Hello all,
My boyfriend and I recently adopted a year old grey tabby from our local humane society. She seemed anxious but affectionate in the shelter and did not like to ride in the carrier to the house. When we got her there she seemed curious and walked around slowly but she was completely fine. She hid underneath his bed for a few minutes and came out later completely social to us both. Enter poodle, my boyfriend has a 4 year old teacup poodle that is completely bonkers and has never been trained so she barks at everything. She is terrified of people and barks 24/7 at people walking by or if she wants to get into a room. Melanie(the cat) will be a one room cat as other members of his house have allergies but the room she is kept in is very spacious and we do have the means to take her outside. Within only a few hours of being home the poodle got into the room and had a panic attack at seeing the cat barking very high pitched. At this Melanie bolted under the bed and is very hesitant to come out. The poodle wants my boyfriends attention so she stays at the door sniffing scratching and barking to get him to open the door. He put her in her kennel for punishment and his mom let her out because she was annoying her. I'm really not sure what to do and I hate that his dog has traumatized the cat. It will take the dog a long time to be trained and I just want Melanie to feel comfortable there.
My boyfriend and I recently adopted a year old grey tabby from our local humane society. She seemed anxious but affectionate in the shelter and did not like to ride in the carrier to the house. When we got her there she seemed curious and walked around slowly but she was completely fine. She hid underneath his bed for a few minutes and came out later completely social to us both. Enter poodle, my boyfriend has a 4 year old teacup poodle that is completely bonkers and has never been trained so she barks at everything. She is terrified of people and barks 24/7 at people walking by or if she wants to get into a room. Melanie(the cat) will be a one room cat as other members of his house have allergies but the room she is kept in is very spacious and we do have the means to take her outside. Within only a few hours of being home the poodle got into the room and had a panic attack at seeing the cat barking very high pitched. At this Melanie bolted under the bed and is very hesitant to come out. The poodle wants my boyfriends attention so she stays at the door sniffing scratching and barking to get him to open the door. He put her in her kennel for punishment and his mom let her out because she was annoying her. I'm really not sure what to do and I hate that his dog has traumatized the cat. It will take the dog a long time to be trained and I just want Melanie to feel comfortable there.