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What makes dogs and cats get on? Socialisation at a young age. Cats develop social relationships before the age of 7 weeks. If a kitten is raised from birth with a species that may be considered prey (obviously a dog is not prey but the principle is the same), the kitten, when adult, will not prey on that species of animal. The same principles of socialization apply to cats with humans or cats with dogs. The cats with dogs on this page were raised with the dog I supect. The dog in the picture above right is nursing a rescue kitten who is under 6-7 weeks of age as she/he is not weaned yet. The dog is tolerant of this perhaps because the dog lived with a cat beforehand or maybe still does, I don’t know. Perhaps the photographer can tell me. It is a charming picture taken with a camera-phone. If dog and cat are introduced to each other later in life there will obviously need to be some adjustment. But all animals can be trained to get on even if one has a hatred of the other through previous poor experiences. A gradual introduction with reward based training i.e. good behavior when the dog and cat are together is rewarded with some thing they like. We are all (humans alike) trained in that way. | |
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