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[quote=Anonymous]I’ve always had one rescue dog at a time. The first one was indifferent to other animals. The second one preferred the company of girls and adult women and hated other dogs. My current dog is high-energy and fun and naughty when unsupervised. He loves to go to his boarding place and seems to come away with good reports about his socializing. At the dog park he’s a jerk because since he’s a herding dog, he spends the entire time trying to convince all of the other dogs to stay in whatever corner is furthest from the gate so they can’t leave. He’s ok on walks with friends’ dogs but his energy is a lot for some of them.

How do you choose a second rescue and know that their temperaments will work together when they’re stuck in a house together? It seems like a meet-and-greet wouldn’t be enough to know if dogs can cohabitate.

Is there a method to this that anyone can recommend? Googling gives a lot of contradictory advice and limited anecdotes of success. I am mostly finding stories about dogs eating each other or having to live in separate parts of the house, and/or unlikely animal friendship stories, which are cute but unhelpful since I’m not looking for a goat or a donkey or whatever. [/quote]

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