Merry Christmas! I hope you had a blessed holiday.
We spent Christmas morning with my parents and then yesterday T’s family came down and we did Christmas. Only one problem.
That’s Cosmo. My brother-in-law’s dog. He is a sweet dog and has a super nice kitten to play with at home. This is an old picture that I stole from him.
Cosmo came too. I was super nervous (and a little stressed) about Lexi’s reaction. I’m not sure she has ever come face to face with a dog.
I felt so bad for Cosmo. He is used to playing with a cat (Merlin) at home and Lexi was not receptive to him being anywhere around her. She hissed up a storm and hid under a table while Cosmo tried to get as close as possible. He couldn’t figure out why she didn’t like him. Lexi eventually moved to another table that gave Cosmo access to her but gave her a better view of what he was doing. While she hissed and hissed, she didn’t move away from him.
I left early to go put our name in at a restaurant and T and his fam came along later. T said that when he left Lexi gave him a look like “You aren’t going to leave me here with that thing are you?”
When we got back from dinner, Lexi had perched herself on the landing and watched his every move from between the banister. It was so funny to watch her face as she tried to crane her neck to see what he was doing when he wasn’t in the living room.
Cosmo left last night but I don’t think Lexi has recovered yet. She barely came out this morning and didn’t even whine for her food. I think she is scared he might come back. Poor thing. Hopefully if we introduce a dog sometime she will get used to him.
How did you introduce a new pet to your pet? How did it go?