I don't think Javier likes Danny very much. Not that Danny isn't to blame. Cheeky Danny spent the first day trying to hump him and steal his toys. If I were stuck in the same house as a thief and serial molester, I'd growl at him too.
Unfortunately, that isn't the only problem. Javier seems to have quite a possesive streak. He's decided that he likes Rhoda and follows her wherever he goes. Danny isn't that into following people; he prefers nosing about for trouble.
The result is that after a couple of days, Javier decided that Rhoda was his "property" and growls whenever Rhoda gives Danny any attention. One night, when Rhoda wanted to bring Danny down to sleep, Javier growled at him. His growls got progressively louder when he was ignored and Danny actually got scared.
When I came out of the study, Danny made a beeline for me with his ears pinned back and the unmistakable look of "Oh help! Save me!"
To his credit, Danny hasn't growled back. Well, not yet anyway. Most times he just stares at Javier with the "Boy, you're strange" look and scoots off.
There was only one time Danny growled at him, and that was when Javier made off with his toy. I got it back for him and that was it.
Dan's also fine when other family peeps pat Javier. He snots a bit or looks for something naughty to do but that's it.
I guess they both need time to settle down to this arrangement. We want Javier to be happy and comfortable with us, but at the same time we don't want Danny to feel that he's being invaded when all things considered, he's actually been quite welcoming to the new little guy.
Hmm, we'll see...
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