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will they EVER get along?
so, i recently got a puppy who i absolutly LOVE! she's my first dog, she's a german shepherd mix and she's so hyperactive! we've got a problem though. we also have a cat, she's the complete opposite of my dog. she's calm, lazy, and almost always grumpy. she's always staring at the dog, and if i get them close to eachother she starts to hiss and the dog gets scared. there's been several times when she's attacked the poor puppy. i'm scared the cat might really hurt the puppy one day. i love them both and hate having to put them in different rooms just so they won't kill eachother. my cat's around 7 or 8yrs and the dog is 4 months i believe. help? i've gotten scratched up pretty bad by the cat whenever i break up the fight. she's just so stubborn..
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I used to have the exact same problem. I had two dogs and a cat. One dog was older and got along with my cat. My other dog was a puppy. He and my cat got into so much fights tigether I can't even count. After my mom was done with this old hair sray bottle, she gave it to me. It was mainly my cat that started to fight. So I filled the hairspray bottle with water. Everytime my cat would start I sprayed her. She didn't like it but soon stopped. Maybe that would work for your cat. I know alot of other people that tryed it and it worked too.
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Well waht you might have to do is put them in the same room together and watch them and if it starts to get bad then take them away and keep doing this untill they actually know that it is ok to be around eachother. They will eventually warm up to eachother but you have to give them time and let them know that it is ok. you have to make sure the cat knows the dog wont' hurt her. so try picking up the cat and holding it infront of the dog and letting the cat know that the dog won't do nothing. just experiemnt with it and make sure the animals know they wont' get hurt but when u r gone you might need to split them up so nothin happens but when they are together, always keep an eye on them! Good luck!
~sealgirl~
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