My first border terrier was a dog called MacDogald, and he now lives with my parents. However, he has come back for a week as my parents are overseas. Mac is dog aggressive, and one of the reasons he moved to my parents house is because I didn’t feel it was fair on him to have foster dogs through the house.

Mac has met Winona, the 14 week puppy, numerous times. Mac is good with puppies – he seems to understand that they’re ‘special’.  When he met Winona at my house, that was fine. He tells her off when she gets annoying, and that is quite okay in my household.

Mac met Mr Chip through the fence, and Mac did not like Mr Chip on first sight. Mr Chip was quite happy to make friends despite the growling (Mr Chip is not very clever).

The interesting case was Mac meeting Clover.  Clover grew up with Mac, but Mac moved out when she was about 2 years old.  She has visited Mac at his house several times, but due to pregnancy and puppies, Clover hasn’t seen Mac for 5 months. Clover hasn’t seen Mac at our house for about a year.

Mac and Clover were very good friends when they were here. There is only one serious tiff I can remember of there 2.5 years or so that they lived together.  They played well together.  Mac has separation anxiety, and Clover was a comfort to him when he was otherwise home alone.

A young Clover cuddling Mac.

That being said, since Mac has gone, a lot has changed. Clover has grown up, matured, had her first litter of puppies… And otherwise, become a bitch.

So I introduced the two of them with caution. I first allowed them to meet through the fence.

Clover’s reaction was phenomenal. It cannot be described as anything but ‘remembering’. Continue reading →