Anonymous wrote:Its just a matter of time, patience and managing them.

We have a cat and a dog. When the dog met the cat he literally screamed and the cat ran away.

It took over 6 months before they could be in the same part of the house at the same time. At first he body slammed her (they are both small) and tried to chase her, she would bat him on the head.

Now, a year later, they each curl up on my bed, they drink from the same water bowl, he steals her kibble, she doesn't mind etc.

Time, patience and management.

This made me lol. We recently had our dog in a house with a cat for the first time and my (very large) dog was TERRIFIED of the cat. Would not go up or down the stairs if the cat was there and would run away if it tried to approach. After a week or so he took interest and would get closer, by 2 weeks they were totally comfortable together and would sleep on the same bed.

It took several months for our first dog to adjust to the puppy. This was rather surprising and we felt pretty bad about the whole situation, but applied many of the tips mentioned up thread and now the two happily coexist together. It just took lots of time.

Its just a matter of time, patience and managing them.

We have a cat and a dog. When the dog met the cat he literally screamed and the cat ran away.

It took over 6 months before they could be in the same part of the house at the same time. At first he body slammed her (they are both small) and tried to chase her, she would bat him on the head.

Now, a year later, they each curl up on my bed, they drink from the same water bowl, he steals her kibble, she doesn't mind etc.

Time, patience and management.