cats and dogs

by Cathren
(vermont)

i have a cat that hates puppys and dogs and we want to get puppyes. What do i do?

Answer by Kate
there is no easy answer here. Most cats don'y automatically get along with dogs. It depends if they were brought up with them of not when they were kittens.
You could get a puppy and try to introduce them slowly following the intructions under the cat training pages.
The trouble is it may not work and then you may end up with a unhappy cat or a cat that keeps away from the puppy etc.
You have to decide if getting a puppy will be the right thing to do for your cat and how you will feel if your cat just can't get along with he dog.