Okay im Sure a thread has been written for almost this exact same situation but i have a couple of twists to the scenario that i really need help with. For background. I have a 5 year old dog named romeo. He is the nicest dog he has never bitten anyone or harmed anyone before hes a medium sized pup and hes really playful I know many people say that about there dog and it is the case with romeo. We have a ranch style home with a large upstairs and a fairly large basement. We had a cat when we got the dog and they lived together
We had a cat he was big and tough and he was the best we got the cat about 5 years before we got the dog. the cat pretty much hated the dog even though the dog was very nice to the cat. They lived together for about 3 years before the cat died.
We are getting a kitten by the end of the month around halloween and i need ways to help introduce it to the dog carefully so they will be good together
Now for the first twist the dog has never gone into the basement EVER. He wont for some reason the cat we had lived down there and we think that is the reason.
Okay once we had a baby bird in our backyard and it couldnt fly Romeo was playing with it curious and was pawing at it. the next day the baby bird was dead now i am almost confident Romeo didnt do it but it just adds more to the equation.
Also i have a very close friend who had a very nice social dog but they came home one day and the dog had eaten and vomitted up the kitten they had just gotten. Im sorry for the disgusting visual but i just want to be thorough. I want to prevent romeo from ever doing something like that
Romeo is a very nice dog and i have never seen him be mean to anyone or anything it is the truth. He is very nice but he can play rough hes never injured anyone but hes used to playing with bigger stronger humans.
Okay after ALL of that, my question is how should i introduce my dog to the new kitten i am going to get?? I really need some advice from some people who know what theyre talking about. And thats why i chose this forum it seems there are some intelligent pet lovers on here lol. As i said the dog will not go in the basement and he used to live with an older cat and i would never want the dog to hurt the kitten trying to play with it.
Thank you first off for reading all of that and if you reply thank you also i really want to know what i am doing before i get my kitten so it interacts with Romeo well. Thank you again for reading because i know you dont have to read it and dont have to share your knowledge with me.
Thanks again,
Wes
We had a cat he was big and tough and he was the best we got the cat about 5 years before we got the dog. the cat pretty much hated the dog even though the dog was very nice to the cat. They lived together for about 3 years before the cat died.
We are getting a kitten by the end of the month around halloween and i need ways to help introduce it to the dog carefully so they will be good together
Now for the first twist the dog has never gone into the basement EVER. He wont for some reason the cat we had lived down there and we think that is the reason.
Okay once we had a baby bird in our backyard and it couldnt fly Romeo was playing with it curious and was pawing at it. the next day the baby bird was dead now i am almost confident Romeo didnt do it but it just adds more to the equation.
Also i have a very close friend who had a very nice social dog but they came home one day and the dog had eaten and vomitted up the kitten they had just gotten. Im sorry for the disgusting visual but i just want to be thorough. I want to prevent romeo from ever doing something like that
Romeo is a very nice dog and i have never seen him be mean to anyone or anything it is the truth. He is very nice but he can play rough hes never injured anyone but hes used to playing with bigger stronger humans.
Okay after ALL of that, my question is how should i introduce my dog to the new kitten i am going to get?? I really need some advice from some people who know what theyre talking about. And thats why i chose this forum it seems there are some intelligent pet lovers on here lol. As i said the dog will not go in the basement and he used to live with an older cat and i would never want the dog to hurt the kitten trying to play with it.
Thank you first off for reading all of that and if you reply thank you also i really want to know what i am doing before i get my kitten so it interacts with Romeo well. Thank you again for reading because i know you dont have to read it and dont have to share your knowledge with me.
Thanks again,
Wes