The Relationships of Cats and Dogs

Our first dog was half German Shepherd and Boxer when I was growing up. Her name was Sally. Sally got along fine with all of our cats.

We got a Samoyed dog after Sally died at the age of fourteen. She did not like cats. She would chase a Himalayan tom cat around and around the house. One day he said to himself enough of this. They ended up facing each other one day. Bandit leaped onto Polly’s nose and dug his claws into her nose. Polly got along fine with all of our cats after that.

We had two German Shepherds at different times. We had Molly and Joshua. They got along fine with most of the cats we had then.

We adopted Jitters. Jitter was a miniature lab, dash hound, and rat terrier mix. She dearly loved all cats. She would even babysit the cat’s kittens. The cats would sleep in her dog house along with her.

We had a black lab for a little while. She hated all cats. All she wanted to do was to chase cats and torment them.

I had a Samoyed and Great Pyrenees mix dog named Bear. He killed several of my kittens that were half-grown. By the time he reached four years old, he had left my cats alone. He liked one calico cat that I had. She slept in the dog house with him. Bear died of cancer at almost eight years old.

We also had a Husky mix dog that was fine with cats. He came to our house on my father’s birthday one year.

If you have cats and dogs, introduce them to each other when they are both young. If they grow up together, they should be lifelong friends. I hope your cats and dogs get along fine together.

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