“Happily, apparently no one tried to ‘force her on them’ since their reaction could’ve been much less ‘polite’.”
We knew to leave it up to the dogs unless it got out of hand. The Shepherds are really big and Prissy was a little mop on the floor. Both of the owners of the big dogs held Prissy on their laps and had fun with her. Their dogs probably felt like their owners were traitors to love on Prissy.
Prissy loves everyone. She is my guard dog - barks and runs to my chair if she sees or hears anything outside.
Right now she’s asleep on my recliner with me. She is a precious companion.
I've seen people try to -force- dogs into accepting each other and it never turns out well.
If you leave them be, they'll work it out on their own, 99% of the time.
If Prissy were there with them constantly, eventually they'd give her a place in the pack.
They must be very good dogs to be so patient and polite.
:)
Back in my one-woman rescue days, I'd bring home ‘strange dogs’ all the time and just plop them down and watch them for a bit and then leave them to establish their natural hierarchy.
Even with several male Dobes in the house, I never had so much as a lifted lip from any of them.