TONS of training) but doesn't have any real issues. He's not protective of anything, he LOVES dogs, not aggressive at all.
Today we had a meet and greet with a rescue dog, snow, a terrier/pit mix. Snow was a super sweet loving dog. I met her earlier in the day without anyone and we had an instant bond. I took my husband and max to meet her after. She loved my husband.
Here's the thing- her and max did ok. They let each other sniff each other, they were both super ok with myself or my husband petting the other one. Max tried to be an alpha (he's totally not but pretends to be) and she was not happy. She snipped at him and he backed off. Then he did it again. Again she wasn't happy and showed her teeth. Max was un phased as per usual (he's kinda.. special). But sometimes when max plays he growls and he was doing it when attempting to play with snow and the adoption counselor was a little put off by it. I'm a little nervous about the meet just because she was really upset when max tried to put his paws on her back. We have another meet tomorrow with everyone plus our son.
My question is.. what is a bad first meet? Was this one? And if it wasn't and we move forward how should go about getting them to be friends and happy together?
Submitted March 02, 2018 at 05:00PM by emkat92
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