In the wee hours this morning (okay fine, it was 7:30) I had a brilliant idea to temporarily solve the problem of Athena's "excitement" over Callie. Before I divulge, let me fill you in on what I've done so far.
If Athena is roaming the house, Callie is in the laundry room. If Athena is inside the bedroom or outside, Callie gets to roam the house. I have held Callie in front of Athena and let Athena sniff her, but that's as far as I've gotten. I don't trust the look in Athena's eye quite yet.
So my brilliant idea: get Athena a muzzle. That way she won't be able to get her mouth around her but still get close to her to smell and get used to her. Hopefully this muzzle idea helps...I want to live in a peaceful household again.
...unless Athena feels that the muzzle is a particularly cruel and unusual punishment. Then she will associate Callie with said punishment. But I'm not sure Athena has the higher-order brain power to make that connection...
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