I am hoping someone can help me with this problem.  We have a 15 yr old
female and a 5 yr old male cat. We recently acquired a 10 month old
italian grey hound.  My cats hate the idea that she is here. We put up a
baby gate but they hiss and try to scratch the dog through the holes in
the gate. Lily is barking at them which makes for a very stressful
situation.  We thought we would try to get them together slowly so we took
the gate down one day and both cats cornered the dog and attacted her.  If
I didn't grab Lily I don't think they would have stopped.  The cats have
never acted that way before.  A week later the male cat was hissing and
scratching at the gate and Liliy was barking I tried to move the male cat
and he scratched and bite my ankle, which drew blood.  I love the cats and
we have all grown attached to the dog.  Any ideas?????