New puppy, meet the cat.

[Leslie du Mont]

We get our new puppy at the end of this week and we're feeling pretty prepared for the new arrival. The one thing I'm a little worried about is our other furry kid- a declawed grey house cat. Our cat has never lived long term with a dog although she has had other people's dogs visit us. She generally hides and mostly ignores the visitors in her "superior" cat way.

Does anyone have any suggestions on the best way to introduce the two pets to each other when neither is a visitor? :-)

I feel pretty certain at some point they will do more than just tolerate each other, but I'd like to see them get to that point. :-)

[Debra Ference-Luongo]

Oh my - we just did the opposite - introduced 2 kittens into our home along with our 6 month old Doodle. Edgar is so enthusiastic, with his giant puppy paws and big snout. He wants so much to be friends. The kittens, overwhelmed by his size and puppy energy, growl and hide when he is around. I have hope that eventually it will all work out but right things are just not exactly relaxed at our house.