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<blockquote data-quote="Marguerite" data-source="post: 95497" data-attributes="member: 1991"><p>When I was a kid I remember reading an article on how to introduce a cat and a dog. It said you sit with them both (best to have one person per animal) and each of you pat your animal and keep them calm and reassured. You then reach over and pat the other animal. In doing this, you're also transferring some of the other animal's smell, but in a way that the animal is still being reassured by you. And stop before either of them gets agitated. You may need to repeat this a few times, but it does work.</p><p></p><p>A number of times in my childhood we had cats and dogs at the same time. Once we got a puppy and two kittens at about the same time - they all ate out of the same bowl at the same time, it was cute. And as they grew, they played together. Visitors would see the familiar sight of a dog chasing two cats, they'd stop and stare at each other, then start up with the cats now chasing the dog. Seriously, they would alternate, taking turns.</p><p></p><p>Those two cats would work as a team and gang up on you. Technically one was my married sister's (she lived next door) and one was ours, but they were always together. To get to my sister's I had to open the side gate (wire mesh) and walk across a paddock (full of geese, and the house cow) and open her side gate at the milking shed. And often coming back I would see on either side of our gate, two sets of ears twitching in the long grass. Sometimes I'd even see a tail or two lashing in anticipation. I learnt to walk slowly pretending I'd not seen them, open the gate slowly, then rush through suddenly and turn, to see two cats leap too late to get me and collide in mid-air and land trying to look as if they did that on purpose.</p><p></p><p>They loved our dog and got on well with her, but would see off a strange dog that came too close.</p><p></p><p>And at sleep time you'd see a kennel full of one dog and two cats.</p><p></p><p>All were strays that my dad found on the farm where he worked. But for strays they were the most loving, gentle creatures, I remember the babies lying on top of the cats and t hey just put up with it.</p><p></p><p>A kitten especially will adapt, if you take the time to help her to. To a certain extent the animals will work it out, but I do not agree with the idea of locking them in a room and letting them sort it out for themselves - we wouldn't do that with our kids, in fact we step in to prevent it. Supervised interaction is what we want for our difficult children, surely? At least until we are confident that no supervision is needed any more because they will play nicely.</p><p></p><p>Marg</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Marguerite, post: 95497, member: 1991"] When I was a kid I remember reading an article on how to introduce a cat and a dog. It said you sit with them both (best to have one person per animal) and each of you pat your animal and keep them calm and reassured. You then reach over and pat the other animal. In doing this, you're also transferring some of the other animal's smell, but in a way that the animal is still being reassured by you. And stop before either of them gets agitated. You may need to repeat this a few times, but it does work. A number of times in my childhood we had cats and dogs at the same time. Once we got a puppy and two kittens at about the same time - they all ate out of the same bowl at the same time, it was cute. And as they grew, they played together. Visitors would see the familiar sight of a dog chasing two cats, they'd stop and stare at each other, then start up with the cats now chasing the dog. Seriously, they would alternate, taking turns. Those two cats would work as a team and gang up on you. Technically one was my married sister's (she lived next door) and one was ours, but they were always together. To get to my sister's I had to open the side gate (wire mesh) and walk across a paddock (full of geese, and the house cow) and open her side gate at the milking shed. And often coming back I would see on either side of our gate, two sets of ears twitching in the long grass. Sometimes I'd even see a tail or two lashing in anticipation. I learnt to walk slowly pretending I'd not seen them, open the gate slowly, then rush through suddenly and turn, to see two cats leap too late to get me and collide in mid-air and land trying to look as if they did that on purpose. They loved our dog and got on well with her, but would see off a strange dog that came too close. And at sleep time you'd see a kennel full of one dog and two cats. All were strays that my dad found on the farm where he worked. But for strays they were the most loving, gentle creatures, I remember the babies lying on top of the cats and t hey just put up with it. A kitten especially will adapt, if you take the time to help her to. To a certain extent the animals will work it out, but I do not agree with the idea of locking them in a room and letting them sort it out for themselves - we wouldn't do that with our kids, in fact we step in to prevent it. Supervised interaction is what we want for our difficult children, surely? At least until we are confident that no supervision is needed any more because they will play nicely. Marg [/QUOTE]
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