My family is going camping with our friends at the end of the week.  We are both taking our dogs and I was wondering what we can do to make sure these dogs get along.  Let me tell you the situation.

Our friends have an 85 lb. 7 year old female lab that is an alpha.

We just adopted a 4 year old female rattie about 3 weeks ago.  Prior to us, she has always lived with a bunch of ratties and she has always been alpha.  We have no other dogs and she is still trying to adjust to our family.  Currently I can tell she is not comfortable around other dogs, not aggresive at all just not sure.

Do you have any ideas how we can make this go smoothly?

Thanks!

Thanks Nora - I have debated leaving her, but I worry since she is still trying to get use to us, leaving her with another set of strangers for the weekend might freak her out as well. I don't want her to feel "passed around" if that makes any sense. I will definitely take her crate and find a safe place where she can stay.  I asked my friend about it and she said her lab gets so involved in the new sights, sounds and smells that she probably won't even pay attention to our dog.