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I would like to know if anyone has experience with introducing a new dog to a "resident" house cat and if they have advice for me?

We have had the cat for many years now (She is 11 years old to my belief) and is the only animal of the house.

Our neighbors have dogs but she does not like them much, but up until recently we would look after a friends dog on a regular basis for a couple of days at a time. He was a Labrador Retriever, and while she would not let him near her, and would attack him if he were in the same room at first, eventually they were able to be in the same room if there was a couple of meters between them.

I believe that if I am to get a puppy, looking at Golden Retriever, she would probably warm up to him well. Some other friends of mine believe the cat would understand the puppy is young and probably take care of it while still trying to keep a dominant stand over the dog.

Is anyone able to offer advice here on this subject? Have any of you ever done this similar thing before?

Pic related: Frisky, my cat =)
>> Anonymous
>>273597
God damn, this is like the slowest board on 4chan. Do you people even look at the frequency of posts before you say this shit?

The fact of the matter is that it's hard to judge what exactly your cat is going to do. I have seen cats that never, ever accept other animals being introduced into the house, and others that do but at varying lengths of time. If your cat has slowly learned to tolerate the presence of a dog in the house, then that's probably what will happen in the case of a puppy. I wouldn't assume that she'd "understand the puppy is young." This is another thing that's going to depend on your individual cat and unless you've seen her specifically differentiate between an old and young dog, you have no reason to believe she will do it.

Bottom line is, you won't know until you try.
>> Anonymous
>>273604

Sorry, did not mean to offend.

What do you believe would be the best way to "try" her with a younger dog? Nobody I know have a young dog and my biggest worry is going through the hassle of preparing the house and property for a dog and getting one only to have this backfire.
>> Anonymous
There is no problem to that. The Golden Retriever are fucking saints. The cat will be angry the first two weeks. Maybe some hair bristles and some piss in the dog territory but only at beggining

Yeah, my english sucks.
>> Anonymous
>>273615
It doesn't really.

Yes, Goldies are a safe bet.
>> Anonymous
I've dealt with this more times than i can count. And while i've had really tolerant (and male, which i imagine helps cuz female cats are bitches--go figure) cats, there's usually a little friction at first. The puppy will usually know when the cat hisses that it's time to back off. He may not though, if he's really hyper, and you may have to step in. Calm him down, and assure the cat. They'll work it out, especially as it becomes clear to the cat that the dog's gonna be MUCH bigger than herself.

I've had really good luck with cats and dogs co-habitating; even to the point where they are really close--i still have an orange tabby that literally (no exaggeration) MOURNED for my black german shepard when he passed. They were best friends, i've never seen anything like it.