Dogs & cats living together

Roscoe doesn't know that Murphy is a cat.

He keeps trying to hug him with his big, sharp teefs, which I have HUGE problems with. He generally gets along with Cassie because he grew up with her; he has no idea what Murphy is, or that he's the same species as Cassie. I guess 'scoe sees Murphy as a threat, since the cat has been sleeping in the bedroom, and the dog has been sleeping on the couch.

Now, if they could all get along, Roscoe could sleep in the room too. But he's being a royal dick, and I'm not going to have him killing the cat I rescued from the Humane Society.

I am certain that Roscoe has ill intent toward the new feline. He never growls. Never. And the tenor of his bark tells me that he's got aggression toward new cat. The bad thing is, if he does something horrible to Murphy, I think I'd get rid of him -- who can trust a dog that kills another pet? And then I'd have horrible guilt for taking him and getting him put down.

So we're going to try and avoid all that.

If anyone has had good luck with acclimating a dog with a new cat, please do share. I want my animals to get along.

Until then, the baby gate stays up and I go hunting for a squirt gun or bottle.