Hi guys! I normally lurk in the Corgis thread, but the lovely ladies over there directed me to this part of the board for my particular problem.
Here's my sweet girl Coral, who is 7 years old:
My boyfriend and I are planning to rent a house and move in together soon. Upsides: living together! We are both corgi lovers! And we both own corgis! His is an older gentleman (10 years old now) Pembroke Welsh corgi named Toby. This is the two of them looking utterly adorable together:
Downsides: While they both get along famously on 'neutral' territory, Toby, having been in a single-dog household for the last few years of his life, seems to be jealously possessive of what he perceives to be 'his' ground when it comes to other dogs. When we have walked them together near my boyfriend's place, they have been sweet and well behaved. However, if I bring Coral into my bf's house, especially the back porch and garden when Toby is around, Toby will start to aggressively herd Coral and have brief (but quite scary) fights with her, and since she is normally so placid, she's quite easily dominated.
My BF and I think that since we are moving into a new house for both dogs that it'll be a chance for them to re-establish their own friendship on neutral territory (especially since they are fine elsewhere), but we have no idea how to go about making sure how to keep the peace. His idea was that we introduce Coral first, and then Toby after a week or so, so that he behaves on 'her' ground, but he's a very boisterous dog! Do you think that this is doable, or would we have to get a professional involved? And who would be best to contact in Melbourne to help us out with this?
