| Title: | Meower Power - Where Differing Opinions are Respected |
| Notice: | purrrrr... |
| Moderator: | JULIET::CORDES_JA |
| Created: | Wed Nov 13 1991 |
| Last Modified: | Fri Jun 06 1997 |
| Last Successful Update: | Fri Jun 06 1997 |
| Number of topics: | 1079 |
| Total number of notes: | 28858 |
My cat Shadow is not adjusting to the addition of our new puppy. We
have had Julie for 3 weeks now. Julie is not doing anything to
Shadow. Shadow is actually in an attack mode now. When we play ball
with Julie, we will roll the ball and Julie will chase it. At the same
time Shadow will run over and strike at Julie. Shadow will stand in
the doorway of any room and if Julie goes to walk in, she will hiss and
slap at Julie. The most Julie will do (and this is only occaisionally)
is bark at Shadow. Shadow is 9 years old and we've never owned a dog
during the time that we've owned her which is all of her life although
we did adopt another cat whom Shadow never really like either. Shadow
still gets a lot of love and attention, but she just cannot seem to
recognize the fact that Julie is not going to bother/hurt her.
Luckily, Shadow can not hurt Julie either since Shadow is an indoor
only cat and we had her declawed at a very young age to prevent her
from destroying our furniture.
Any suggestions on getting Shadow to at least except the puppy without
the hissing/slapping/growling mode she gets in?
Just curious how others have handled such a situation...
Sarah
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| 598.1 | She will learn to live with it. | SALEM::SHAW | Wed Sep 08 1993 11:02 | 19 | |
Sarah, we had a cat like that, she was a stray that we adoubted and
spent a few years at our house after having had to deal with street
life in San Francisco. When we brought home Sophie a our two month
old pup , she was very upset, to the point that she pooped on our
furniture, bed, pillow etc. to make her displeasure known. This went
on for five or six years. She never ever got comfortable with the dog.
But they managed to live together. Quite often, Sophie would want to
enter a room, but Silvey the cat would stand at the door way and hiss
and slap and not let her enter. Sophie and i eventually moved away
and Silvey stayed with my ex.
This story didn't help , did it? ;-)
Well one thing we tried was to have both of them close and pet them
at the same time, feed them near each other.
Anyhow the cat will envetually realize that this is the way its going
to be. Whether or not she will accept the pooch is realy her decision.
Shaw
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| 598.2 | Time (and size) did the trick for me | PTPM06::TALCOTT | Thu Sep 09 1993 06:00 | 13 | |
I had a cat as an only pet for 5 years before getting a puppy. Went though a hissing/hair-up-on-back stage. At one point Kip-the-dog was standing next to a wall and the cat, wandering by, bopped him a good one right on the nose. Scared him enough he let out a yip and pooped right on the wall. :-) We ended up with a little stain about 5" up the wall that served as a reminder for many years until we finally painted over it. Anyway, as the dog grew larger he got more mellow and the cat became a lot more agreeable. The days of cat attacks faded as he passed about 20 pounds on his way to 70. They seldom curled up together, but they did end up getting along pretty well. As the years went by she'd still give him a light smack every once in a while just to let him know who she thought was in charge but it never phased him. Trace | |||||
| 598.3 | My way works for me.. | AIMHI::OFFEN | Fri Sep 17 1993 11:53 | 7 | |
Letting the cat know that this is *not* acceptable behavior helps. I
scold my cat after the first week of introductions. This way she knows
mommy doesn't tolerate this type of behaviour. I also give her lots of
love when she is behaving. It works for me...
Sandi (mom to hellion cat..)
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