Preparing your home for your newly adopted dog
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Bringing a new dog into your family is often exciting and rewarding, however it can be just as stressful. Our main focus is to aid in a smooth transition for both you and the furry members of your family. Whether your new addition is an adoptee from a shelter, or you are integrating dogs from different households, this article is for you. 1. Scent swopping. Scent swopping: This involves the introduction of the dogs’ scents to one another in a safe and positive manner, without them physically coming into contact. We do this by rubbing a blanket or towel on each dog, alternatively, the blanket may be placed where the dogs sleep for their scent to naturally transfer over. The towel is then placed in a plastic bag to preserve the scent and transported to the other dog/s that they are expected to share their living space with. The towel is then placed in an area for the dog to naturally come across. It is important that we do not force the dogs to sniff the towel, the proc...
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