My FIL and his dog are moving in with us next week. Beau, his dog, is a fixed male housedog maltese terrier/shitzhu mix about 8 years old. In this household there already is a spayed female corgie, also about 8 years old, and three fixed or spayed cats.

I am looking for help and advice about how to introduce Sadie and Beau to each other and get them to both live in mutual tolerance of each other and Beau with the cats if not down right peace without trying to kill each other or continually be telling each other off or in Beaus case, picking on the cats, although I am quite sure our big maine coone will sort him out in short order.

Sadie is used to being kenneled at night, gets walked daily, and mostly stays outside during the day while I am gone or having the run of the house when I am home. Beau is used to having the run of the house and non stop access to a small doggy yard via a doggy door. He gets walked occasionally since my FIL is going gradually blind and is now almost totally blind. I will be glad to take over the walk duties, although I can't predictably say I will be walking them at the same time.

My primary concern is how to introduce them to each other and induce them to live and let live.

It might also help, or complicate that we will be leaving both at a boarding kennel a week after Beau and Dad get here while we go to CA for a wedding and then a week after we get back we will all be moving into a new house.

I will be busy helping the dogs adjust as well as dad, but I have helped dad before and I have ne ver done this with two dogs.

HELP and ADVICE would really help, any idea no matter how strange....

thanks

marni