Our players:
Cat = my cat, 15 mo/o
OBC = Older border collie, 9 yr/o. Mother to...
YBC = Young border collie. 3 yr/o
So my boyfriend and I have been discussing living together, and that means introducing pets. My cat has been dog-proven and actually grows to like them after a warm-up period. She is an excellent traveler, and so I've been bringing her to my boyfriends place every weekend/over holidays.
Now, boyfriend's dogs are /not/ cat proven. Never been. We did the intros under the door, seemed okay, dogs didn't care. However, now that everyone is out in the open, OBC has been acting odd.
OBC will follow the cat from room to room, either following her and staring intensely, or just laying down and watching. The cat is learning how to ignore her, and I witnessed her jumping over OBC this evening, but there is a little tension yet.
OBC will look directly at the cat so long as the cat is not looking at her. If the cat is looking at hee, OBC lifts her chin, turns her head, but stares at the general area of the cat. I've noticed this lessening as time has gone on and everyone seems to relax more, but it's still happening.
Tonight, cat was hiding underneath the table, pouncing at the edges of the tablecloth and OBC was watching, staring intensely at where she thought the cat was. Noses were sniffed, OBC carefully joined cat under the table, and the cats bubble was invaded so she hissed, but no aggression otherwise. It almost seems like the OBC is trying to interact, but doesn't know how? It's hard to parse.
YBC is slightly scared of the cat, but leaves her alone. Ironically, the cat has made several moves to try and play with YBC, but YBC is too skittish to play.
I'm at a loss because all of my childhood dogs have been raised with cats so it was just fine. But boyfriend has never had cats and the dogs don't know what to do. Anyone have any ideas? We have tried a lot of things.
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