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I am taking in a 2 year old Rag Doll who has never been around dogs.?
but all 6 of my dogs are extremly friendly with cats, as I have 1, 7 year old and they all get along well........my question is this.....what should I do to introduce the new girl to the residents, and how long should it take. The cat is going to be an upstairs cat for a while I am assumeing, shoud this be done, can it be done with out freaking out the new cat?
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- UnicornriderLv 71 decade agoFavorite Answer
A Ragdoll has no defence gene, because they are a hybrid. When a dog runs up to them, they just lie flat, they don't roll over and claw. That works to your advantage. It's a genetic fact of Ragdolls.
In a controlled place, after the cat has adjusted to the whole house over a few weeks, let a dog come in quietly. Let it come and sniff, cause you know kitty won't be all claws, even though she may take one or two swipes. Clip her claws short so the dog doesn't get hurt, but I doubt there would be a problem, Ragdolls are such lovers.
- 1 decade ago
If you have an extra room, that would be ideal. Some cats that have never been around dogs would be terrified and want to hide and scratch. If so, you should leave her in a room for a week or more, visiting her often and bringing things with the dogs scent on it and let her adjust. Then eventually let her roam the house with one dog that would ignore her the most. When she gets comfortable with one dog, gradually introduce one more, Over WEEKS to maybe months, introduce her to more dogs, leaving the most obnoxious one last. Let the room be her safe house
- 1 decade ago
6 dogs that get along with a cat?
That's pretty cool!
Give the cat a couple weeks to adjust to the upstairs, then I would say gradually introduce the cat to a dog to see how he reacts and go from there.Maybe start with getting the two cats together first.
Source(s): http://www.thecatsite.com/Behavior/50/In... - 1 decade ago
I would recommend a baby gate the dogs can't jump over. The dogs and cat can get used to one another's scent. If the cat wants to investigate, she can hop over it. If she wants to escape, she can jump over and be safe.
it will take awhile, but if your dogs aren't agressive, and learn how to give the cat her space, they'll get along fine in the end.
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- 1 decade ago
hold her while the dogs are in reaching veiw of you then stroke a dog and let her smell your hand cats find dog smell gross so you doing this means shes getting used to the smell always talk calmly to her then give her a treat it should take up to 2 months vut you have a good breed so maybe sooner
