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  Linda August 30, 2020 at 6:28pm

  Expecting a doodle pup to our family this Thanksgiving ‘20. We have a rescue 10 year old AussieDoodle. Any advice on best ways to introduce them and manage cohabitation during first months?
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    Adina > Linda August 31, 2020 at 9:50am

    We just did this 3 weeks ago. 10 week old pup and 10 YEAR old labradoodle. It's been going great. How is your aussiedoodle with other dogs? That will probably be how s/he is with the pup. Boca is very excited about other dogs, but tends to ignore them once they have met. So she was very worked up, riled up, and greeted enthusiastically but only plays when puppy initiates and keeps bugging her. She's very calm with him...occasionally will chase him, which I stop because she's just too much bigger right now.
    
    The way I introduced was as soon as puppy got home, we let puppy sniff out and play in the yard, go potty, etc. 20 minutes or so? Then we brought Boca out, off leash, and let them meet and put Boca away if things got too rowdy. Then we managed their time together as needed. Sometimes I didn't want Boca distracting puppy so he could potty or I didn't want to supervise wrestling or I needed puppy to have time with a food toy or vice versa so they were kept behind crates/gates as needed.
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  F, Calla & Luca November 14, 2016 at 9:09pm

  Terrific!
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  Carolyn Shusterman November 14, 2016 at 8:39pm

  We have 10 dogs in our immediate family.  All are invited for holidays.  Five are Doodles.  Here is 5 waiting for dinner.

  

  
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  Danielle Carter December 1, 2015 at 8:59am

  Thanks Nancy, Ned, and Clancy! Your dogs are adorable!
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  Nancy, Charlie, and Jinkxy November 30, 2015 at 10:16am

  Congrats on your new puppy, Danielle.  My mom had Westies - what great dogs.
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  Danielle Carter November 29, 2015 at 6:33am

  Hi! I am so glad to have found this group. We have a 10 year old ( we think, he is a rescue so his exact age is not known) Westie named Dugan who has been with us for 8 years. This summer we lost his "brother" and playmate and he had withdrawn from playing and seemed down. We thought getting a puppy would be a good idea to reinvigorate him and also to grow up with our 9 month old and 5 year old human children. We brought Kallie, a f1 standard Goldendoodle home 5 weeks ago. She is now 15 weeks. It has been an interesting adjustment. Dugan has not wanted to play with his new sister, but he has tolerated her. She is always playbowing and barking at him trying to get him to play, but he ignores her (it probably is less bothersome to him then it otherwise would be because he is deaf and cannot hear her barking at him).
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  Lynda Kamrath August 14, 2015 at 7:08pm

  I took my three on a walk on the trail behind the beach today and they were great. When we were walking out, I saw a bird (dove) sitting on a post and I thought it was a sculpture.  I said, "You are so beautiful, you look real."  He turned his head and I realized he was real.  He just stayed on the post as we walked behind him.  I had the two larger doodles on pronged collars and the little one on a halter, but I usually walk them one at a time.  It worked just fine with three dogs, however.
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  Jessica, Loki, Moose, and Wilbur March 15, 2015 at 3:32pm

  Hello everyone! I will be picking up doodle number 2 on April 25th so I'm looking for lots of new tips to make the transition smooth on the new puppy and Loki. So excited to see what I can learn here and meet the new fluff ball!
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  Nancy, Charlie, and Jinkxy July 28, 2014 at 7:00pm

  Welcome and hope that rollercoaster ride is great!