Advice?

[geekmomof2]

So I'm going to totally google this too but wanted to see if of my lovely friends had knowledge on best ways to introduce a dog and a cat so they live in some sort of harmony or atleast tolerate each other?

Comments

[hopefulspirit]

I've had to do this a few times in the past and every animal is different. I've been lucky, the dogs I've had were curious of course but not to the point where they harassed the cat or wouldn't leave the cat alone. I had a cat growing up and then my grandmother showed up with a Yorkie puppy. If the dog got too nosy and the cat didn't like it, the cat would swat at him once and that got the point across. lol For the most part our cat ignored the dog, and us humans kept the dog occupied for the most part, so it wasn't really a problem

[meathiel]

Sorry - can't help you with that ... just wanted to say it's great that you want to do this!

[1_rhiannon_1]

Hopefully the age of the dog will help! I don't really have any experience with introducing them peacefully/painlessly - I just sort of sprung Porthos on my kitties and hoped for the best. They have an uneasy truce, held together mostly by the fact that Porthos is crated while we're gone. I wish you all the luck! I really admire that you're doing this <3

[ellierachael]

I hope they manage to get on ok