Ha! Ha! Ha! Welcome to my household! Olivia is all over our cat all the time. If he's sitting on the floor, she runs over and tackles him to the ground, if he's not paying attention to her, she goes next to him and digs on his back to get a reaction, if he has a toy, she takes it from him... Your cat shouldn't hurt the puppy with his biting. I figure for as hard as Olivia plays and bites, she deserves what she gets. At one point, our cat had hair missing on his ears from Olivia biting on them! I figure that he probably likes having someone to wrestle with because for as awful as she is to him, he doesn't avoid her (he actually seeks her out), cries to wake her up in the mornings to play, and has never hurt her- even though his claws could really hurt her if he wanted to. I wouldn't worry about it until you see aggressive behavior from either of them. If your cat is swatting at the puppy with its claws or showing aggression (puffy tail, hair up on his back, etc), you might want to step in. Also, since the puppy is new, the cat needs time to get used to him and adjust to a new animal in the house. In my case, Olivia is majorly jealous of the cat, so I actually have to watch her more than I do him. |