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>>I have a 4 mo. old pug puppy- I plan to go to my family home for around 3 weeks, >and plan to bring him with me. However, at my family home, there is a 17 year >old cat. I was wondering if they can get along for 3 weeks? Will the young >whippersnapper cause a heart attack in the family cat? Please give suggestions, >including puppy-proofing the cat. >Thanx. >Todd, cats are almost always automatically "puppy-proofed," especially >17 year old cats. It’s the puppy you need to worry about. If you >have a dog crate (which you should have), you may have to use it to >confine your puppy when no one is around to supervise it.
Todd, Joe’s suggestions are, as usual, right on…I have just one thing to add. Be really careful of permitting your pugpup any substantial interaction with the cat. A pug’s bulging round eyes are a *natural* target for your wiley ol’ family puss. Corneal scratches are painful and can real (and potentially permanent) damage to your pup’s eyes. Don’t fret about kitty; he’ll no doubt look after himself. But do keep your pup supervised and/or confined for his own safety. /Stella — Origin: The Brewers’s Witch BBS – The Largest Pagan-Oriented BBS in Texas <A HREF = http://www.brewich.com>We are now on the WWW!</A>
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I have a 4 mo. old pug puppy- I plan to go to my family home for around 3 weeks, and plan to bring him with me. However, at my family home, there is a 17 year old cat. I was wondering if they can get along for 3 weeks? Will the young whippersnapper cause a heart attack in the family cat? Please give suggestions, including puppy-proofing the cat. Thanx. <- .sig begins here -> University of Baltimore School of Law C128D Nirvana Enthusiast!
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>I have a 4 mo. old pug puppy- I plan to go to my family home for around 3 weeks, >and plan to bring him with me. However, at my family home, there is a 17 year >old cat. I was wondering if they can get along for 3 weeks? Will the young >whippersnapper cause a heart attack in the family cat? Please give suggestions, >including puppy-proofing the cat. >Thanx.
Todd, cats are almost always automatically "puppy-proofed," especially 17 year old cats. It’s the puppy you need to worry about. If you have a dog crate (which you should have), you may have to use it to confine your puppy when no one is around to supervise it. The cat will probably stay off in her special room, on a special perch, etc. So, you need to find a way to keep the puppy separated from where the cat usually stays, eats, sleeps, takes a crapola, etc. It IS her house, eh? Perhaps confine the puppy to, say, the kitchen (remove the cat’s litter box, if normally there, and put it someplace else), when not sleeping. Bring along a pet security gate, crate, etc., for confining the puppy. It’s YOUR responsibility to provide for the necessary equipment to accomplish this, eh? Good luck! — Joey "Dogs" Finocchiaro "We should all be obliged to appear before a board every five years and justify our existence…on pain of liquidation." George Bernard Shaw
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> I have a 4 mo. old pug puppy- I plan to go to my family home for around 3 weeks, > and plan to bring him with me. However, at my family home, there is a 17 year > old cat. I was wondering if they can get along for 3 weeks? Will the young > whippersnapper cause a heart attack in the family cat? Please give suggestions, > including puppy-proofing the cat. > Thanx.
> Todd, cats are almost always automatically "puppy-proofed," especially > 17 year old cats. It’s the puppy you need to worry about. If you > have a dog crate (which you should have), you may have to use it to > confine your puppy when no one is around to supervise it. > The cat will probably stay off in her special room, on a special > perch, etc. So, you need to find a way to keep the puppy separated > from where the cat usually stays, eats, sleeps, takes a crapola, etc. > It IS her house, eh? > Perhaps confine the puppy to, say, the kitchen (remove the cat’s > litter box, if normally there, and put it someplace else), when not > sleeping. Bring along a pet security gate, crate, etc., for confining > the puppy. It’s YOUR responsibility to provide for the necessary > equipment to accomplish this, eh? Good luck! > — > Joey "Dogs" Finocchiaro > "We should all be obliged to appear before a board every five years and > justify our existence…on pain of liquidation." George Bernard Shaw I have this very problem when we vist my mother-in-law’s house. Her 20-year-old cat dosen’t like my bratty Wire Fox Terrier jumping on her, and tries to claw his eyes out. The first time he got near her, she left a piece of claw very close to his eye. So, I take along a four foot leash, which I tie to my belt, and the dog is with me, or anchored to a piece of furniture at all times. In addition to the cat, her house is on a very busy road, and not everyone is as diligent (some say obsessive) as I am in making sure the dog doesn’t escape. Oh, and he will escape, unless you are very obsessive. That’s another good reason to keep him leashed there at all times. At night, he sleeps in the guest bedroom with us, with the door closed. You cannot be too careful. Alan Harder & Brandy the Wire Fox Terrier "Trying to attain vast power and world domination again?! Bad dog! Bad dog!" P.S. to Joey: Was I helpful? Have you moved to Utah yet?
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