Moving Hell

[create_destiny]

Moving is hell, folks. Especially when strange dogs and cats are forced to live together just because their owners wanna hook-up. One of my cats, Snickers is presently stuck in a wall. Apparently there is a hole in the wall behind the water heater. At 5:00 this morning my boyfriend tried to remove her from this hole in the wall and was promptly hissed at and scratched on the hand, which caused him to call her a bitch, which in turn caused me to cry.

It's not just him calling her a bitch, it's the stress of moving and seeing my cats traumatized and my whole life being turned upside down and I'm not even sure yet if it's for the better. We don't know how to get his dog and my cats to live in peace together so at the moment we are just keeping them separated. I feel like I'm losing my personal space to his dog. I feel trapped, cramped and just as traumatized as my cats.

During one of my emotional meltdowns, the bf offered to give up his dog, but this is not something I could live in peace with. No man should have to give up his dog for a woman.

Any cat & dog co-habitation advise would be appreciated.

Comments

[createdestiny.livejournal.com]

Hold down the cats and let the dog sniff them!??!?!? You've gotta be kidding me! I've never heard of doing anything like that. Where did you get this information?

[dietcokehed.livejournal.com]

Damn LJ! I posted to this earlier...and it was long too...erg. Anyway, here's what I remember from earlier:

I've tried this myself! That way the dog can get a good whiff without having to chase down the cats to smell them and get to know them, you know, butt sniffing and all. And this way the cats will see that the dog is not dangerous (unless he's trying to eat them) and they may be less inclined to run. And maybe if they don't run, he won't chase them. Jen and I had a cat who was too lazy/stupid/fearless? to run, and there were like 8 dogs around and none chased him. One annoyed the hell out of him because he was overly lovey (big hyper black lab that likes to cover cats with kisses) so he'd run from him, but not out of fear. We tried this with one of my cats, but the dog that was there wanted to eat her, so she scratched him in the eye...which can cause a horrible infection. So I must say again, keep a good hold on the paws.
If you want me to come over and help, I'd be glad to...if they ever come out of the wall that is...

[dietcokehed.livejournal.com]

Oh and I'm taking my box in today, with or without you :P

And the craftster site is AWESOME...but now I'm wasting time on the computer again!