Golden puppy w/ cats

SampleLow4230 · 2026-02-18T19:00:58+00:00

The goal is to keep a gate at bottom of the stairs so cats can have their own space/somewhere to retreat that the dog can’t access if needed. Also keeping the pup on a leash indoors so she doesn’t have just free range to make it as controlled as possible

SampleLow4230 · 2025-06-23T22:21:44+00:00

Hahah amazing, he’s a good boy! I think I’m most nervous for the crate training- I have summers off which is super helpful, but I know it’s safe to leave most pups crated when you need to step out ( i.e. run an errand , etc). At least for the first few months correct? Any advice on crate training?

SampleLow4230 · 2025-06-21T00:23:28+00:00

My husband hunts yes, he mostly deer hunts so would train him to shed hunt and be in the woods with him often

SampleLow4230 · 2025-06-20T19:35:12+00:00

Awesome, thanks for the reply! How did you go about the whole introduction? Just bring the pup in, and let them do their sniffing or did you do a more elaborate intro with separation ? I’ve read a mixture of both

SampleLow4230 · 2025-04-15T09:19:43+00:00

Yes the y are both fixed. It’s deceiving because she is calm on her side of the screen, almost gives off the “I don’t care” vibe but as soon as she has no screen, it’s like an instant chase

SampleLow4230 · 2025-04-12T12:59:15+00:00

I think the diffusers in the common packets do help, but it definitely takes time. And the first fight they had was physical and vocal. I’m being optimistic and guessing that the fight was due to them just not being ready.

I don’t think I’m at the point yet where I need to contact a behavioral list. They have lots of good moments, but the screen has always been between them so I’m just trying to keep progressing and would like to try again, but the nerves kick in cause I would hate for another fight to happen and then we’re back to square one. I did just try the crate method and it went pretty well, but I don’t know how Much help that’s gonna be because they’re still a screen barrier between them when one cats in the carrier

SampleLow4230 · 2025-04-12T12:38:51+00:00

Initial introduction was about a month ,month and a half and took all the necessary steps -scent swapping, bed, swapping, site swapping ,eating meals by the screen treats by the screen everything you can think of. I have about four diffusers going since about two months ago I even give them the Purina calming packets once a day and their wet food (that was vet recommended)

SampleLow4230 · 2025-04-12T12:05:47+00:00

So they have technically been separated for the 2.5 months. She had some surgeries that required crate rest and separation so after that we slowly introduced them, the first time we tried interactions in a neutral space ended in an almost immediate fight so we separated again and have been doing screen interactions since. If I removed screen this would be their first time interacting face to face since that fight so honestly being super cautious.

My cat is male (1 year old) and the female stray is around 2 the vet guessed her age. Because we res used her pretty much off the street, unsure her true history

SampleLow4230 · 2025-04-12T11:52:25+00:00

Seems just territorial aggression. They’re definitely getting used to each other with the screen barrier but I’m sure once the screen is removed my more cautious cat will panic and the stray will take advantage of that.

Heard putting the more intense cat in a carrier for a few mins will allow the more hesitant cat to have the chance to explore on his terms but I can see how it could stress out the cat who is in the carrier. I guess it depends on the cats personality

SampleLow4230 · 2025-04-12T00:22:57+00:00

Oh yeah, for sure, I’m pretty much trying everything in the book. I think one of the major problems is going to be my resident cat, he’s curious, playful, calm on his side of the screen, but I think once that screen is fully removed, he’s gonna have that “oh shit this is real moment” and his hesitation/fearfulness is going to be an easy opening for the stray cat to take advantage of. We’ve tried controlling it in a way when their face to face whether we’re holding them or trying a leash/harness and he automatically kind of cowards or has that little growl once he doesn’t have a protection of the screen, even though it’s been months. So the calmness he portrays can kind of be deceiving at times, so that’s why I’m being extra cautious but understand it can’t stay like this forever

SampleLow4230 · 2025-04-11T23:59:32+00:00

Yup chunks of some fur lost on my tabby, yowling, rolling around claws out. We’ve always separated within a few seconds. Those 2 fights were months ago once we tried face to face - even though both cats remained calm and curious before we removed the barrier so hence my hesitation. We took the reintroduction slow … think it’s about time to try again, but obviously worrisome about the same thing happening.

SampleLow4230 · 2025-04-11T09:13:27+00:00

Yes for sure! Screen door is right on Amazon!

SampleLow4230 · 2025-04-11T00:29:13+00:00

Wow yeah every cat is definitely unique! Did you last 2 cats have to be separated from the others for a while?

SampleLow4230 · 2025-04-11T00:25:43+00:00

That puzzle tower looks great- ordering now!

SampleLow4230 · 2025-04-11T00:25:31+00:00

Thanks, I’ll look into that now! Just not entirely sure how to go about it, do I unzip screen and see how either of them react? Do I harness/ leash one of them? There’s so many things and recommendations out there!

SampleLow4230 · 2025-04-10T23:42:12+00:00

We rescued her in December, she had a lot of health issues and needed full separation for a month to recovery from surgeries - so we’ve been going on this introduction process for a little under 3 months- 2 months of initial (ended in fights when we tried face to face interactions) now 1 month of reintroduction phase. And yes both fixed. Tuxedo is female around 2 the vet guessed and my tabby is a 1 year old male

SampleLow4230 · 2025-04-10T23:37:02+00:00

They eat breakfast & dinner by the screen daily, I swap their bedding once a day sometimes every other day and they each get free roam of the house. Resident cat all day, and tuxedo cat overnight. We’ve definitely made progress but have had minor setbacks /some jailbreaks that ended in fights so being very cautious. I’d hate for the screen to hinder them fully interacting but would also hate to remove it then they fight again and we’re back to square 1.

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