The Slow Lane — A Thirty-Day Plan for Introducing a Cat to the Cat You Already Have

The Slow Lane — A Thirty-Day Plan for Introducing a Cat to the Cat You Already Have

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The Slow Lane — A Thirty-Day Plan for Introducing a Cat to the Cat You Already Have
  • The Slow Lane — A Thirty-Day Plan for Introducing a Cat to the Cat You Already Have
  • The six gates on one page, each with its advance, hold and retreat conditions
  • Worksheet 1 — the Vet Gate and Two-Cat Profile
  • Worksheet 3 — the Daily Two-Cat Score Card, seven signals scored zero to three
  • The Slow Lane — A Thirty-Day Plan for Introducing a Cat to the Cat You Already Have
  • The six gates on one page, each with its advance, hold and retreat conditions
  • Worksheet 1 — the Vet Gate and Two-Cat Profile
  • Worksheet 3 — the Daily Two-Cat Score Card, seven signals scored zero to three
The Slow Lane — A Thirty-Day Plan for Introducing a Cat to the Cat You Already Have

The Slow Lane — A Thirty-Day Plan for Introducing a Cat to the Cat You Already Have

$19.00

It is day eleven. The new cat is still under the bed and the resident cat has started growling at the door. You have read all the articles. Separate them, swap their scents, feed them either side of a door, go at their pace. All of it correct, and none of it answers the only question you actually have: is this working or not?

That question is unanswerable by feel. Progress here is slow, uneven, and has bad days built in — so "today was worse" tells you nothing. Without something written down, week two feels exactly like failure, and that is when most people either give up or push forward too fast and undo two weeks of work in ninety seconds.

The Slow Lane is the measuring device the free advice leaves out. Six numbered gates with written conditions for advancing, holding or dropping back. A daily score for each cat on things you can actually see. And a feeding distance, in inches, that goes down on paper while everything else is still ambiguous.

What is inside

  • 24 pages, eight fill-in worksheets, a thirty-day log
  • The six gates, each with explicit advance, hold and retreat criteria
  • A daily two-cat score card — seven observable signals, zero to three
  • The feeding-distance ladder: the one number that proves it is working
  • Scent and site swap logs, and a visual-access session log
  • A first open meeting plan, including how you will end it before it goes wrong
  • A setback and reset protocol, so a bad day costs three days instead of three weeks
  • Eight honest answers, including when two cats genuinely should not share a house

Who it is for

Anyone bringing a second cat into a home that already has one, and anyone currently stuck somewhere in the middle of it. The plan starts before the new cat arrives, but you can pick it up at any gate.

Format

Instant PDF download. US Letter, designed to be printed and scored on daily by hand.

This is a routine and record-keeping plan, not veterinary advice. It does not diagnose or treat anything. Both cats should be seen by a vet before you start, a sudden change in a settled cat is a call to the vet rather than an adjustment to the plan, and cats who are injuring each other need professional help now rather than another gate.

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