Hi everyone!
I have two cats and one dog, all of which are male. I’ve had my cats for about 2 years give or take, we adopted our younger cat about 3 months after our older one. They we’re both adopted as kittens and they get along really well, they play and cuddle together all the time.
My new dog is from a Native American reservation and when we adopted him they told us he is about 1 1/2 to 2 years old, we got him in January so he’s still kinda new to our home but he’s been great so far. I don’t know if he had an owner before he came into our lives or if he was just a stray. He is a very quiet, friendly, loving and mellow dog. He’s honestly the most well behaved dog I’ve ever had and I’m really attached to him.
At first my cats didn’t particularly care for him being around which I was expecting. My oldest cat is totally fine with him around now and they hang out close but are definitely still trying to figure it out their friendship. This is not the case with my youngest cat.
My younger cat still openly does not like my dog. He’s become a bit more aggressive with my dog over time, like he’s more comfortable attacking my dog because he knows my dog won’t fight back. My dogs tail is big and fluffy and so my cat will bat at it and hiss at him on a regular basis, at least twice a day from what I see but I’m not home all day so I’m not 100% sure how much it’s actually happening. We’ve had some problems with this cat before. It’s obvious he would prefer to be an outdoor cat considering he’s run away for a month before. Unfortunately I live in a very rural area with a lot of wildlife like coyotes and bears so I’m worried about letting him outside because I don’t want him to get eaten and he might not come back. We have friends who expressed interest in adopting him from us (even before the dog, my boyfriend doesn’t like this cat too much because of his independent, defiant behavior) but all of them live in apartments where it is near impossible to give him access to outside safely and I don’t want to separate him from his cat brother. I’m really torn on what to do because my dog gets a bit upset when he’s being hissed at.
Ive tried CBD oil to relax my cat but so far that’s not working. I love this cat but it seems like (this started before we even got the dog) he’s distancing himself from us and he’s only interested in giving me love so I’ll feed him wet food. I’m at a loss on what to do with him.
Any and all advice is appreciated. Thank you!
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