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Winstin07 · 11-09-2007, 01:21 PM

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Originally Posted by flutterby

My cat hated my two to the point of hiding until he got use to them.. lol Now they're all best friends! He's 10lbs and 5 months old.. He's suppose to be 25lbs without fat... Big boy.. Here are pics..

pic 1 is Petrie holding Bailey down
pic 2 is Bailey sitting on him
pic 3 is the girls holding him down
pic 4 is Petrie holding Bailey down and Brooklyn trying to get in on it

Wow! Nice, I love the pics. My Sasha (cat) is almost 7 and I have had Winstin since August. They still are not 100% Best friends. Although they do attempt to play, she does get tired of him. Now, Sasha with my big dogs is another story. Sasha spends lots of times grooming my almost 7 year old Golden retriever. They were both babies when we brought them home and they love each other.
Winstin likes to try to do what the cat does. It's funny. The cat does sometimes growl at him and he barks at her. I look forward to the day when they make up a little better with each other. I do not think they are friends but they are not total enemies either. However, my cat ignored me for over a month when I brought Winstin home.

mejones · 11-09-2007, 08:09 PM

Well, we had a cat (Cali) for about 2.5 years before we got Georgia (our Yorkie) this past July. We got Cali when she was about 3-4 months old. She was totally our "baby" before we got Georgia. When we got Georgia, we found out quick that training a little puppy takes much more time than our kitty did! Anyways, I wouldn't say that Cali and Georgia were friends, but they both did their fair share of chasing the other. Anyways, sadly, Cali passed away last Friday. She had been sick, and at the vets 3 times last week. On Friday morning we had taken her in for more tests and IV fluids. That day while she was at the vets office is when she died. I guess she died of "Feline Infectious Peritonitis" which is an infection of the lining of the abdomen. If they already have a virus (which can lay dormant for years), and a stressor comes along (aka Georgia), it can mutate into this infection, which is almost always fatal. It's not responsive to antibiotics. Anyways, it was very sad, I spent most of last weekend crying. I don't want another cat right now, but I'm sure we will have another one at some point. I am terrified of losing another pet, though! They are definitely like kids!

HighlandYorkies · 11-09-2007, 08:45 PM

Be very careful as there is always one cat who might see a puppy as prey !
I have a very big prey killer SPARKY who is now 11 years and from the hills here in the Scottish Highlands, and totally tabby striped....we have often wondered if he is half wild-cat. See below.
He has always slept with our BEARDED COLLIE but when I got Tara my first Yorkie at 6 weeks, 7.5 years ago, he would put his teeth around her neck seeing if she was edible - everytime she went into the kitchen, and I would always be there, so could chase him off her.
She didn't grow and stayed at 4lbs and tiny. She was a year old before she got the courage to chase him off herself, but even now he will grab her by the neck and she goes rigid and still, and then barks and chases him off herself. He is playing with her, but I would never trust him - they do that with rabbits the same size ! I would NEVER leave him alone with her or my other two tiny 4lb Yorkies...as he does the same to them, but not as much as he does it to Tara ! He also whacks them with his claws as they pass him ! He is mainly outside anyway....but they sleep in different rooms.
I also have my 17 yr old daughter's 2 yr old indoor cat ALFIE who is a huge fluffy big crippled wooss. We got him from the SSPCA as a rescue who has been run over and had his hip joint removed. He is a darling and is fine with the dogs....they will chase him if anything. (He is even mothering our new kitty - see pic 3 below !)
I have just got myself a kitten called LUCIFER....he is all black, 10 weeks now, and I can see he is going to live up to his name ! He plays with the dogs, but they just run at him woofing and he takes off terrified....so he will be fine too, as he will never have the advantage over them like he would have if they had been puppies.

Personally I would NEVER trust a prey catching cat (like Sparky in pic 1) with a 6 week Puppy....they are sooo small and the cat could see it as prey !

