Cats or Dogs?

[Madeline]

What wunnerful doggies, TPS. I envy you.

 

[MikeK]

My wife and I do want a dog. We still have one cat though who is 9 years old.

We feel it would be unfair to bring in a dog that would terrorize our cat, who is actually a big chicken.

Maybe go the the shelter and get a small adult dog. It might not be so prone to terrorize your cat.

(I learned the following from Cesar Milan, The Dog Whisperer on Animal Planet.)


The similar size of a small dog and a cat will often incur competitive hostility. Each will feel threatened by the other.

A big dog will not feel threatened by the cat. It normally will tolerantly regard the cat as subordinate because of its smaller size and will accept it as a pack member within a human household. The cat will feel threatened at first but soon will sense the dog's tolerance and in most cases a friendship will develop.