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Originally Posted by timmylish  can you offer any advice. We got our 7 week old Yuriy Ivanovich 5/6 days ago and he has settled in far better than I could ever imagine (except for eating which is now improving). Our problem is Timmy, our 6 year neutered Balinese male. He has always been a house cat but has had a go at any large dogs passing our ground floor apt 
Yuriy has his metal crate and the run of a small indoor patio with a small barrier to prevent him trying out the rest of our apt until he has been fully innoculated, wormed and settled. Timmy is obviously jealous of the new 'un and near to Yuriy we use a small leash so he cannot attack. We thought, stupidly, that the cat would start to ignore puppy but, no. Vet suggested taking Yuriy,s blanket to Timmy to get him used to the smell etc. Nothing!
Suggetions please on anything further we can do? No way are we at the panic or desperate stage, and won,t ever be but would like to see some dropping in hostility. Yuriy is of course doing  to Timmy. Over to you  |
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I have the opposite problem. We have had our cat FOREVER!! BIG Maine Coon...He would just smell the pups when we first brought them home(got them 2 yrs apart). HE didn't mind the pups....It's them that don't like him! How long have you had the pup? I'm sure with time the cat will get used to him...I would try what your vet had suggested. Does your cat have claws? Does the cat actually go after the pup to hurt him?
Good Luck!