Dog eat Dog

Question
HELP! I have a major problem with my dog and my moms new dog. My boyfriend and I rescued our female lab mix a little over a year ago when she was 4 months old. We are now separating and I was planning on moving back in with my mom. However, she recently adopted a 5 year old male dachshund and we have had an absolutely terrible time attempting to introduce them. I thought it would be a good idea to introduce them at my moms house since it is the new dogs territory.... I later found that to be a terrible mistake. They have only been introduced two times, and the last time my dog pinned the new dog down and bit him in the ear. I am completely against rehomeing either of the dogs. I am scared they will never get along now and that I have done permeate damage by introducing them like that..... I also want to ad that my moms dog shows no aggression at all. How can I adjust my dog to the new dog? Please help I am very concerned, thank you.

Sincerely,
Chelsea

Answer
Don't feel guilty about the the way your introduced them.  I know everyone says you should meet in neutral territory, but I am not sure it does that much good.  It never helped much when we had an older dog and introduced her to our new puppy at our friend's where she stayed while we went for the puppy.  

They are both fixed?  If not, it could help.

Better leadership may help.  
The key to most behavior problems is approaching things using the dog's natural instincts. Dogs see all the people and dogs in the household as a pack with each having their own rank in the pack and a top dog. Life is much easier if the 2 legged pack members outrank the 4 legged ones. You can learn to play the role of top dog by reading some books or going to a good obedience class. A good obedience class or book is about you being top dog, not about rewarding standard commands with a treat. Start at http://www.dogsbestfriend.com/ For more on being top dog, see http://www.dogbreedinfo.com./topdogrules.htm

Try meeting at a park or somewhere and going for a walk.  Do anything you can think of together keeping the dog on leash.