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dog/cat
I have had a cat for 6 years and my sister recently got a new puppy, which is 7 months old. My sister lives in an apartment right above me and is always bringing the puppy down to play with us. The puppy is very active and loves to play and is extremely nice. However, my cat just seems to hate her...my cat puffs up immediately and hisses and scratches the dog continuously and this happens everytime they see eachother. The dog does not fight back and tries to get into play-mode, yet my cat is actually trying to fight. Any suggestions?
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i know what you mean, i have 2 cats and a dog who is very playful while my cats are just plain angry. they act this way because they are scared. even though the dog may be playing, to the cat it seems as though he is trying to attack. cats tend to get along with dogs if they are raised with them. otherwise here are a few suggestion to get them better aquainted: whenever the dog comes over, make sure that it is for short periods of time and that the cat has someway of escaping, ex. a shelf or a chair. make sure that the puppy has a leash so it cant chase it. let them be together for short periods of time everyday until it becomes routine. but make sure you are always there, if they are unsupervised bad things can happen. perhaps having a blanket or something with the dogs scent on it for the cat to smell will help. if the cat continues to act the way it does, consider asking your sister not to bring the puppy over anymore. if she is upset tell her that it is for the safety of her own puppy and for everyone else. because sometimes animals just aren't meant to be mixed. hope i helped...plz rate...hersheylover....
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Cats dont paly with puppys, it doesn't work. You play with the puppy, let the cat hide.
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keep them away from each other,,, the cat can serverely hurt the puppy by scratching his eye of cutting the puppy it's sharp nails
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ok well just keep the cat away from the puppy.
hope i helped
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This is a natural instinct sort of thing for a cat to react to when seeing a dog. So there is really nothing wrong, unless your cat is hurting the dog. anyways, i have 2 dogs and 3 cats and my dogs come in the house when we are home and each of my cats react differently. My one cat will puff up and hiss and everything to defend herself while the other 2 just slyly walk by once in a while not really minding the dogs. you can't really train a cat to "not be afraid of a dog" since like i said-it's instinct. But before i always used to be scared to have my dogs and cats together but then after a few months they just seemed fine with each other. I mean they weren't best friends but they aren't like enemies. I say just carefully always watch the 2 (cat and dog) when they are together and if the problem continues just make sure the dog isnt in the same room with the cat when your sister comes over. hope this helped and good luck
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Don't bring them together anymore.
Obviously the cat has a problem with the dog and its probably not going to change.
Cats show no mercy, my dog tried to play with my cat once and the cat scratched his eye, and now he is blind in it.
So stop before the dog gets hurt.
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I would suggest you tell your sister about the issue and either she could refrain from bringing her dog over or you could make sure to keep them separated if she brings it anyway. Hope this helps. :)
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