I brought Chloe home when Armani was 2 years old. He HATED her, every chance he got to be near her he literally tried to eat her. It was horrible, I was literally in tears for days because I didn't know what I was going to do.
I ended up setting up Chloe's ex pen in the living room (the room we are in most often) this way she was in the same room with us but Armani couldn't actually get to her. He would sniff at her through the pen sometimes and if he sniffed without growling he got a treat. I would bring her out for very short periods (5-10 minutes at a time) and let them interact with very close supervision. Slowly these periods worked up to longer and longer sessions.
At some point, they just started playing and loving and now they are the best of friends- literally laying together and loving, kissing, or playing every chance they get.
Give them each plenty of alone time, Make sure Dudley gets lots of love and kisses, and don't force anything and hopefully over time he will learn having a little brother is loads of fun.
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