We recently bought a beautiful female ragdoll kitten. She's very playful and
at the breeder's house there was a large dog which she seemed to get along
with.

We have a lonely jack russell terrier female, 7 years old. At the moment we
have the dog living downstairs and the kitten upstairs. I have researched
quite a few guides on how to introduce them. Our first "meeting" wasn't too
good. We held both animals away from each other (the dog also on a lead),
the kitten was frightened of the dog as soon as it moved in our grip and ran
away to hide.

The good thing is the dog is not at all agressive, however her excitement is
what I think is scaring the kitten. The kitten is quite curious and has had
a couple attempts at trying to look down nervously and see the dog. However
the levels are fenced off and neither of them can get to each other at the
moment.

Can anyone recommend a good approach to take form here on? We have shared
some towels with the dog's/cat's smells and they both happily smell them. We
have tried to let them make eye contact by holding them both from a long
distance - but the kitten is definitely too scared. The kitten is very happy
so far living up stairs, but we would like them to start to tolerate each
other sometime.

Thanks alot!