Destiny Came Home Today

Today we picked up Destiny from Midwest Dachshund Rescue. We traveled to Palatine this morning, returning in the afternoon. Destiny traveled very well in the car and slept the entire way home. Michael had Destiny in the front yard, while Carrie got Oscar and took him for a quick walk. While they were gone, Michael let Destiny explore the house a bit. When Carrie got back, we put Destiny in the carrier inside the play area and then let Oscar check things out. He barked a bit at first, and then more when we let Destiny out of the carrier but still in the play area protected from Oscar. He barked and she barked right back at him. After some corrections of Oscar, he settled down and did more investigation as to what we brought home. His tail started wagging more and more. It took less than 20 minutes for Oscar to accept Destiny. Because of the size difference at this time, we will take things very slowly and controlled. At this time, we won't let them play directly together without controls in place to make sure there are no mishaps. We let them greet each other outside of the play area, and they did pretty good in about five minutes of play time. We will add more time each day for direct contact play as they get use to each other. Overall, the first day has been a big success.