introducing a cat to your shiba
When i first got Zoe, I lived at my parents who have two yorkies and four cats. She got along fine with them. She even would clean one of the cats, the other three just kind of ignored her.
Now that she has been an only child for a year and a half, I am not sure how she will do with another animal coming into the house. I want to get a cat, how should I go about introducing them, and keep her from being territorial?
Now that she has been an only child for a year and a half, I am not sure how she will do with another animal coming into the house. I want to get a cat, how should I go about introducing them, and keep her from being territorial?
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I think maybe Jessica had some good pointers ....I know there are plenty of folks who have cats here. My cats were much older and hence all the dogs were puppies when the got to know their feline companions. It all balanced out in the end since they could get away from the dogs easily to their own places.
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Since I think I am going to train the puppy to kennel up at night, I might restrict the cat's freefeeding of dry food to night time. Hmmm...
*works great. lots of reviews too! people say dogs cant get into them due to the depth and angle. Our cats adjusted quickly*
*I chose this cat tree because it has a large platform to put food/water dishes on. I also have an older kat that can not climb well, so it also has a gradual step up in levels. I was told it will come in handy as an escape haven for the kitties if they want to be away from the dog too. we just got this 2 days ago. It asembles easily but rocks a bit. we are reinforcing it w/wood dowls to keep it from doing so, but it by far is the best option (for us) for feeding.*
here is the link to the cheapest site I could find for the trees:
http://cat-scratch.net/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=3&products_id=16
Good luck!