Our experience with introducing a new puppy with an adult was at about 15 months old. We were advised to have them meet at a neutral spot. In this case it was my office at work. Per our advice we introduced them upon the puppy's arrival and took them home in separate cars. This seemed to work ok with little if any animosity.
With best regards,
Norm and Chris Littig
Ebony, Zorro, and (honory doxie) Meika Meow
Chris Wrote:
I was curious, we are going to get a dachshund pup in 6 weeks, he is 2 weeks old right now, but I work at home and was wondering if any of you out there have any advice on what to do with the puppy during the day. It is not like I need 8 hours of seclusion but there are some times in the day when it would be necessary. It is important to keep a professional impression here and was concerned about whining or loud noises.
Any advice or comments would be greatly appreciated.
Hi Chris,
You will probably find that your new puppy's day will be punctuated by a lot of sleeping in the first weeks in his new home. Short stints of being awake, playing and eating, will be followed by napping, without a doubt. I feel the best thing for you to plan to try to do, if at all possible in your work schedule, is to remain flexible. If you can make good use of the time that he is sleeping, and then try to be available to him when he is awake, that would be terrific. I don't think you will need to be concerned about noise from him, unless he is left alone for inordinately long periods of time and cries or barks out of loneliness.
You really have a good situation with working at home if your schedule allows you to make your presence known to him on and off throughout your day. You may find this is just enough to keep him from getting lonely, even if you are in another part of the house. He will come to expect your little visits to be taken outside, played with, etc. Being able to stay under the same roof with him, you are already miles ahead of so many others who have to leave their new puppies alone for hours at a time to go out of their homes to work. Good luck!
Barbara and little Chloe