Male dog with male cat

Hi there! I've had cats all of my life and currently have 1 neutered
male, approx.6 years old. I am seriously thinking about purchasing a
pomeranian dog and I am wondering if the dog and cat would fight. More

Opinicus...

I can't on the specific breed (Pomeranian) issues but we've had cats and one
or more dogs in our household for over 25 years. The basic rule to their
getting along is that any newcomer that's introduced should be an infant
(kitten / puppy). It's possible to get our crew to accept a newcomer that's
older--and vice versa--(we had one rescue dog that thought that the cats
should move out until the cats and dogs convinced her otherwise) and older
rescue cats tend to be more philosophical about it all, giving the dogs as
wide a berth as possible. I've never noticed any interspecies male vs female
accommodation problems such as you would get if you were introducing an
adult male dog to a household where another adult male dog already existed.

Your six-year-old cat might not take too kindly to the introduction of a

AnimalBehaviorForensicSciencesResearchLaboratory...

From: Rocky (2...@rocky-dog.com)
Subject: Re: How to handle aggressive situations
Date: 2004-10-19 19:42:54 PST

Melanie L Chang said in rec.pets.dogs.behavior:

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Or, at the other end of the spectrum, Rocky cowers,
thinking I'm angry at him - a reason I don't "yuk out"
others' dogs at agility trials or training.

puppy but I doubt whether the puppy would object. An older dog that wasn't
used to living with cats however would almost certainly result in problems.

importantly, perhaps, would the dog be mad that there is a cat in the
house and would he start to have frequent accidents around the house or
vice versa. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Janet B...

Dogs and cats are individuals. I gather your cat has no dog
experience, so it may take him a bit to get used to a dog in the
house. If you're starting with a puppy, who sleeps a fair amount, the
cat will have a smoother adjustment period - maybe. If you got an
already cat-friendly adult dog, that would work fairly smoothly as
well.

Supervised introductions, a gate the cat can leap to get to a safe
room (where the litter box is!), and a leash for the dog, are all good
things when getting them used to each other. Sometimes it takes
awhile, sometimes it doesn't. We've got 3 dogs and 2 cats here and
it's all pretty lovey-dovey. They all arrived at different times -
1993, 1998, 2000, 2002, very late 2005.

Alex T.