I have a ragdoll kitten on the way..... he is a week old at this point and his name will be Russell when he finally gets here at 12 weeks. I have five retrievers who have been brought up with cats but are none the less dogs.....
kitty will not have been brought up with dogs, but I really like hte breeder.
We are working on dog behavior.... while I don't believe they will deliberately hurt a cat.... we are working on not chasing cat at all.... the kitties they were brought up with were older... one (he died in december) was very good about putting dogs in their place, the other Maureen also 15 is not but she is a very timid shy kitty..... so dogs do try and chase her if she runs. If I catch them I put a stop to it and most of the time 99% I do catch them... but they do still try it.
I timed kitty to come home in such a way that dogs will be outside most of the time as it will be spring..... but I am sure that they will still be curious about new kitty..... my question for you all is what is the easiest way to introduce Russell the new cat on teh block and five rambunctious retrievers..... (3 high energy flat coated retrievers and 2 goldens)
I haven't had a kitten in a long time and I am nervous about the cat and dog situation..... any insight would be helpful. We have built a fairly tall cat tree that will be put behind a chair where the dogs cant get to ... so the cats will have a place to be where dogs can't go.....
any other thoughts???
thanks
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kitty will not have been brought up with dogs, but I really like hte breeder.
We are working on dog behavior.... while I don't believe they will deliberately hurt a cat.... we are working on not chasing cat at all.... the kitties they were brought up with were older... one (he died in december) was very good about putting dogs in their place, the other Maureen also 15 is not but she is a very timid shy kitty..... so dogs do try and chase her if she runs. If I catch them I put a stop to it and most of the time 99% I do catch them... but they do still try it.
I timed kitty to come home in such a way that dogs will be outside most of the time as it will be spring..... but I am sure that they will still be curious about new kitty..... my question for you all is what is the easiest way to introduce Russell the new cat on teh block and five rambunctious retrievers..... (3 high energy flat coated retrievers and 2 goldens)
I haven't had a kitten in a long time and I am nervous about the cat and dog situation..... any insight would be helpful. We have built a fairly tall cat tree that will be put behind a chair where the dogs cant get to ... so the cats will have a place to be where dogs can't go.....
any other thoughts???
thanks
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