My two cocker spaniels, Buddy (white) and Samantha (black) have a fair rivalry but it didn't start out that way. After my dog of 12 years, Katie, who was also a cocker spaniel passed away in the summer of 2019 during my many medical complications from testicular torsion to hemoptysis episodes over and over, she refused to do anything besides stay with me.
I'd stay in bed, working lightly when I could but otherwise I wasn't cleared for any exercise and she was 100% committed to staying with me around the clock through the entire process.
Dogs truly are man's best friend, and that's quite a title to hold. So Buddy came first and greeted Samantha with hostility, wanting to fight her but she fought back and earned his respect.
It didn't take long before he went from fighting Samantha (not full on, mostly just growling and pushing) to licking her face periodically. Samantha usually kinda tries to push Buddy away or run off when he does this but not willing to take no for an answer, Buddy will continue to lick her face.
It's the most adorable thing ever and I try to capture it every time he does it, she's even done it to him occasionally to which he's far less resistant. Sometimes Buddy just wants to stand on the grass when I call him but Samantha will run up to him, run around him before running back to me as if to challenge him to a race which makes him run back inside with her.
Neither really get along well with my cat, Mia but she's grown on them. They didn't get along well with Riley who was 21 years old when he passed away in 2020, they'd try to go humpy on him and I'd have to pull them off of him🤦♂️
the mom is almost four years old, and her kittens are from two different litters she had, the male is a year old, the female kitten is seven months old
and they all get along very well, the younger ones play all the time and while the mother is a bit snappy sometimes that is just her personality and marking a bit of territory but she would never actually fight or attack any of them, she just likes her personal space a lot, when napping... lol
when it is time to eat or drink and other stuff, she's never like that... the three of them could eat from the very same bowl without an issue
and they don't get jealous or envious from attention either, so they're not territorial in that sense...
they can also tolerate the pets of other people when they come to visit... even the dogs, lol... given of course, that they behave and do not try to start some drama lmao
I had two cats. I got them from at the shelter about a year apart. The older one really did not like the little brother we got for him. He would growl and we werer afraid he would attack him so we locked the little one in the bathroom. The older one waited outside the door and growled.
After a while he warmed up to his little brother. They used to chase each other around the house and used to curl up on the couch together for naps.
The little one was killed by a coyote and the big one saw it. He was a different cat after that. I think he really missed his little brother.
