I think it's funny to watch Zeus with my 2 cats, Smokey and Mittzy... When we first brought Zeus home, he was just 11 weeks old, but he towered over both the cats. And Smokey didn't like that at all! Smokey is a very independent male cat who wants to dominate the house and for a long time he did just that! He's 6 years old (and Mittzy is 3 and a 1/2) and he's used to dominating her docile self. She's just a lovable lugg and she's easily pushed aroung by Smokey's controlling personality. If she walks by him, he hisses at her. It's pretty sad to watch. But she keeps on doing her thing - which is usually... nothing :)
Anyhow, Zeus used to chase the cats absolutely everywhere in the house when he was a puppy. I think he thought they were playmates that were playing hard to get. Smokey would hide and hiss. He'd even try to hurt him by batting at his face with his large declawed paws. That was comical to watch!
Now that they've lived and survived the last 15 months together, I think they've come to realize the order of dominance in the house. This is how it goes: Steve, me, Zeus, Smokey, all of the kids... and then Mittzy :) Although I'm sure it was hard for Smokey to succumb to Zeus, he's managed to get his groove back. He spent months moping around, not playing, not wanting to be pet by any of us, and pissing randomly throughout the house :( Now, he's back to playing and purring. He comes up to us for love when he wants it... and he's peeing in the litter box again. Ahh... harmony... And, by the way... we had our furniture professionally cleaned several times!
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