Hello! In the five days we've had Lola, she's settled in very nicely and gotten comfortable with Danny and me. She's also gotten very comfortable with all the other dogs and cats, including Sparki, the rescued rat terrier/jack russel mix one of my roommates just adopted -- as long as Sparki stays on his end of the house, or if they're interacting in the dog pen.  Out in the pen, they run and play like buddies, and if they meet in the kitchen or another neutral area, all they do is sniff noses.

However, if Sparki dares to venture to our end of the house, Lola will not stand for it.  She begins growling at him as soon as she hears him jingling toward our living room. If he dares to actually come up to one of us to be petted, she begins snarling and barking like crazy. She does not act like this with two of the larger dogs, but she did bark at the pit bull (uh ... bad idea there, Lola,  he only outweighs you by like 50 pounds ...) While I'm glad she recognizes that we're "hers," we also need to be able to pet other dogs, and poor Sparki needs to know he's welcome here! I also want to make sure she doesn't escalate matters with the pit, Maxwell, because although he's as sweet and well-trained as any dog I've met, it's just not good sense to be 20 pounds soaking wet and to think you can "take" a pit bull! Any suggestions?

Thanks!