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I would suggest videos. Epically bad movies and crazy you-tube videos (streamed on to the big set) tend to loosen people up and give people something to laugh and talk about in the background. Everyone has at least one crazy movie/video that other people haven't seen, and when you have some alcohol in the mix...

Even better, if it's so bad that you can't listen to the dialogue, you can put on a record/cd and have a movie mashup ala PinkFloyd/Wizard of Oz. Or just have your guests make up their own words.

@mangabanga I had a similar problem when my hubby introduced a dog to our two kitties. One cat adapted fine, the other not so much. After two years of peeing over everything and spastic, aggressive behavior, we took him to a vet with a specialty in cat behavior. It was a long consultation, but after a month on calming pills, we had a much more calm and happy cat.

Our pets are definitely considered in the decorating process, if only for the fact that they are completely neurotic and crazy. There must be ample hidey-holes for the cats to avoid the dog, the cats' things must be protected/cut off so that the dog doesn't eat anything of theirs...oy.

I actually had a 1.5 hour long chat with my cat's vet one day, during which I had to draw out the layout of my apt in order to figure out the potential stressors for my most anxiety-ridden, neurotic cat. We had to rearrange two bookcases and a chair in order to accommodate my crazy cat.