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hunniebunnie · 03-14-2006, 03:15 PM

My brother and his girlfriend's got 3 cats ranging from 2 years to 10 months old, each with their own personalities. The two older cats tend to play with each other, leaving the 10 month old to hang by himself, so we wanted Bunjee to be able to become friends with the younger cat.

The problem is, Bunjee wants to sniff the cat and when the cat moves defensively away from him. Since Bunjee can't sniff the cat, he'll playfully bark and jump around the cat to test how friendly the cat is. The cat has NO CLUE what Bunjee is doing and will either ignore Bunjee or continue to act defensively, with a raised paw, ready to swat if necesssary.

Bunjee wants to play, but don't know how to approach. The cat is curious, but still cautious.

So my question is... for those of you with both cat(s) and dog(s), how do you get the two of them together so that they can become friends? Or are some cats and some dogs predisposed not to like the other species?

03-14-2006, 03:15 PM	#1
hunniebunnie Follower of Yorkietology Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Cali-fo-nee-ya Posts: 1,325	cat and dog friends? My brother and his girlfriend's got 3 cats ranging from 2 years to 10 months old, each with their own personalities. The two older cats tend to play with each other, leaving the 10 month old to hang by himself, so we wanted Bunjee to be able to become friends with the younger cat. The problem is, Bunjee wants to sniff the cat and when the cat moves defensively away from him. Since Bunjee can't sniff the cat, he'll playfully bark and jump around the cat to test how friendly the cat is. The cat has NO CLUE what Bunjee is doing and will either ignore Bunjee or continue to act defensively, with a raised paw, ready to swat if necesssary. Bunjee wants to play, but don't know how to approach. The cat is curious, but still cautious. So my question is... for those of you with both cat(s) and dog(s), how do you get the two of them together so that they can become friends? Or are some cats and some dogs predisposed not to like the other species?