[Ladylavender]

I'm sorry, but I do sympathize and know what you are going thru. I have had a cat, Lucie for 7 years. she is spayed and declawed. Inside cat, never out. Her house is her territory! Now enter Millie - 12 wk old innocent. Wants to play with the cat, get's alot of the attention from us (has too, she's a puppy and we are vigiliant in her potty training, learining manners, ect) and is well.... a puppy with puppy behavior. She has taken over everything! and Lucie does not like it! period! So while Millie wants to play and chase her, Lucie sees her as a territorial perpetrator. Lucie will hiss, growl, stalk Millie (not in a good way either, very mean and out to get her). Can't control the behavior by sending Lucie outside, because Lucie is an indoor cat. Millie attempts to eat food from the Cat bowl, now Lucie won't let Millie near the kitchen where both bowls are. Lucie waits around corners waiting for Millie to show up. Thank God Lucie is declawed or else Millie would have been hurt and scarred severely, by now.

It has been quite burdomsome in trying to keep them apart! Millie for the most part is not the initiator of the fights, Lucie is. (and by the way, I am getting real tired of hearing all the feral growling and hissing, too).

but we are keeping on keeping on. Some days are better than others. We have been using the spray bottle quite a lot. Lucie really hates it!

Talked to my vet about it and all he said is you've got to let them work it out on their own. So when Millie got bigger, we started letting the fights happen (before that we were stopping them), to get them out of the way and to let them decide on hierarchy, but we all have a long way to go!

Lucie has had to give up a lot. Poor thing. But is can get very very fustrating!