Dogs with Cats

akaLuann

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Well, our baby gates are still up because the oldest cat needs special food, which of course she likes to nibble at, so the dog is prevented from reaching the food with the gates. BUT, my OH made all our gates and they open and close easily and it's not a problem for us to enter and exit gated rooms. The dog is eight years old now and here we are, still needing the gates. If you know someone handy maybe this would be an option. TWo of our gates are old crib sides I found put out for our community's large item pick up and they were free. They are not as sturdy as the home made from scratch ones but the dog heeds them. Good luck, it may take some time.
I feed my cat on top of the dryer where the dog cant' reach it. LOL.
 

piano cat

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It's the May 24 long weekend here. Aka Victoria Day weekend, Queen Victoria's birthday, which we now celebrate on the closest previous Monday instead of the real day as we did when I was a kid. It's a time people set off fireworks and I forgot to get Joey in early on Saturday night. He came out to me twice, when I called him, but boomers, some REAlly loud ones, went off down the street and he streaked under the deck and hid.

Finally I had a brainwave, bring the dog out. Oban isn't bothered by fireworks and Joey will most often go to see Oban before me. Worked. Joey ventured out to play with the dog, and my only difficulty was seeing both of them in the dark and catching Mr. Joe, who just wanted to bounce and play now his big brother was out to give him reassurance.

I woke in the middle of the night that night and they were together on the love seat, bum to bum, like this.

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MeganLLB

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My cat Luna and dog Bosco get along great. They chase each other-Luna jumps over or on top of him, Bosco chases her, they wrestle each other- usually Luna is too rough with him and Bosco comes running to find me and hides behind my legs when she hurts him. They groom each other, and when Luna stops Bosco flips her arm up with his nose because he doesn't want her to stop. They sleep together too.

Kitty though just tolerates him. She doesn't really like anyone or anything, and if Bosco gets too close and she doesn't want him to she will swat at him. But most of the time they peacefully coexist but are by no means friends (Bosco has a hard time understanding why someone/something doesn't like him)
 
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