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Adopting a 4th dog Q! Complicated & long.
I was a regular a while ago, but haven't posted much recently, so I'll do a little re-intro: I currently have three dogs, Scout (5yo neutered male beagle, epileptic), Jenny (5yo spayed female lab mix), and Cassie (3 year old spayed female lab). I'm an RN and DH is a full time student who works PT in a local shelter managing their volunteer program.
We might be adding to our canine family soon, as DH's elderly grandmother is entering hospice care soon and her beloved mastiff mix might not be the best fit for her other relatives. Bullie is 6 years old and is currently potty trained using indoor pads exclusively. This dog does not get exercise (or go outside at all) and is not socialized with other dogs, but is extremely sweet and gentle with her frail "mom". She adores DH and myself and loves on us a lot when we've visited in the past. She is spayed but has severe allergies.
There's no way for her to meet our dogs before she moves in (if she moves in, BIL might take her, but I doubt it). She lives several states away. I'm also not sure how to tackle potty training, as with the other three dogs, I don't want to leave potty pads out that will get destroyed by them. I'm not sure how crate trained Bullie is, as she has a large crate but it doesn't have a door.
Does anyone have recommendations for how we could incorporate her into our pack? We had no problems adding pups #2 and #3, but they definitely show a lot of jealousy towards each other already when it comes to attention. The potty training is a concern too, and adapting to a different lifestyle and mourning her "mom".
TIA!
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