I don't know what to do about this. Scout, a one year old female that we've only had a month, is becoming very dominant especially over Ripley my 11+ year old male cat. He is 4 times her size but that doesn't seem to matter. It started off with her approaching him and he would back away and then she began running towards him and he would almost hurt himself trying to get away. Now all she has to do is look at him and he panics and tries to leave. Whenever they are in the same room together he walks (almost creeps) by her as if he were in slow motion. She now practically stalks him and will sometimes run him away from the food and water bowls. His life is becoming miserable and I don't know what to do.
Because of her power over Ripley, Scout is now starting to become more dominant over Jazz and their play is getting more aggressive. On top of that Scout will even try to take on my dog, Disney. I'm afraid Disney is going to get hurt, probably by a scratch to the face.
Help. I need to curb this behavior before it gets worse and I'm afraid Ripley will start having some bad behavior from it all.
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