I need help with this. I posted a thread two days ago about how we are going to try to get another dog. Try, because Mandy is VERY protective of Nova and can be dominant. Most of the time she is ok with female dogs, and she is always good with small dogs. In August my grandparents evacuated from a hurricane and brought their Shih Tzu with them. She was a female and we had no problems with her loose in the house because she didn't bother Mandy at all. What was wierd was that Lady (the Shih Tzu) was also dominant. We have NEVER had this happen with Mandy so there was MUCH praise and treats given out that week!

Anyway, the dog we will be getting is a Lab so she is much larger, but we have fate working towards us in that she is submissive and a female.

I have a few ideas to introduce them, and I will most likely do what we did with Lady, which was not to introduce them the first day, but let them sniff eachother out, and then introduce them for short periods of time after that. But, if you guys have had any experience in this area then by all means let me know what you did!

The last time we introduced Mandy to a dog it was also a Lab, but he was much larger. She got along with him until Nova came outside, then she wanted to rip him to shreds. I'm *hoping* it was because he was male.

Even if you don't have any advice, please wish us luck! I would *really* like to give this nice rescue dog a home!