Any suggestions on how to help Checkers (8) and Dulci (1) get along a little
better?  Both are female, and Checkers, being a good bit older, isn't much of
a romper.  Dulci, on the other hand, will play with anything that moves, and
a good few things that don't.  Checkers has been front-declawed (previous
owner, I would never!), and is a good bit bigger than Dulci, who still has
her front claws.  Dulci is NOT aggressive towards Checkers, but she likes to
play.  Checkers will hiss, swipe, & even bite at Dulci if she gets too
rambunctious... Dulci, of course, defends herself.  Lately, they seem to have
come to a sort of tentative cease-fire... I even had them both on the same
couch - with me between them! - last night.

Part of the problem is that we just moved, so there are boxes everywhere and
it's waaaayy too easy for them to surprise each other.  That situation is
gradually improving, but I'm sure you can imagine the chaos!

Anyone here familiar with Native American culture, specifically related to
dream-catchers?  Dulci pulled one apart about two weeks ago, and has been
terrified of her own shadow ever since.  My husband is half Cherokee, and I'm
partly so (a very small part, wwaaaay back, Dutch fur trader saw a pretty
girl, you get the idea), but neither of us knows very much about the culture.
John was raised by his mother & her family (Czech ), and I didn't even know I
had tribe blood until I dug out the geneology my gt.grandmother made.  The
first couple of days after, Dulci wouldn't let ANYBODY touch her... I've got
the claw marks to prove it.  After I fixed the dreamcatcher she's been
getting slowly better, but she's far and away more timid and quiet than she
used to be.  Ideas?