I recently rescued the most beautiful sweet dog I have ever seen, she is a real sweetheart. She is five years old and is just an all around well behaved girl. I have two cats who I rescued when they were adults. My one female cat could care less about the dog however my other male cat has turned into a homicidal maniac.
I first did a slow introduction, introducing them behind glass doors. At first he hissed and growled and made sounds like he was an evil demon vacuum cleaner coming to life.This however stopped so we started to bring her into the room on a leash. Last night she was up on the bed and he even jumped up and went to sleep.
Today me and my husband brought our little girl in and the male cat didnt hiss or growl at all but when she came off the bed my husband approached him with her on the leash. He started to growl and I told my husband to stop and to pull our dog away but he wouldnt listen to me and continued to allow the dog to approach the cat who was practically under the bed. I told my husband again to pull the dog away that he was going to attack and my husband still would not pull the dog away and that is when my cat turned into Floyd Mayweather and with both paws he pounced her like she was Manny Pacquiao, once my cat did that she started to growl, he stopped for a second but then he went in for a round two(l put soft paws on him in the event something like this happened). After this incident my husband brought the dog down stairs to his office but my cat went downstairs and was hunting for her like he was a little furry John Rambo. Once he found her behind the glass door of my husbands office she saw him and ran at the door growling and he started hissing again, I scooped him up and locked him back upstairs.
My husband is all mad now and wants to call the pet rescue and give the dog back after this incident. I am really upset because I feel like all the progress I made has now been lost. I been reading up on introduction and what I think happened was the cat tolerated her being in the room the other times however when she approached him so closely he felt threatened and attacked. I tried explaining this to my husband but he just doesn't want to hear it. I just wish he would have listened to me when I told him to pull the dog back, now they are mortal enemies.
I just dont know what to do. Anyone have any suggestions?
I first did a slow introduction, introducing them behind glass doors. At first he hissed and growled and made sounds like he was an evil demon vacuum cleaner coming to life.This however stopped so we started to bring her into the room on a leash. Last night she was up on the bed and he even jumped up and went to sleep.
Today me and my husband brought our little girl in and the male cat didnt hiss or growl at all but when she came off the bed my husband approached him with her on the leash. He started to growl and I told my husband to stop and to pull our dog away but he wouldnt listen to me and continued to allow the dog to approach the cat who was practically under the bed. I told my husband again to pull the dog away that he was going to attack and my husband still would not pull the dog away and that is when my cat turned into Floyd Mayweather and with both paws he pounced her like she was Manny Pacquiao, once my cat did that she started to growl, he stopped for a second but then he went in for a round two(l put soft paws on him in the event something like this happened). After this incident my husband brought the dog down stairs to his office but my cat went downstairs and was hunting for her like he was a little furry John Rambo. Once he found her behind the glass door of my husbands office she saw him and ran at the door growling and he started hissing again, I scooped him up and locked him back upstairs.
My husband is all mad now and wants to call the pet rescue and give the dog back after this incident. I am really upset because I feel like all the progress I made has now been lost. I been reading up on introduction and what I think happened was the cat tolerated her being in the room the other times however when she approached him so closely he felt threatened and attacked. I tried explaining this to my husband but he just doesn't want to hear it. I just wish he would have listened to me when I told him to pull the dog back, now they are mortal enemies.
I just dont know what to do. Anyone have any suggestions?