They'll all be playing Monopoly together in no time...

Well, I’ve been attempting to integrate Piva into the rest of the brood… letting her out of her “safe room” a couple times a day for a few hours, and watching to make sure Allegro doesn’t pounce on her. Actually, Piva seems to want to pounce on Allegro every now and then – a fact that greatly vexes Allegro and usually results in much hissing and growling. For the most part, though, Allegro seems to ignore Piva when she’s out exploring, and only reminds the kitten who’s boss when they’re within a couple feet of each other. Echo – ever the sweet, eager-to-please dog she is – has been just fine with the new addition to the household. Of course, Piva had never seen a dog before she discovered Echo asleep in the kitchen a few days ago. At first, she was merely curious – she cautiously crept up to the sleeping creature and sniffed her nose, and then quickly retreated lest Echo suddenly awake. But if Echo is up and about, and happens to sneak up on Piva when her attention is focused somewhere else, Piva will puff up until her tail is all fluffy and start hissing at Echo as if she’s never seen such a frightening sight. I hope Piva gets used to her eventually, because right now there’s this weird sort of aggressiveness triangle – Allegro hisses at Piva… Piva hisses at Echo… sometimes Allegro still hisses at Echo… and poor Echo just wants to be friends with everyone.

Here are a few pictures I took today:

Piva has been fascinated by the television -- she'll sit and watch until someone on the TV makes a sudden move, and then she'll run away for a few minutes until she thinks it's safe to watch again...

The big stare-down... who will make the first move? Hmmm...


Hanging out under the globe, looking all cute and kitten-like... :)