milestone!

My cat Ellie is a little over a year old she turned 1 in April ever since I brought her home she at 6 weeks she was totally independent she loves the first cat I have tyson and thats all the attention she wanted. Since moving into the new house in March she has been coming around but never going downstairs since she hates the dog. She has been letting me pet her and even started coming to me for attention when I am upstairs or the dog isnt in the room. The other day though she came down stairs with the dog out for the first time!! I was so proud of her you can tell she was very scared and on edge but she came downstairs even went up to me to get pet and I put her on her tree so she wouldnt have to pass the dog and she was safe and she stayed! I am so proud of her I just needed to share that!!! My little girl is growing up!

 That's great! And a big step for her!

She did it again today she took a long time for her to warm up but shes making new milestones all the time!!!

Good job with being patient and allowing Ellie the time she needed to become comfortable in her new home.  It sounds like she is making strides toward getting used to the dog.  Hopefully now you will continue to see new small milestones everyday.  Maybe eventually Ellie will decide she wants to be friends with your dog.

@catlover73  I dont know if she will ever be friends with her she is a little rough with the cats. She loves my cat oliver and they use to play all the time but she got over 70lbs and now Oliver wont play with him. She brings the cats her toys though and tries to get them to play with her. She just hisses and runs to her safe zone and watches from under the gate. It has been a long road since I brought that tiny little runt home a year ago and she wont hide in the back of the fridge now shes gotten bigger (still maybe 5 lbs) she comes to me for attention and chrips like a bird while I pet her (she doesnt meow) I am so excited to see how they all start calling down with age and not afraid or chasing each other just having a happy house with no one hiding. Tonight she laid on the stairs and watched the dog for a few hours but its a start eventually she will come down other than when the dog is eating! My little tiny girl is growing up I am such a proud mommy right now!

We had another milestone today! I was laying in bed after I woke up and my fiance come to wake me up and was laying in bed with me and we were just talking when Ellie jumped on the bed and come to be to get some love. So I was petting her and she climbed up on my stomach and was making her bird noises (she talks a lot) so my fiance started petting her normally she realizes rather quickly that it isn't me and will get closer to me so he will stop petting her but today she allowed it she even got closer to him smelled his hand and let him continue while she made her happy chirping sounds. He started talking to her and told her she was a good bird (her nickname) and she started purring for him. She never got off me and still has ever to stand on him but she didn't leave till my boys came up and pushed her away (which they do easily with her being tiny). Its still a milestone though! She let someone else pet her and that was even my fiance!!! I am not sure why she started hating him when we moved to the new house this March but slowly but surely we are getting there!!