Prey Drive?

[Jan]

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[lilyzeigler]

My girl is 1 1/2 and I dont have any cats. My parents have 2 cats and whenever she sees them she wants to run over to them. But when she gets up to them she just stands there like oh my god its a cat. She has never been aggressive towards either one at all. I am sure if you get a puppy the cat should be fine.

 

[Mama_Zookeeper]

My cat Lola was in the family before Rocky and she is very tolerant of him, though she had to put up with his nosey puppy behavior! When Rocky was a little over 1 year old we got another cat, Coco. These two are partners in crime! Never had any fear of him hurting my kitties.
Now frogs & geckos are another story, he is a very skilled reptile hunter! :eek:

Dora

 

[Cookiepie]

Pushkin is a 9 year old Persian, extremely sweet and mellow and last March we got our boxer Pepik who's now 13 months. They are very curious of each other but Pushkin runs away because Pepik is too rambunctious and scared Pushkin i think. The firsth three days afer we got Pepik, Pushkin wasn't happy and stopped eating. Unfortunately he got less attention in the beginning because i had to watch the puppy all the time. Now things calmed down, Pepik isn't allowed upstairs so Pushkin has a free zone there unless Pepik sneaks up unnoticed which happens once in a while. Sometimes that happens I can hear Pushkin vocalize a protest that sounds like "Oh no, not again! Take that annoying creature away from my view" And because Pepik knows he's not allowed to chase Pushkin or go upstairs he immediately retreats when i approach them. Pushkin doesn't come downstairs unless he knows Pepik is sleeping and then he dares to come and even sniff on our sleeping boxer. He probably feels that Pepik has occupied his territory which is partly true. Pushkin is just too sweet,he doesn't hiss or use his claws or anything at all, just runs away.
But I hope and think they can become good friends when Pepik learns to be a bit easier which will probably take some more time. I have tried to make clear that Pushkin is a beloved part of our family and i'm convinced Pepik understood that much. But Pepik's play drive is tremendously strong, he gets overly excited.

Good luck with your puppy!