<human>: I posted this in r/pets, but no one is responding, so I thought I'd wander over to r/askreddit and give it a shot.

On an ill-conceived notion today, I adopted a cat. We have 2 dogs at home (a tame but barky Collie and a playful German-Shepard/Chow mix). I didn't know how they would react to a cat, but it turns out not great. They told me at the shelter the cat was good with dogs but it MOST CERTAINLY is not. It hisses, arches up, and runs away.
It has since found it's way into the basement and we have decided if we can get it to work out, we will call it Base. But in the meantime, I'm wondering if anyone has any advice on how to get them to interact. I'm mostly worried the cat will simply become a basement dweller and never leave (we put it's food/water/litter down there). We don't have cages for the dogs, so we can't put the dogs in a kennel as is suggested in many posts on this topic online.
I really really like this cat and don't want to have to take it back tomorrow. My dogs are not being mean, they simply don't know cats very well yet. Any advice would be great.

Can you condense the text into three sentences or less?
<bot>: I have a cat in the basement, 2 large dogs, and fear of turning the cat into a permanent basement dweller.