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What dog breeds get along best with cats? Are puppies better than adult dogs?

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We are two sixtyish, fit and active adults with two cats — one small, female and feisty, and one large, male and needy. We really want to get a dog but need advice on what breeds (or mixed breeds) might be best and whether a trained adult dog or puppy — though we're not eager to train one — would be best. Any and all help would be very gratefully appreciated!

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1 Response to "What dog breeds get along best with cats? Are puppies better than adult dogs?"

  • ladywyrmling29 says:
    April 29, 2009 at 5:07 pm

    If you get a puppy, which is the best way I've found to have dog and cats co-habitate, your dog will grow up knowing the cats are off limits as "toys". As far as breeds, I currently have 2 Jack Russell Terriers,and 2 female cats. One cat loves the dogs and will play and chase with them, sometimes, the other cat was a stray and is a bit "psycho", she will be fine one minute then the next she will run up and swat at the dogs, they tend to avoid her. Jacks are known to be a breed that should not be kept with cats as they view all things smaller than they are, and some things bigger, as "prey". Since, we got the pups young and the cats were adult, it worked out. I've had many different dogs over the years and we've also almost always had cats. As far as training, I would reccomend you DO train the dog yourself, its not hard and becomes fun after a bit. If you have a PetSmart in your area, they have wonderful training programs that aren't very expensive, and its only for a few weeks. The way they train your dog is to train you to train your dog, that way you don't get all the basics but none of the specialized stuff. For instance, since my dogs are kind of small, I hate having them in the kitchen, because I fear tripping over them while carrying boiling water, since I used PetSmart training for the basics, I was able to come home with the right tools to teach them to stay out of the kitchen. Since I got such good ground work for training there it has also helped me when my youngest dog recently lost his vision very quickly. We have had to re-train him with voice commands instead of hand signals and being able to teach him things like waiting for voice cues for going up and down stairs has been wonderful.
    Do your research about the breed you decide on to make sure it will fit into YOUR lifestyle and the cats will be fine. If you get a mixed breed or a rescue dog, make sure to ask for any background info they have. Some dogs are up for adoption because of bad behavior that should ahve been corrected earlier, and that requires more intense training, which you might not want.

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