My husband and I adopted another Rattie from the animal shelter and we are waiting for them to call so we can pick him up.  He is very timid.  I think he is about 7-8 months old.  Trixy, who we also adopted from the same animal shelter has been with us since May. She is not so timid, in fact she is a complete SPAZ, and spoiled.  She is so friendly, and really all she wants to do is play. she plays VERY rough, for her little 8 lbs size. Thanks to my husband, lol.  anyway,  This puppy that we are bringing home is not trained at all from what I know,  he doesn't even like the leash.  He and Trixy have met, I think he is bit indimidated by her,  when we called him,  he came to us but, tried to avoid Trixy as much as possible.  From what I have read, it is best to let them meet in a unfamliar place to both of them which they have,  I just wanted to know if anyone can give me tips on bringing him and introducing him to the house. and, maybe what to expect and avoid? Trixy, is familiar with other dogs coming over, but, only for a visit.

The lady at the pound said Trixy had a little food aggression,  but said that was normal because she was the only dog in our household. My husband says it will be ok too.  I just know that I am going to have to show our new pup, all of attention and build his confidence.  I don't want Trixy to get jealous,  I don't know, I guess I am just anticipating it to much .  our new dog, is just so shy, and baby like,  it just makes me want to cuddle him, and let him know it will be ok.  Trixy wasn't like that at all, she was always a firecracker. 

Pack snuggle time!

I know it sounds funny, but I'm serious.

Before you bring the little one home, do whatever you have to do to get Trix (relatively) calmed down - walk, roller blade, bike, fetch, whatever...  get Trix tired.

Put Trix in a crate/separate room/etc, and let the pup sniff around the house a bit, to get Trix's scent again, and wait til the pup seems somewhat comfortable in your house.

Then let tired Trix out of the crate/room, and supervise while they meet again.  Once the excitement of "meeting" is over, turn on the TV and flop on the couch or the floor with a blanket, or wherever you can snuggle with the dogs that you want them to be (if you don't want them on the couch, etc...)  and invite both of them to come snuggle with you!

I know it sounds kinda funny, but this is what my boyfriend's sister and her husband did when they introduced their Boston Terrier pup to their 120lb American Bulldog, and they said Leroy (the big guy) was too tired to put up a fuss about another dog being in "his" house.

Congrats on the new addition, and I hope everything goes smoothly!

My husband and I were talking about that same thing, about  how he was shy in the shelter, but might not be once he is here.  Trixy, went right up to him and they had their little sniff session, everything went fine.  But, the whole time we were in the room, he sat by the door, and just looked like he wanted OUT of there as soon as possible.  A few times the adoption lady came in and was jumping away, trying to get her attention.  That is what made us think that he just needs time to warm up.  I just didn't like how he was avoiding trixy,  she wanted to play, he was avoiding the whole situation.  When we called him to us, he would come, but would wait until Trixy was out of the way first.  Trixy never snapped at him, nor bothered him when we were showing him attention.  Although, she showed him her dominance as soon as they were together.  I am kind of thinking that he was living among several other dogs in a backyard somewhere and did not get a whole lot of attention.  When I saw him in the kennel, there was two other dogs with him and he was at the gate, asking far attention, not by the corner, hiding, we took him out, and he sat by the door.  Well, I guess it would be ok,  I work from home, so i can monitor them.  Does anyone know how to get him in the house with out freaking him out?  Trixy stays in her kennel, so when we get him home, she will be in there, do I just put him down and see what happens or do I intro them slowly?

Sounds silly, but a min pin came over to my house and the little girl just put her down, the min pin immediately tried to show her dominance with trixy, and trixy reaction was,"I don't think so little dog, this is MY house", it made my heart skip a beat. They were growling at each othe and everything,  after they sniffed each other they were ok.  Trixy was not the aggressor, the min pin was.  My husband, said, that he was not going to correct trixy because it is her house, and that dog was visiting, and should not have come at trix that way, is that right?  I mean, our new puppy is not visiting, he will be here for good, and correction would definately be made if that happened with them. 

We also have a ferret and Trixy, being a "rodent hunter"  by blood,  plays with the ferret with no problems.

WOW!! that is pretty good advice, I guess that is kind of what we did with the ferret.  She was in her cage and we let trixy go inthere and sniff around, while the ferret was in her cage.  It is alittle different too, because the ferret stays in her cage after her play time.  Trixy roams all over the house.

Thank you guys!  I might be able to bring him home tomorrow.  Hopefully!!! I will send pics.  I tried to get a pic of Trixi and our ferret Cocoa.  They are playing together right now, hide and seek.  They don't sit still long enough for me to take one.  I have heard of having them meet outside,  I wam going to try that.  Trixy and the new pup have met before so they have been able to sniff each other already.  Dog Wisperer is one of my favorites too, lol.  I am getting way excited about our new pup.  I think I like the name Bajo,  he is a shorter Rattie,  but not quite as short as a type B.  Bajo, mean "stumpy" in Spanish.  who, knows maybe we will come up something else.