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    Sugar bee
    serabell    May 22, 2010   Oregon

    So I ran across an ad with a feral cat colony, a local girl is catching & fixing the cats & trying to rehome them. A few of them are super friendly, wouldn't even guess they were wild at all. I took one 2 days ago but she keeps attacking my dog :(. My dog will be sleeping or hiding in the corner & she'll silently run up to her & hiss & attack. She doesn't even fluff up her fur, just goes for her! My dog runs away & doesn't do anything but try to escape, but the cat will follow her & I'll have to hold back the cat.

    The cat will also pee on my dog's stuff, she uses the litter box every time, except when she peed on my dog's bed yesterday & then blanket this morning. I think she hates my dog. My dog is my baby, I've had her for like 7 years & she comes 1st, before any new pet.

    Is this something that's easy to "fix"? I may have to return her :(. I hate thinking that, but my dog is shivering in fear & hiding & runs away & the cat just goes after her whenever she can. It would be totally different if my dog were going up to the cat & getting too close to the cat, but its like the cat is out to destroy my dog when my dog isn't paying attention.

     
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    beeliever    August 11, 2012   OC

    So she has been fixed already?  You got a confident kittie and she's spraying his bed.  I actually would have recommended putting the cat in it's own room for 1 week prior to the dog and cat meeting for the first time.  You should try that now anyway b/c you don't want her gouging your pups eyes out.  

    Keep them separated completely for a week, even when you're not home.  Have the cat sleep with the dog's blanket and vice versa.  Feed them on opposite sides of the door, with door closed of course.  Let them sniff each other from opposites sides of the door.  Then slowly introduce them after that.  Just keep the door open and see what they do.  Don't allow the kittie to get too close to the pup if she's bein aggressive.  You can always have a spray bottle w/ water handy in case you think she'll attack your pup.  Instead of having just the cat scared, you now have the cat and dog scared, so key is to do it slowly.  

     

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