by Rhonda
(Chicago, IL)
I am in desperate need of some advice here. Short of getting rid of my cat Shelby, I am at a total loss and I love her so very much. For some reason after 7 years of living together, (since they were both 6 weeks old) she decided that she wants to kill the dog. I cannot tell you how bad the encounters are and it usually ends with me getting bitten and scratched just to pull her off of him and then I have to put her in the bedroom and close the door for the rest of the day. Poor Sammy (the dog) runs from her crying because he's scared but he is still a 154 lb Rottweiler and she is only a 10 lb kitty and one day, I'm afraid he is going to get tired of this and tired of being bit and scrated and attacked by her and he may try to defend himself...then what? Our vet even ran a complete blood panel to make sure she wasn't sick. I honestly don't know what else to do. I don't know, I'm very confused about the situation and nobody can figure out what changed after all these years that is making her behave this way. She was always a little leary of him but this is crazy, they can't even be on the same level of the house now. Who wants to live like that?!?! This has litterally turned my peaceful house upside down but I really want getting rid of her to be the absolute last resort. I tried this stuff from PetSmart called Calm Down for cats. It
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