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Originally Posted by lexi43  Speaking of a person with 15 cats and 5 puppies one of them being a yorkie I think it could work if you give it time. We had the cats awhile before getting the dogs and I agree it was an adjustment on both sides. Do you have a home where the cat can get away from the dog and have a private place for itself. We also have a Siamese cat that came with the house when we bought it. The cat is about 7 years old but she spends her time in the closet down in the basement. Some cats stay downstairs because of the dogs (btw) it's a finished basement with air conditioning in the summer and heat in the winter. The cats that come upstairs get along fine with the dogs and when they get disguested they go downstairs. We never seperated the dogs and cats. We show the cats and the dogs equal love and attention and it seems to work. That's why I asked if you have a big enough place for everybody. |
15 cats and 5 dogs?
Now that is a lot of furbabies...how do you do it?
Now back on topic (
)...I had my three Yorkie
Girls before I adopted a Persian Cat, Miss Tallulah and what I did was gave her a gated bathroom in the hallway to "observe" the little Girls to get used to them especially, since she had come from a home of 150+ cats....she had no clue what Yorkies were! She observed, the Girls observed and then about a week later, I removed one of the gates for her to explore and the rest is history...everyone tolerates eachother.
My one concern for the OP is to make sure that you do not rush into getting this Yorkie especially if it is not old enough to leave its Momma & littermates. The recommended age is 10 weeks minimum and 14 weeks ideal.