We've just got a second dog – but how will our first dog cope with the new arrival? How easy is it to integrate a second hound into a home when your first pet has got used to being top dog? 27 February 2021 • 6:00am Gavin Newsham with his wife and their dogs Nell (a labradoodle) and Wilbur (a cavapoo) in Brighton, Sussex Credit: Christopher Pledger As I write this, a small cavapoo puppy called Wilbur is attempting to remove my laptop’s power cable, having previously failed to remove the “caps lock” key with his tiny teeth. In the past hour, he has also kidnapped my slipper, considered eating an AAA battery, run headfirst into a coffee table and chased our cat outside into the pouring rain. Predictably, he has also defecated on the rug. Twice. He is now sleeping.