Most dogs won't go into full prey drive with a slow moving animal, so you should have some control. If you have a bite sized baby, you need to be careful, but if the tortoise is bigger than hand sized, so the dog can't pick it up, so can slowly introduce her. She may sniff it or ignore it. Or she may get spooked and bark at it.
1. Give her something with turtle smell on it (?)
2. Let her see it from afar.
3. Let her sniff, while on leash. If she gets spooked or too interested, sit on the ground, holding the tortoise and let her investigate.
Now, that I've written that... Why do you need to socialize the dog with the tortoise ?
1. Give her something with turtle smell on it (?)
2. Let her see it from afar.
3. Let her sniff, while on leash. If she gets spooked or too interested, sit on the ground, holding the tortoise and let her investigate.
Now, that I've written that... Why do you need to socialize the dog with the tortoise ?
