[Britster]

I introduced Jackson to my dads cats slowly. One was a kitten when they met, the other an adult (they rescued the cats together). Jackson is still a little obsessed with them, if he hears them jump off the counter or something on the floor, he goes running over to chase them, and then the cats go shooting up the stairs again.

The cats basically live upstairs and the dogs live downstairs, lol. We have a gate at the top of the stairs. But the cats come down in the middle of the night sometimes and Jackson is fine with them one on one and I've even caught them laying together and the cats grooming him. When all 3 dogs are out though, all bets are off. But the cats are smart and can jump into places the dogs can't reach and they know that so they use it to their advantage! The cats always get away. Just give the cat a secure place to hide where the dogs can't reach him.

I try to keep them really calm between any interactions with them. Once the cats make a run for it, it's done. Sometimes Ozzy. the male cat, will be sitting up on the counter, and Jackson will start barking at him. Instead of just separating them, I ask Jackson, "Do you want to see the kitty?" And I pick Jackson up and let him sit on the counter with Ozzy and they both get a smell of each other, and I give them both treats (I use the little kitty treats and give Jackson a few of them too). And I show Jackson how I'm nicely petting the cat and then they are fine.