Debra x x x
Sparky
My Tiny Trio
Alfie and kitty Lucifer

Tuga · 11-10-2007, 03:51 AM

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Originally Posted by mejones

I don't want another cat right now, but I'm sure we will have another one at some point. I am terrified of losing another pet, though!

I couldn't love more my pets and totally understand your grief...
When Kitty was killed last August we were absolutely devastated. We were leaving for a week long vacation and my brother was staying at the house to babysit the pets. He called, we were still on the road, to tell that he had found her lying at the front door. Someone had shot her!!!

She came back home to die. My 5 years old son cried for two hours without stopping, my hart was completely broken for both of them...
But it's how it works... they give us lots of pleasure and happiness and, one way or the other, since they usually go before us, they bring pain to our lives...
Yet, not ever thinking of it as a "replacement", for it's just not possible since each individual is unique, I've always taken another as soon as possible.

The happiness they bring me largely overcome the final pain.

11-09-2007, 08:45 PM	#18
HighlandYorkies DEBRA'S DORKY YORKIES4 Donating Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Highland Scotland Posts: 712	Be very careful as there is always one cat who might see a puppy as prey ! I have a very big prey killer SPARKY who is now 11 years and from the hills here in the Scottish Highlands, and totally tabby striped....we have often wondered if he is half wild-cat. See below. He has always slept with our BEARDED COLLIE but when I got Tara my first Yorkie at 6 weeks, 7.5 years ago, he would put his teeth around her neck seeing if she was edible - everytime she went into the kitchen, and I would always be there, so could chase him off her. She didn't grow and stayed at 4lbs and tiny. She was a year old before she got the courage to chase him off herself, but even now he will grab her by the neck and she goes rigid and still, and then barks and chases him off herself. He is playing with her, but I would never trust him - they do that with rabbits the same size ! I would NEVER leave him alone with her or my other two tiny 4lb Yorkies...as he does the same to them, but not as much as he does it to Tara ! He also whacks them with his claws as they pass him ! He is mainly outside anyway....but they sleep in different rooms. I also have my 17 yr old daughter's 2 yr old indoor cat ALFIE who is a huge fluffy big crippled wooss. We got him from the SSPCA as a rescue who has been run over and had his hip joint removed. He is a darling and is fine with the dogs....they will chase him if anything. (He is even mothering our new kitty - see pic 3 below !) I have just got myself a kitten called LUCIFER....he is all black, 10 weeks now, and I can see he is going to live up to his name ! He plays with the dogs, but they just run at him woofing and he takes off terrified....so he will be fine too, as he will never have the advantage over them like he would have if they had been puppies. Personally I would NEVER trust a prey catching cat (like Sparky in pic 1) with a 6 week Puppy....they are sooo small and the cat could see it as prey ! Debra x x x Sparky My Tiny Trio Alfie and kitty Lucifer Attached Thumbnails

11-09-2007, 08:09 PM	#17
mejones Yorkie Yakker Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Marion, Iowa Posts: 51	Well, we had a cat (Cali) for about 2.5 years before we got Georgia (our Yorkie) this past July. We got Cali when she was about 3-4 months old. She was totally our "baby" before we got Georgia. When we got Georgia, we found out quick that training a little puppy takes much more time than our kitty did! Anyways, I wouldn't say that Cali and Georgia were friends, but they both did their fair share of chasing the other. Anyways, sadly, Cali passed away last Friday. She had been sick, and at the vets 3 times last week. On Friday morning we had taken her in for more tests and IV fluids. That day while she was at the vets office is when she died. I guess she died of "Feline Infectious Peritonitis" which is an infection of the lining of the abdomen. If they already have a virus (which can lay dormant for years), and a stressor comes along (aka Georgia), it can mutate into this infection, which is almost always fatal. It's not responsive to antibiotics. Anyways, it was very sad, I spent most of last weekend crying. I don't want another cat right now, but I'm sure we will have another one at some point. I am terrified of losing another pet, though! They are definitely like kids!