{"id":20104,"date":"2015-09-08T01:45:00","date_gmt":"2015-09-08T01:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ippblogdev.frontrowdigital.com\/blogs\/uncategorized\/how-to-introduce-dogs\/"},"modified":"2026-03-30T18:11:35","modified_gmt":"2026-03-30T18:11:35","slug":"how-to-introduce-dogs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.krisers.com\/blog\/training-and-behavior\/how-to-introduce-dogs\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Successfully Introduce Dogs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span>As the 2015-2016 school year embarks, a lot of our kids are meeting new friends. The human way of meeting is pretty obvious. A look, a smile, sharing a seat on the school bus, and the rest is history. But how do you introduce your pup to another pup? Here are a few tips from one of our favorite positive reinforcement trainers, Original Dog Whisperer Paul Owens, for how to do the \u201cmeet &amp; greet hokey pokey\u201d if your pet is nervous.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Says Paul:<\/p>\n<p>Ask anyone about how to introduce dogs, and you\u2019ll probably get several people talking about meeting on neutral territory, such as taking them for a walk, and about keeping the leashes loose or having them say hello through a fence first. And the dogs not being on choke, prong or shock collars. These are all very good suggestions.<\/p>\n<p>I suggest a one-dog-at-a-time, meet-and-greet. It gives you more of a chance to collect information and monitor how they respond. Make sure you speak to the pet parent beforehand and understand how the other dog reacts in different contexts. They may not have any history of aggression while on a walk, it doesn\u2019t mean they won`t react if treats or a favorite toy suddenly appears, and it doesn\u2019t mean they won\u2019t react if\u00a0another dog comes into the picture.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s also critical to know about each dog\u2019s health. Not only do you want to keep both dogs healthy, especially puppies, but if a dog isn\u2019t feeling well, it can make even a normally friendly dog grumpy.<\/p>\n<p>I also stress these things:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>If there are any doubts or people are inexperienced, hire a professional trainer who is well-versed in canine body language. It\u2019s the subtle signals a professional can read and interpret that dramatically increases the percentages of safety and success.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Along those lines, many dogs, especially ones who are a bit unsure of things, have a two tiered communication process: the first one lasts approximately 60-90 seconds where preliminary information is exchanged \u2013 often by sniffing each other or eyeing each other warily \u2013 followed by a brief disengagement where they walk away and sniff the ground continuing communications with each other from a distance. This is followed by a second approach, where the dogs either say \u2018OK, let\u2019s play\u2019 or \u2018ok let\u2019s rumble\u2019. Or one of the dogs may turn his\/her back or cling to their human as a means of saying \u2018I want no part of you.\u2019 Watch this and adhere to what the pet wants.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Humans should be quick to interrupt any escalation in potentially dangerous situations.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>If dogs appear to be ok with one another, it\u2019s important to take their collars off or have them wear break-away collars so one dog doesn`t get his\/her jaw caught while playing.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Attention should be given to size, strength, age and exuberance of each dog so that unintentional injuries don\u2019t occur. Again, the humans should be quick to interrupt if necessary.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Got questions? Talk to your Kriser\u2019s pack member about speaking to a trainer in your region.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><span>As the 2015-2016 school year embarks, a lot of our kids are meeting new friends.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":20103,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[63],"tags":[3,5,32],"class_list":["post-20104","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-training-and-behavior","tag-dog","tag-safety","tag-training"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.krisers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20104","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.krisers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.krisers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.krisers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.krisers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20104"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.krisers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20104\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20499,"href":"https:\/\/www.krisers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20104\/revisions\/20499"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.krisers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20103"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.krisers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20104"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.krisers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20104"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.krisers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20104"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}