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Most of the advice given here is good.

The very short, very TLDR version of what you need to know is this - it's ok if all your animals don't have the full run of the house. You can't just introduce them all and expect them all to get along with each other immediately, but it is possible that they can learn to tolerate each other's presences. Hell, quite often animals of the same species hate each others guts when they first meet, and introductions have to be handled slowly and with care.

https://www.petfinder.com/cats/bringing-a-cat-home/cat-to-cat-introductions/

http://www.catbehaviorassociates.com/how-to-introduce-a-second-cat/

These two are specifically for cats but is a good idea to understand that in introductions, you can never take things too slowly. Cats don't suffer or hurt from being kept in a particular room for a few days, and it might help to let Abby get used to the smell and presence of cats being around and for the cats to get used to Abby's presence in stages. Notice that in both cases, introductions don't happen full on but rather in controlled environments - first via smell / sound, then in a room with people watching and holding onto animals, and moving up from there. Going back to basics might - at the very least - give you and your pets some space of their own and peace of mind as opposed to having to constantly break up fights.

Cat training your dog can be a huge pain if they haven't been socialized to them when young. It's totally doable, though. To be honest, a lot of the issues are due to cats and dogs having totally different body language and both of them not really reading each other quite right. Plus, the chase / herd instinct can be very difficult to avoid, but if you know it's there, you can redirect or train the dog to realize that leaving the cat alone results in a bigger reward. Note that the point of training here is not to punish the dog for going after the cat, but rather to give it incentives to leave cats alone.

https://www.petfinder.com/dogs/dog-problems/dog-chases-cat/ Petfinder has a decent explanation. In any case, controlling the environment / doing it in stages is key. If you can get the dog to sit / stay at your command first, and then slowly introduce cats around and continue to get that reaction, that would probably help. Specific details of what works to train your dog depends on what your dog likes - the short of it is, find something that your dog actually CAN chase or wants to chase or enjoys playing with or loves to eat, and then first train them to go after that, then distract / redirect or reward them with that whenever they leave the cat alone.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zNAOe1djDyc Kikopup has a really good 'leave it' video that goes through the basics - though you're working with a cat rather than with food, the principle is the same; you want to make sure your dog gets that if it leaves the thing it likes alone, it gets things it likes more. With time and consistency you can have animals that get along, but you (and other people in your home) will need to guide and oversee this process.

Thank you for the links! Fortunately, during most of the work day the dogs are kept in one the bedrooms but let out for an hour or so during lunch. So confining them will be no problem.

That's good! If the lunch period can be used for supervised interaction, that might help with getting Abby slowly accustomed to having cats around. As a dog all she knows is that there's a small thing and she wouldn't automatically get that she isn't supposed to chase it, but introducing the cat to her in stages (maybe using a cat carrier first) might help her be more accustomed to having it around and less likely to immediately go after it, or see it as something to go after.

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