Cats in Boxes

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ITG 🇮🇸 Mar 2021 12:35pm, 11 Mar 2021 12,059 posts	0 ITG 🇮🇸 nice star wars pants
poppyH Mar 2021 12:43pm, 11 Mar 2021 1,282 posts	0 poppyH Do any of you have a dog/dogs as well as cats? We're making enquiries about getting a puppy, but OH's main objection is that the cat won't like it - he (OH) is ok with cost/mess/walks etc but doesn't want to upset the cat. I understand, but think the benefits probably outweigh this, and TBH just breathing upsets the cat. Wrong audience I suspect but I'm interested.
Hanneke Mar 2021 12:51pm, 11 Mar 2021 71,206 posts	0 Hanneke
Hanneke Mar 2021 12:54pm, 11 Mar 2021 71,207 posts	0 Hanneke I have been told that as long as you get a puppy, the cat will adapt and find it something to boss about/lord over. Better a dog than another cat! Cats are solitary and the house would be devided up between them with awkward scenes where they are fed. They would need their own litter tray or the piss and poo all over the house to make a point and often, if you have a cat flap, when one is in the other is out. A dog however will happily submit to the cat, if it is a pup. The cat will then use it for warmth, to help fight off other cats etc.
sallykate Mar 2021 1:07pm, 11 Mar 2021 7,695 posts	0 sallykate Growing up, we always had both so sometimes a puppy came into a household which already had an adult cat (or cats). I don't remember any issues at all - though we were in the middle of the countryside so both animals spent a fair bit of time outside.
Hanneke Mar 2021 1:10pm, 11 Mar 2021 71,213 posts	0 Hanneke I know dogs that will eat cats, but won't touch their own...
EvilPixie Mar 2021 1:13pm, 11 Mar 2021 23,938 posts	0 EvilPixie We had 2 dogs and 2 cats as a kid never an issue
poppyH Mar 2021 1:19pm, 11 Mar 2021 1,284 posts	0 poppyH Im hopeful that Napoleon would assert himself over a puppy. I had to take him to the vet recently and while waiting in the car park a puppy came very close to his carrier (just being inquisitive) and Napoleon hissed and would have walloped the dog on the nose but contact was prevented by the sides of the carrier. The puppy hastily retreated!
EvilPixie Mar 2021 1:22pm, 11 Mar 2021 23,939 posts	0 EvilPixie I would hedge my bets on the cat! especially over a pup
Gobi Mar 2021 1:36pm, 11 Mar 2021 73,570 posts	0 Gobi JK - we have hot wheels cars these days