Thanks for the suggestion, I'll see how that works.
Another question, though. This territorial battle has been going on all day. Earlier I reprimanded the cat in front of the dog and so now the dog is feeling a little better. If I'm holding the cat, then at least the dog will come in the house. But, the cat is NOT happy about me taking "the dog's side", though, I'm really not favoring the dog just trying to keep the cat from clawing her eyes out.
So, now that the cat is angry, will he spray in the house? Again, I know nothing about cats and am not even really sure what this means, other than you don't want it to happen. He is neutered if that makes a difference.
I appreciate anyone's thoughts on this.
Geesh - this is almost as exasperating as raising two kids!