Cat with 2 dogs...do i? Cat advice needed.

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Hai guys,

We have 2 dogs already...a fully grown 5 year old King Charles appropriately and extremely gayly named 'Gucci' and a 3 and a half month pain in the arse called Daisy, she is a German Shepard/Rotweiler cross.

Now, I've always wanted a cat, they are pretty awesome in their own right. OcUK has many years of forum content to prove so.

My question is...would it be safe getting a kitten when the 2 dogs in the house?

The dogs are limited to the kitchen and back garden, they've interacted with cats before and they have been fine, but living with them is another matter is it not?

Also with cats, any breeds to avoid? And what to look for as well? MOT? Service history etc :p

Cheers guys,
Jake
 
The kitten will be fine, and when its older, it should just lay a smack down if any of your dogs try anything.
 
I'd suggest they will be fine with one. The KCS is small enough that the cat could probably look after itself and the shep/rot cross is young enough to get used to it quickly.

Just do the usual and start it slow.
 
should be fine we have introduced cats and dogs together of all different ages and they have been fine.

As far as breeds go, i would just go down to the rescue home and get a bog standard moggie cant go wrong
 
Totally depends on the cat and dogs involved. All you can do is try it and see. Some dogs can't be trusted around cats and some cats hate dogs....there are no hard and fast rules.

As for breeds, common moggies are the best by far :)
 
Cheers guys, going to mull it over for a few more days before I make the decision, tis awfully tempting :)
 
We've got a cat and a dog and have always had cats and dogs. They get on fine generally every now and again the cat will swipe at the dog but otherwise there's no trouble.

We also had a KCS with a cat and they were fine and that cat was nasty... well it didn't like me... :(
 
if the kitten has sense within a month or two it will assume top postion in hierachy with the dogs it quite happily fall into being a low ranking dog , as mention young and small dogs will accept cats easily
 
Greenlizard0 said:
If you do get a cat do the decent thing and keep it indoors. Your neighbours don't want their gardens being used as toilets.
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Cats should be kept indoors anyway - it's much safer for them. They aren't designed to deal with roads, chavs, cat haters, poison, etc, etc. There is this belief that it's cruel to keep cats indoors, but that's absurd - domestic cats aren't free-roaming creatures (of course, many will given the chance...) because they were bred to control vermin and that meant living around the barn, basement, kitchen or even on-board ship. As long as you play with them occasionally and give them plenty to do they don't care.

I have 3 cats. One of them likes to go outside occasionally (supervised) for a short time - he always manages to catch something! One finds it really boring - he'll just sit in one spot and eat grass for a few mins, then come back inside. The other one hates the outside - he was feral for the first six months of his life and couldn't be happier inside now!
 
Had two dogs and a cat at me parents house. The cat ruled the roost, she'd give them a clip on the nose every now and again just to make the point.
 
Curio said:
Cats should be kept indoors anyway - it's much safer for them. They aren't designed to deal with roads, chavs, cat haters, poison, etc, etc. There is this belief that it's cruel to keep cats indoors, but that's absurd - domestic cats aren't free-roaming creatures (of course, many will given the chance...) because they were bred to control vermin and that meant living around the barn, basement, kitchen or even on-board ship. As long as you play with them occasionally and give them plenty to do they don't care.
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isnt indoor cats also down to location ? , were in a quiet village which our four cats are ratters and keep garden clear so are free roaming, although in towns they arent as safe as in quiet villages
 
aspirins said:
Hamsters - who knows.

But the normal alternative to a cat is a dog. I can understand dogs, you can take them for a walk, play fetch in the park, teach them to dance etc. But cats?
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you can teach them to do stuff, but less dependant on you for exercise and smaller generally
 
Quote this post if upon first reading the thread title you thought the OP was thinking about breeding a cat/dog hybrid... :o
 
Cheers for the advice guys, so general consensus is that it'll be ok :) - Cool.

Gonna have a serious think about it this week and then decide. Awesomely coot pics to be posted if I get one ofcourse :D
 
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