well... this picture is more cute than accurate. My cat always bossed my last dog, who was very submissive. They often slept together, but the dog just merely tolerated the cat. Amber's not nearly as submissive. In this picture she was exhausted so Morley did his old trick.

Amber tends to be excitable in the mornings. This morning, Morley came by and was staring her down. You can see her twitching, it was like she didn't know what to do with that excitement (attack? play? run away?)

My cat is very aggressive and she's very uncertain of him (she was terrified when she first came, sat by the door and didn't want to come further into the house). She ignores my other cat because the cat ignores her, too. I haven't yet been able to trust Morley enough to leave them alone. The last thing I'd want is to come home and find a dead or maimed cat because he was so confrontational.

She's nearly perfect, but this dynamic concerns me for the long term.