Short story
Got cat
Cat ran away
Got dog
Cat came back
Cat dosn't like dog or children spends life in one room hiding under bed.
Should we
rehome dog as cat was here first
Rehome cat
Keep going the way we are with cat living in dd bedroom ( it's been nearly 2 months) and bringing dog in to meet cat - dog really couldn't care a less hoping one day a mutual truce is called and we can all live happily ever after.
Long story
We had bcat from a small kitten, she wasn't very friendly from early on she would hide from the kids and spend all day under our bed then come out after the kids had gone to bed..
We moved house kept her in for a month then let her out.
She is attacked by a few large intact males
She spends more time under the bed.
She was run off by neighbours cat and disappeared over back fence -despite looking and posters no sign of her.
Quite a few cars are killed on the roads here and the council collect bodies but do not scan for microchips we also have quite a few foxes... :(
After 3 1/2 months we conclude bcat is not comming back and agree to the DC's plans to get a 🐕.
She has a huge impact on all of us and the kids have loved playing and taking care of her.
Fast forward 3 months and bcat came back 😀. We are all so happy she's filthy and skinny but home.
But bcat really dosn't like dog, still didn't like children and simply won't leave DDS room, she will come out for a fuss from dd and sit on windowsill but runs under bed if dog or children come in room - dog is indifferent to the cat... Cat creates all kinds of 'fuck off' noises from under the bed
Which leaves us with our problem, should we try to rehome dog? As we had cat first... Or rehome cat to a home with no young children or dogs ( she's a fuss hound for adults)
Or just keep going hoping the cat will eventually leave the bed cave, and accept dog???