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It’s Been a Three Dog House

Sunday I posted a photo of our daughter’s dog, Beau in my You Make Me Smile feature. Our daughter and Beau stayed with us this past week.   I admit I was nervous about Beau coming as the last time he was here, when he was just a puppy, the dogs hated him.

We started it out slowly. The first time Beau came over, he was outside in the yard, while Sampson and Delilah were inside. They never saw each other, in fact, I’m not sure if any of them knew the other(s) were there.

The second time Beau came over was when Delilah saw him through the glass door, but was really cool about it.

The next time Beau was over both Sampson and Delilah watched him from the little balcony. Our daughter took him out of the car, walked him up and down the street, put him back in the car and the dogs simply stayed and watched. (Which was amazing in itself, since they feel it’s their duty to let any dog on the street know that they are in fact, watching it.)

Then came the big day. We asked our daughter to meet us up at the park. Delilah and I started walking in, while Hubby and our daughter let Sampson and Beau get reacquainted.  Delilah and I slowed so our daughter and Beau could walk with us. Side by side we walked into the park.

You snort a lot. Did anyone ever tell you that?

When we got to the field, we let the dogs leashes drop and let them explore and run around. Beau was interested in Sampson and Delilah, but neither one of them was interested in Beau.

After a few minutes we headed back to the house and Beau came inside with us.

Beau found the toy box and promptly fell in love with the rubber chicken.

Delilah wasn’t thrilled and climbed right into Daddy’s lap for comfort.

Sampson just went downstairs to hang with Grandma.

We told our daughter, the only thing we will ask is you remove Beau from the room when we feed the dogs, because Delilah can be possessive of her food, and we weren’t really sure how she’d react with another dog close by.

Here’s how that first day went:

Beau kept approaching Sampson and Delilah, but neither of them wanted anything to do with him. After Sampson went downstairs Delilah and I went into our room, put a little music on and chilled.

Beau ventured into our room. Delilah growled and let him know, this was our safe place. I got up and escorted him out.

After a while Delilah got up and went out into the living room.

The next thing I heard was a whole lot of barking/growling/snarking, then some yelling.  Then I heard Hubby say, “Come here pretty” and he led Delilah into the room.

She wasn’t shaken up per say, but she was happy to climb on the bed with me and get some loving. When I touched her neck it was soaking wet and I was afraid to pull my hand away because I was afraid it would be blood.

I was never more happy to have a drool covered hand in my life.

I wasn’t in the room so I can only relay what was told to me. And depending upon who you speak with, will depend upon which dog was at fault.

They both however agreed upon this. Our daughter sat down to eat her food and Delilah of course was glued to her side at the table. Beau came up behind Delilah, presumably to get some food (our daughter feeds him bits from her meal) and Delilah went after him.

Whether it was because Delilah was letting him know who was top dog when it came to food or whether it was because he came up behind her (which she absolutely hates) I really don’t know. All I know is dogs snarky at each other is pretty loud and scary. Thankfully neither of them was injured. (Although my daughter did say she found what appeared to be a bite mark behind Beau’s ear a few days later. He had however just spent a month with a rambunctious little Newfoundland puppy (can you really call a Newfie ‘little”?) so I’m guessing he could have had some marks from that.)

For the most part, that is the worst of the issues. My guys never really warmed up to him even though he did keep trying. There were also a couple of times when Sampson snarled at him because he came near him, but mostly my guys did their very best to avoid him at all costs.

Our daughter moved to her own place yesterday and I’m not sure how Beau did, but I can tell you Sampson and Delilah were quite happy.

There was some of this going on.

And a whole lot of squeaking of this guy.

How do your dogs do when other people visit with their dogs?