Tiny Dog is the alpha dog: the house, especially the personal space sphere around Herself, is her Domain, and Tiny Dog lets everyone know it, especially New Old Dog. Is he -- or are you -- too close to Tiny Dog? Or to Herself? Tiny Dog will complain loudly, and will also possibly try to bite, any interloper. It's the way she is.
Still, every now and then she deigns to sit near New Old Dog; and even on occasion, she rests in actual physical contact with him. He quietly lets her do so. He's a patient old soul, and knows that if we are unthreatening and patient, sometimes even the most prickly among us will accept a bit of touch. As long as it is on their own terms.
So be it.
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