Leaving Home

Take her in. Close the door. Do have her in a room. Set on a feliway-diffuser in her room, several days (it dont always work at once.).
Make also some places for her to take shelter if necessary in all rooms. Climb up into or something. So if she feels threatened, she isnt forced to fight for her live, she has a chance to dash to safety instead.
Dont forget to cuddle much with her, so she knows she is still nr 1, although you do have also this dog now.
These are safe tips.

But my proposal is:
After it, let her out to meet the dog, somewhere they cant get out, the Feliway diffuser still on. (perhaps some Feliway spray in this other room).

I mean, so she would be forced to be with him, and make pals.

Do not let her out before you are sure they are good friends. Do have her i a big dog crate if you cant quarantee the doors and windows cat-safe and closed.

Perhaps is it possible to play with them both simultanously? If not, enough if you play with her with him looking.

As the dog is friendly, it should do.


Im thinking and remembering. Once, at our beginning our live together, my wife and me, we had only a small flat. We quarrelled on something and were angry at each other. At the same time we both got a strong cold, a flu or something. (this perhaps adding to this disagreeing. When you have headache and temp, you arent very agreeable and the temper is short).
Normally, we would surely separate, at the very least for the time being. But now we had only this small flat, only one bed, and being sick, we were forced to stay in this bed, side with side, and made this throu...
And so we did, as seen now 25 years later...


Good luck!

Is that a wise idea to force the two animals together? I am not an expert or anything, but wouldn't that stress the cat too much? I am worried that the cat would get defensive and hurt the dog, and in turn the dog would defend himself and cause a fight.

Someone can correct me if I am wrong.

I am thinking leaving the cat in a room where they could hear and smell each other through the door. Maybe make a plexi-glass doorway that someone created in another thread so they can see each other too? and gradually let them in the same room together for a little at a time, slowly increasing the time together until they seem comfortable?

I would get her and bring her inside..If you let her stay out all the time she will never make friends with your new dog.Cats allowed to roam all the time and not ever come in often come to a bad end.

Under supervision, I think it would be just fine.

Unless the OP gets these two animals together and comfortable with one another, they're probably not going to do it on their own.

Right. There is such a danger. That is why Im writing about Feliway first (destressing and calming). And making sure she has places to climb into (or down under!) if need be. So she never will feel be forced to make that famous last stand and give battle.
And angry cat wins always over a friendly dog.

That is one idea.
The other idea is to do something along yours line. Pretend they are two cats. There are a lot of threads about how to assimilate together two foreign cats.

I though my method may be the quickest one, as the TS is not used to have this kitty inside the whole time.

SlimJim, in her book Twisted Whiskers behaviorist Pam Johnson Bennett describes how to properly introduce dog to cat. I can strongly recommend getting the book and following the advice. (For many reasons that book is the absolute best a cat lover can ever have.)
If you go to amazon.com UK
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Twisted-Whis...7383708&sr=8-1

A little bit of online advice - take what applies, since you know the dog is gentle and loves cats. The problem is, you'll have to convince your cat and that won't be easy. A proper slow, careful introduction will be essential.

http://cats.about.com/cs/catmanageme...troducedog.htm

http://dogtime.com/introducing-dog-and-cat.html

Bring her in the house and shut the door. Simple. You brought a new pet into HER home, and she has every right to be upset. There are articles upon articles with advice on introducing pets. Make sure she has a space to get away from the dog, and make sure she is still treated like queen bee.