Living life with a new Pet

At the beginning of March, my grandpa decided that he could no longer take care of himself alone. He needed to be around people and start a new routine as he was getting to weak to do it all himself. He moved in with us shortly after and he brought his dog, Honey.

Honey is a rescue dog we picked up for him at the Rochester Humane Society about two years back. At the time she was probably already 5 years old but such a sweet dog. He wanted a companion as he had just lost his other dog a few months prior to getting Honey.

The only issue with having Honey in our house as well was that we have a 15 year old Rat Terrier, named Marbles. Marbles is use to being the only pet in the house and we often joke about how much of a princess she can be as she is spoiled. We were nervous to bring Honey into Marbles environment because she can be territorial and the last thing we want is to stress out a 15 year old dog.

At First, there was an adjustment period. Marbles would run after Honey trying to bite her and tell her off, but after some adjusting she eventually got use to Honey and now they get along fine. It was hard for all of us because we had to make this work no matter what and we didn't want Marbles to get herself worked up in the process. In time they got along and now they're always looking out for each other.

-Holly