If you encounter noisy skirmishes when they meet, you might want to get a wire kennel for the cat for a while. Put the litter box, a perch, some food and water, and make it a safe retreat and a place to sit in an look around for a while. It wouldn't hurt to put the dog in one for a while also, give them time to observe from afar. Good luck--you can merge household pets, but it does take patience. I don't usually keep my dogs in the house, so my cats and dogs don't easily commingle, but this is how I introduced the cats to each other and it worked perfectly.

I'm going to list my cabinets on eBay today, and if they sell there or Craig's List I'll take down the other ad or auction. Craig's list is an asylum run by the inmates.

SRS