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jessumcanuck
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Since:Dec 27, 2006
May 7, 2008 2:31 pm
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Jagsbch: "Ok my daughter unbenounced to me brought home a tiny kitty cat last night."

And you let her keep it? Cool.

Cats and dogs are not natural enemies. They just seem to be because dogs have an instinct to chase and cats don't like to be chased. Their instinct is to stalk. Neither hunts for food because those needs are already taken care of but they both need to play at the hunt to stay healthy (hence the need to regularly walk your dog and at least give him the opportunity to sniff trails and so forth). Normally they are the only animals around so they play with each other but their instincts are so different that the play is very unbalanced. Usually the cat wins because he can perch himself on a garage or a high fence and stare at the confined dog and the only recourse the dog has is to stand there and bark at the cat hoping it will come down into the yard and run around so he can chase it.

The kitten is not big enough to play with so all it is to the dog is a curiosity. Something to sniff. In fact the kitten is now part of the dogs environment so the dogs would likely protect it if it were to be threatened in some way. On the other hand the kitten is a threat to the other cats simply because it has invaded their territory. It doesn't matter how young it is. Your cats wouldn't be tolerant of each other except for the fact that they must coexist so they've formed a little pride. Eventually they will learn that the kitten isn't going to go away so it will become part of the pride as well.
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SquirleyByrd
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Since:Dec 12, 2006
May 7, 2008 3:30 pm
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cats or dogs?  wtf ...who f'n cares   this might be the lamest thread to date
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ukbluefan
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Since:Aug 1, 2007
May 7, 2008 3:35 pm
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Jagsbch, be very careful.

Once the cat gets nestled in, the next thing will be sleepovers and before you know it half the neighborhood will be camped out in your daughter's room. From there, it's one small step to dbag boyfriend sleeping over on the couch, and the whole sponging family thing. Fortunately, you already have the answer:

Train the dogs to grab anything new in the house by the neck and shake it for a few minutes. This may not be a good thing for the kitten, but will prep her(?) for when a real dog wanders by. Also, it will help keep your daughter safe from predators as she gets older.

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ReesesPuffs7
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Since:Apr 17, 2008
May 7, 2008 6:36 pm
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They like eachother!  I was watching animal planet the other day and they were showing all these animals that were friends with different species. The best one was a Golden Retriever that was friends with a koi fish, it ran out side to sit by its pond every day, how cute haha
my friends dogs get along with my kitten too, but my cats hate him...they are just jealous :)
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Racyman3
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Since:Mar 24, 2008
May 7, 2008 7:57 pm
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Tell me one good thing a cat is good for.  Dogs are much more loyal (cats tend to spend time alone) A dog can be a protector, even if they just bark, dogs show thier affection better than a cat, can hunt and ride in the backof your truck.  Cats are mysterious and don't really have personalities.
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jessumcanuck
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May 8, 2008 2:26 am
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Racyman3: "dogs show thier affection better than a cat"

Oh that's not true. Cats are extremely affectionate if you know how to handle them. If you try to handle them like you handle a dog you injure them and they shun you. They are a lot smaller than you are and they're built for stealth, not power.

"Cats are mysterious and don't really have personalities."

That's not true either. Cats have very distinct personalities and they vary widely from animal to animal. Just like dogs you have to get to know them to see it. People who don't know dogs don't think they have personalities either. They're just noisy, slobbering, butt sniffing mongrels.

Cats are great city pets because they have small territorial ranges and they're clean and quiet. Some benefits they display are the ability to survive independently for long periods of time, the dexterity to navigate through things like a maze of china plates without knocking anything over and they are practically born toilet trained. Drawbacks are the need to scratch, hairballs and other vomiting accidents and the tendency of males to fight with other males if their territories are too close.

Dogs are a lot more useful than cats because they can be trained to do things that cats just can't do. Moreover, a normal sized dog can be a good guard without any training at all just by virtue of the fact that they are bigger, scary and noisy. However dogs have needs that are not normally available in the city so they do not make very good city pets. A confined dog can become very dangerous even if the owner thinks he's the gentlest animal in the world. Those needs can be met and they can be trained to be gentle to strangers but these things require a conscientious owner who is very dedicated to the animal. Unfortunately that is too often not the case. City dwellers who just want a pet and are willing only to exercise them regularly should get a smaller and/or gentler breed. If you don't want to walk your dog then don't get a dog. He'll only end up biting your mailman and you'll get sued.
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