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Here is my story and I hope someone has positive advice, as it has been one tough year!

We lost our male yorkie Junior a month ago. He was almost 9 and died from surgery complications. We have another yorkie Bella she is 8. Junior was around for Bella's entire life. They were the best of friends and losing Junior the grief she was displaying was significant. It was world crushing for me and clearly for her too.

Now Bella is not the most friendly girl. She is grumpy, fat, and lazy. But Junior and her never had a problem. They had playful moments but otherwise were really just the best cuddle buddies.

I was devestated over losing Junior. I wanted to do something in his honor. The things I missed the most were his energetic personality, his kisses and his cuddles ..oh and he was my velcro puppy...so the house seemed empty.

I thought resucing a yorkie would be better for us than a puppy. I wanted to give a less fortunate Yorkie an opporutnity to see the world is not all bad.

2 days ago we resuced a 3 year old Male Oliver from the humane society. The inital meet when fine and he had bella running circles she got more of a workout than I have seen out of her in forever.

However, yesterday they each got a bone and Oliver took his and then came back got hers and took hers..when Bella tried to get a bone he attacked her..this one was mild and I put the bone away.

Then last night we were eating dinner and both were looking at me seekign handouts. I didn't do anything and next thing I know Oliver attacked her again. Now I cannot honestly tell you that he is instigating this or if it is her. Bella does not have a welcoming personality. He tries to sniff her and she literally sits down so he can't smell her. She takes a mean stance and acts like a b for him to even look at her. So I don' tknow that he is just jumping on her or if it is due to her stance to him.

My question, seek for advice and experiences is ..is this normal? I wanted her to have a new best friend and never even thought there would be a tiff. I guess I was dillusional and expected rainbows and unicorns. What I do know about the rescue guy is he was surrendered because he would not liter train (crazy nuts!) he has had a broken leg from being hit by a car and I am guessing he was overall just not treated well. With that in mind, he is a happy little guy. Energetic and is great with my 3 year old. Loves to cuddle and seems happy with his new home.

I am scared to death of the sound of those 2 scuffles. I am sick to my stomach that these two will not work it out. I lost my dear Junior a month ago and I am already attached to Oliver. My heart cannot bear that we won't be able to make these two live in the same home.

Is there a normal period of adjustments were a fight is normal? Does anyone know how long this lasts? How heated is normal? I called a behavioral specialist but he said I need to give this 3 weeks to a month before it would make sense for him to come observe the rescued guy. I'm scared and want to set them up to succeed looking for any input that can help me through this.

Thank you in advance.