Adjustment often comes at its own pace in its own time. I think what you have with Lolly and Shiloh is something that will take time but eventually work its way through. Relatively speaking they have been together such a short time.

I've had Tucker for two years now and I just noticed a couple days ago that he was allowing me to comb the hair around his tail and butt without any struggle. I have always been very careful so not to pull or hurt him in any way, and I had concluded that I never be able to groom him in a relaxed manner. The surprise was on me. It seems my efforts are finally paying off. He is not even trying to twist or turn away from me.

I'm not trying to tell you what to do either. I just have this strong belief that should you decide to keep her, the relationship between her and Shiloh will improve with time. I'm not saying it wouldn't be without problems or not need extra effort on your part, but I have seen such an change in my animals over the course of time, that I have an abundance of optimism.

[ July 28, 2001: Message edited by: RachelJ ]