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SaraE
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Hi
Ok so my mom , sister and newphew live with me and mom would love to have another cat and asked me if she coukd have one. I said im ok with it but i dont know anything about cats and most importantly cats and dogs together.
So i wanted to ask here regarding having a cat and dog together. I'll be asking on a cat forum for cat only advice but would be happy to hear from any cat owners here.
What makes me nervous is the misconceptions that i have about cats , such as they dont love there owners and you are always covered in scratches as they are more aggressive ect.
But mom told me she never got scratched by her first and only cat and he was very loving to her. So not sure on this. Reading horror stories of cats who attack there owners all the time is a little worrying but mom assures me that if you learn to understand and read your cats body language just like you do with dogs you will be fine and thats why hers never attscked her as she read his body language and knew when not to cuddle him and instead leave him alone.
She also said there are some cat breeds like rag dolls that are more laid back. Which i quit like the look of ragdolls and i like maine coons who seem to be the cat who is dog like.
Ive spoken with my berner owner friends who say berners are great with cats provided they have been well socialized with the cat.
About 4 owners have maine coons and reccomend them.
The 2 things i wanted to ask other than any general advice you'd like to give is
1) which should i get first? Most berner friends have said cat first so pup can learn to be around the cat?
2) do cats and dogs get along are do all just hate each other. Out of the 4 who own cats and dogs 3 said there cats are best friend's with there berner but all 3 of these cats are maine coons again.
Just looking for advice really
Ok so my mom , sister and newphew live with me and mom would love to have another cat and asked me if she coukd have one. I said im ok with it but i dont know anything about cats and most importantly cats and dogs together.
So i wanted to ask here regarding having a cat and dog together. I'll be asking on a cat forum for cat only advice but would be happy to hear from any cat owners here.
What makes me nervous is the misconceptions that i have about cats , such as they dont love there owners and you are always covered in scratches as they are more aggressive ect.
But mom told me she never got scratched by her first and only cat and he was very loving to her. So not sure on this. Reading horror stories of cats who attack there owners all the time is a little worrying but mom assures me that if you learn to understand and read your cats body language just like you do with dogs you will be fine and thats why hers never attscked her as she read his body language and knew when not to cuddle him and instead leave him alone.
She also said there are some cat breeds like rag dolls that are more laid back. Which i quit like the look of ragdolls and i like maine coons who seem to be the cat who is dog like.
Ive spoken with my berner owner friends who say berners are great with cats provided they have been well socialized with the cat.
About 4 owners have maine coons and reccomend them.
The 2 things i wanted to ask other than any general advice you'd like to give is
1) which should i get first? Most berner friends have said cat first so pup can learn to be around the cat?
2) do cats and dogs get along are do all just hate each other. Out of the 4 who own cats and dogs 3 said there cats are best friend's with there berner but all 3 of these cats are maine coons again.
Just looking for advice really