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In the past, my wife and I have visited our friends' house with our Golden Retriever (GR), a 5 years old neutered male. At the time, our friends did not have a dog but loved on our GR like he was their own. The GR, of course, left his scent in their house.
So our friends adopt a shelter German Sheppard (GS) a 2-3 year old spayed female. On walks, the GS has been around other dogs without an aggression problem but has never met a dog at her new home. So, after the GS has had time to adjust to her new home, the two families think it is time to introduce the two dogs.
The female German Sheppard goes aggressively after the male Golden Retriever immediately after doing a normal dog greeting. The new owners of GS jaws dropped since not once have they seen the GS be aggressive with other dogs.
After thinking about it, we think that the GR's scent is still in the house and the GS thinks the other dog is back to reclaim her new owners and house.
We now think we made a mistake in introducing them at our friends' house. We are next going to try a neutral location.
Any suggestions? Are we being rational about the scent issue? Any help that can be offered would be great. Both families visualized going visiting, camping and vacations with family, friends and with happy dogs.
So our friends adopt a shelter German Sheppard (GS) a 2-3 year old spayed female. On walks, the GS has been around other dogs without an aggression problem but has never met a dog at her new home. So, after the GS has had time to adjust to her new home, the two families think it is time to introduce the two dogs.
The female German Sheppard goes aggressively after the male Golden Retriever immediately after doing a normal dog greeting. The new owners of GS jaws dropped since not once have they seen the GS be aggressive with other dogs.
After thinking about it, we think that the GR's scent is still in the house and the GS thinks the other dog is back to reclaim her new owners and house.
We now think we made a mistake in introducing them at our friends' house. We are next going to try a neutral location.
Any suggestions? Are we being rational about the scent issue? Any help that can be offered would be great. Both families visualized going visiting, camping and vacations with family, friends and with happy dogs.