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I have brought home two new kittens to take the place of Grizzy's son/playmate who died in the winter. My three dogs and Grizzy are all outside animals, penned at night and while we are off at work as we live in a very rural location. I keep the kitties, now about 4 months old, in a very nice quail flight pen (80 ft. X 20 ft. roofed and tightly screened to prevent other animals getting in and to make sure they don't lose their kitten chow to the others. It has worked out well as I have slowly acclimated them to the presence of the dogs by one-a- a-time exposure. For the last several weeks, I have been allowing the kittens out in the yard where we have a large area with lots of trees to climb and things to explore, kitty/doggy nirvana except for the fact that Grizzy is not acclimating well at all. She is attacking the kitties, and today I was afraid she was going to hurt the smaller one. I was working in my flower bed nearby and allowed a bit of the stalking behavior to go on until I saw her attack viciously. I separated them calmly, but am thinking tomorrow of taking a water sprayer with me in the garden to turn it on Grizzy when she goes after them. Will this be detrimental to getting her trained not to attack? I can't bring them inside because of my partner's allergies. Perhaps I should put Grizzy into the quail pen while the kittens are outside. I have had dogs, cats, and horses all my life and have trained them all without too much mishap, but this concerns me greatly. Looking for advice here!