all good suggestions so far. I already had my dog when i brought my kitten home. morgan loves anything that moves so she and the kitten (now 1.5 years old) get along great. i'm not sure the cat knows its a cat. they wrestle and play all the time even tho the cat is 13lbs and morgan is less then 5
my sisters cat does come to stay with us sometimes and he's 10. he basically just stays away from the dog. when he sees her he just goes in the opposite direction most of the time. for an introduction, i had morgan in her carrier all zipped up and let bailey walk around it and smell her first, then let her out.
i have the cats little box and food in a separate part of the house that morgan can't get to unless i'm there. there is a door that separates it and that door has a small kitty flap which morgan is too scared to use so that keeps her out. the cats food is also up on a big rubbermaid container so even if morgan is over there she can't get to it. Morgan's food is left out all day most of the time and the cat doesn't touch it while i'm home. if she does she gets a squirt. when i'm not home, the food gets picked up.