Friendship takes time

Although Emmy and Allie are the best of friends now, it wasn't always that way.  It took Emmy about a month to learn to love her new sister.  Emmy was never mean to Allie in any way, but she quickly let her know that "personal space" was very important to her.  If Allie got too close, Emmy would growl or hiss.  With Allie being the little instigator she is, this would usually only entice her to pester Emmy more.  Eventually, Emmy would give up and go out in the enclosure where Allie wasn't yet allowed and couldn't follow because she hadn't been taught how to open the cat door.  That was just about the only way she got away from little miss trouble-maker.

One day, Emmy was taking a nap on the top deck of the cat tree in the living room.  Allie didn't realize she was up there and went running up the tree and jumped in the top before she realized Emmy was there.  At that point I think they were both so stunned that they just sort of froze.  I quickly grabbed my camera because this was the first time they had ever been this close together.  I know the pic and video isn't the best quality, but the expressions on their faces say it all.

Emmy was definitely curious about Allie and would follow her around while Allie explored, always keeping her distance.  Here is a video I took on the first day I let the two of them fully integrate in the house together.  You will see that Allie hisses a few times at Emmy, but that's only because Emmy was always hissing at her, so she was just learning from her big sis.