This is the puppy training podcast, episode 115.

New puppy meets resident dog.

This podcast is designed to help you on your journey of becoming best friends through love and learning as you train your own dog from home.

And I'm here to help you every step of the way.

This is the puppy training podcast, and I'm your host, Amy Jensen.

Hey, everybody.

Welcome to the puppy training podcast.

Thanks for joining me today.

We have a good topic.

We get asked this a lot as trainers here at Baxter and Bella.

And so I wanted to do a podcast on it.

And my trainer, Bailey, is joining us today because she's pretty much an expert on this.

She's had a lot of dogs join her family as she's a service dog trainer and they come and go.

And so I thought let's bring Bailey on and let her talk to you about the topic of a new puppy meets a resident dog. So thanks,

Bailey, for joining us today. How are you? I'm doing great. It's good to be here. Thank you for

having me. All right, Bailey. Let's start at the very beginning maybe. Like, I have a dog,

Baxter. He's a year old, year and a half almost. And I'm thinking of getting a new puppy.

And all these questions start to come to mind, like how to choose a puppy to add to the family?

And should I get a male or a female?

And does that matter?

And what breed matters?

What are your initial thoughts on when a client comes and says, I think we're ready to add a new puppy to the family?

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