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Originally Posted by karmaistrue Hello all my name is Candy and I'm from NJ. On July 14th I will become the proud Mom of Gia, I purchased her from a breeder located in GA (carteryorkies.com) . Anyway if anybody can give me tips on what to expect once Gia gets here, I've never owned a dog before. I do have two cats Ash (male) and (Resse) both of them are 3 yrs old. I'm kind of worried about the transition with the two cats & a puppy plus Gia will be pretty small compared to the cats (both are over 10 pounds) Gia is only 21 oz, and she's about 7 weeks now. I would love any advice !!! I'll make sure to post pictures when she gets here.
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Hi Candy and welcome to YT!
I have a 20lb Maine Coon Cat that was the only pet we had until we got our furbaby...Although McKenzi (cat) was brought up in a house with alot of other animals (I got him in the divorce) we was the only animal for 3 years. When Sadie Mae came to live with us I was afraid that the cat would go after her. I bought a mesh playpen and, when I wasn't holding her, I would put her in the playpen. She would have toys, food and her pee pee pad in there. The cat would just walk around the playpen looking at her but, I thought this would be a good way for him to get to know her....I would never leave them alone with supervision. I actually didn't put her on the floor with the cat around till she was 7 months old. (We have a family room downstairs so she could run around and get her exercise) When I finally decided it was time to "let them meet" I was always right there....If she got to rambunctious (sp?) McKenzi would just bat her on her little head with his paw (it was kinda funny), no claws came out...Sadie is 2 1/2year old now and 5.5 lbs so she is still alot smaller than the cat. Sadie does want to play with him but he has become a grumpy old man....he is 12 yrs old and doesn't want to play....This is why we have a new fursister coming August 13th.
Good Luck with your new baby!
I hope I helped a little