We've been keeping Noe upstairs in our Master Bedroom. We've been coming up to hang out with her immediately after playing with Wallace (without washing our hands or changing clothes) and she hasn't had any reaction to his scent on us.
We just introduced them for the first time, and I think it went as well as it possibly could.
We put Noe's Thundershirt on, then Dick carried her downstairs. I stood near Wallace (who was inside his locked crate, which was inside is playpen) and Dick put Noe down on the sofa.
Noe wasn't too freaked (or, not as freaked as she could have been). She saw him and walked across the sofa near me and stared at him. He definitely saw her, too. We had just played with Wallace outside, so he was pretty tired and calm.
They just looked at each other for a minute or so. She started growling just a little, but not much, and no hissing.
He didn't perk up much, but after she hopped down from the sofa and walked away, he growled (soft growl) for just a bit.
After Noe jumped down and walked a bit, Dick picked her back up and we all went back to the bedroom. We took off the Thundershirt, and she seems just fine.
For the first-time introduction, I'm calling it a success. We'll try to do this once a day for the next few days and see how it goes.
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