Are you thinking of bringing a dog into a house with a cat already present or vice versa? Especially with pets, first impressions matter. If you don’t do it effectively, you might find yourself with two housemates who don’t get along, making life harder for everybody else in the home. Fortunately, AnimalWised is here to present the 5 steps to make this potentially difficult process go as smoothly as possible. This means neither animal will feel like they are being threatened and both will be given the best opportunity to get along with each other.
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I remember long time ago I had a male chihuahua and then we brought in a male kitten. Kitten was too playful for the chihuahua. It was a one way relationship cat loved the dog and the dog tolerated its existence. When the male cat was an adult I brought in a female kitten. Male cat adored lil sis kitten. Chihuahua also loved the new kitten as soon as we brought her home. However she would always be with the chihuahua because she found the male cat over bearing as the chihuahua would always protect her from neighbour cats.
Going through it with a Frenchie we rescued and our CatBoss Luna. Luna has a sister Mastiff that sticks up for her 😅
im 13, and in the future i want a puppy, a brown baby husky with blue eyes and i want to name it Koda. and i want a ragdoll cat or kitten and i wanna name it Mofu. do u think they could get along? i think i might get Koda first though so i could train him and stuff then get Mofu
I rescued a dog off the highway that was in bad shape from malnutrition and neglect. I brought him home and nursed him back to health with vet assistance. He was cat reactive. His whole body literally trembled at the sight of our cat. So I kept them separated during his initial recuperation. I let each of them have full run of the house taking turns while the other was in a bedroom. They could interact with their noses and paws under the door only. When it was time to eat I fed each of them within sight of the other but far away from each other. The dog was tethered to the dining room table during these feeding sessions. Over time I moved the cat’s bowl closer and closer to the dog’s until they were in the same dining room area to eat. This helped the dog realize that good things happen when the cat is around.
The day came when I tethered the dog to the table while the cat was let loose to roam the house. Of course he came over to smell the dog and they met each other while I sat down next to the dog. This arrangement went on for about one week until the dog also got to roam the house, but we kept a leash on him. Initially I held the lease and walked around with him. Eventually I let him walk around dragging the leash. The dog loved to sleep on the couch and eventually the cat joined him there. This made the dog tremble, but I sat with them and reassured him and he was able to calm down. It was hard for him to get his body calm around a cat – the trembling seemed involuntary. Because of this, I would say that this whole process took about 2 years so it did take a lot of supervision and care, but eventually the dog was completely calm and they became best friends and cuddle buddies.
I have a fiver year old bully. I’ll have to rehome an adopted kitten because my dog always charges at her when the dog sees it through a sliding door. It breaks my heart but for the kitten’s safety I decided its the for the best 😢