ChinnieShop
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Hello Everyone,
We adopted an 8 month old Pit Bull Terrier from the shelter a few weeks ago. She is crazy and young and active and fun, but I have been keeping my chins in my sons room for now. The dog did not know we had chins for a long time, but she can hear them sometimes in the room and starts barking. Well my question is, how do I introduce them to each other. I do not plan to ever have them out together, but I would like to have our chinnies back in the living room, since they like watching TV and hanging out by the fireplace with us. So our dog hangs out in the living room. How can I have them together without either one going crazy.
I did try this about a week or so ago. I was holding our dog and had plenty of snacks, and made sure she was calm and tired. We wheeled in our cage slowly and put them on the opposite side of the room. The do right away wanted to go over there, and would start crying, but it did not seem she wanted to be friends, I would rub her belly and give her snacks and just talk to her calmly, but she was lazered in on the chins.
I have heard that my breed of dogs have the prey drive in them, so I am not sure if this will ever be possible where we can all hang out in the room again. Anyone who has suggestions I would greatly appreciate them
P.S. While we were purchasing our house, we were staying with some friends while waiting on the paperwork to finalize. They had kittens, and at times they would sneek in the room with the chinnies; they were more curious than anything, by my Nanuk (female) chin, would bite them every chance she could when they would stick there face next to the cage. She would literally try and reach for them to try and beat them up. As far as when they were out with the dog, the chins seemed to careless about him, the dog on the other hand was very interested in them.
Thanks.
We adopted an 8 month old Pit Bull Terrier from the shelter a few weeks ago. She is crazy and young and active and fun, but I have been keeping my chins in my sons room for now. The dog did not know we had chins for a long time, but she can hear them sometimes in the room and starts barking. Well my question is, how do I introduce them to each other. I do not plan to ever have them out together, but I would like to have our chinnies back in the living room, since they like watching TV and hanging out by the fireplace with us. So our dog hangs out in the living room. How can I have them together without either one going crazy.
I did try this about a week or so ago. I was holding our dog and had plenty of snacks, and made sure she was calm and tired. We wheeled in our cage slowly and put them on the opposite side of the room. The do right away wanted to go over there, and would start crying, but it did not seem she wanted to be friends, I would rub her belly and give her snacks and just talk to her calmly, but she was lazered in on the chins.
I have heard that my breed of dogs have the prey drive in them, so I am not sure if this will ever be possible where we can all hang out in the room again. Anyone who has suggestions I would greatly appreciate them
P.S. While we were purchasing our house, we were staying with some friends while waiting on the paperwork to finalize. They had kittens, and at times they would sneek in the room with the chinnies; they were more curious than anything, by my Nanuk (female) chin, would bite them every chance she could when they would stick there face next to the cage. She would literally try and reach for them to try and beat them up. As far as when they were out with the dog, the chins seemed to careless about him, the dog on the other hand was very interested in them.
Thanks.