Seperating Older Dogs And Pup

[huski]

Hey everyone!

Only four more days till my baby beagle comes home! YAY. Anyway we have been trying to get organised for when Daisy gets home, and we have been thinking about where we are going to put her when we go out. We do not want to leave her with the older dogs until she is used to them and a bit bigger. Luckily we are all on holidays and I will not be going back to uni until end of Feb, so Daisy will not be left alone for a long period of time at all, probably no longer than an hour at a time.

We have a big wrap around deck - one part is older and one part is a new extension that leads into the backyard, so they are easily seperated. They are both enclosed and undercover and very clean etc. We are thinking of leaving the pup on the old part of the deck and the older dogs on the new part so they have access to the backyard. Would it be okay for them to be able to see the puppy but not be able to access her? Or should we make it so they can't see her, but will obviously still know she is there through smell etc? We can't leave her directly inside as our house is open plan and we don't have a laundry, our breeder also recommended she is put outside when we aren't home as Beagles can be quite destructive. This set up will not be a permanant thing and it will not be often that someone isn't home. We just don't want to leave the new pup with the older dogs until she is more used to them. We are also wanted to be really prepared in case we do have to go out for some reason (although as I said I doubt she will be left alone at home for at least the first week or so).

Daisy will be really used to the part of the deck she will be staying on too. We will open the back doors when we are home so she has constant access to it. I just want to know if we should let the older dogs see her or if we should completely block them off?

[BeeB]

I plan on leaving my new pup in a playpen in the living room when Im not home, Rocky will be able to see/smell/touch her through the sides but wont be able to accidentally hurt her. Hes not really fussy about other dogs, just long as there isnt any food in there he wants to get to he will probably just leave her alone

[Akitaowner]

i would see how they go with the introductions - youll be able to tell a lot more from how they behave if they should be able to see each other etc - might be more distressing if they can or cant?? maybe a crate on the deck to start with so pup gets used to crate and then crate could be moved to where older dogs are but not full access - or even a playpen??

just ideas....