Quote Originally Posted by cowssaymoo1
Hello, all. We just adopted a special needs German Shepherd named Gracie. We currently have 2 8 year old female greyhounds, Dali and Charlotte. So far, there have been no fights between them. Dali and Charlotte have each growled/barked sharply only when Gracie got too close for a sniff while they were in their dog beds. Couple of quick questions, as this is all new to us.

1) Gracie came into our bedroom where the dogs sleep, and peed a little in front of our greyhounds. Is this submissive peeing? Will she eventually settle down and stop?

2) Do you have any advice about how to integrate her? She really seems to want to befriend our dogs - they've been cautious with her, but haven't interacted much.

I appreciate this so much! Any advice would be wonderful!

Amy

What is the GSD's special need? The peeing incident could just be "nerves".

Have you made an effort to introduce the dogs outside or was this the
first time your Greyhounds met the new dog?


Here's a sample of ways to introduce new dogs.

http://www.sspca.org/Dogs/IntroducingDogs.html