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In reply to the discussion: This winter, my wife and I got a shelter dog. [View all]MineralMan
(146,254 posts)18. We were lucky about the cat thing.
The shelter had no information about how he got along with cats. Turns out that he was probably raised with cats, who taught him early to play nicely. Our two cats, 17 and 5, were wary at first, and we kept him in a kennel for a week, but there was never a problem. I walked him through the house several time, and introduced him to the cats, and they came up to the kennel to sniff noses. We finally just turned him loose in the house. Now, he's best buddies with the old cat and gets along fine with the other one. A couple of days ago, I found the dog and the 17-year-old cat sleeping together in Dude's dog bed. So, I guess they'll be OK.
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I suspect that gorillas care about interesting, whereas lions care about large.
Donald Ian Rankin
Apr 2013
#12
Please, please, please do a search on Google images for "chained dog photos"
justiceischeap
Apr 2013
#42
Probably not typical, but tethering dogs is illegal where I live (Chapel Hill, NC)
mnhtnbb
Apr 2013
#10
Unattended here means not outside WITH the dog...or basically...having the dog on a long leash.
mnhtnbb
Apr 2013
#13