Our pampered cat won’t come home but instead is choosing to live in next doors garden.

We have a new addition to the family which is a dog, first week cat was fine kept itself to itself up stairs.

Since Thursday last week won’t come home, both children are distraught as they love the cat.

Me and her indoors feel really sorry for the cat, bad karma almost.
Dog has been friendly and only chased her once !

Any advice????

Ask next door not to feed it and squirt with water if it goes in their house..

Well what do you expect !

You can own a Dog, you only ever feed a Cat.

Go next door, collect cat, bring home?

The slightly less positive weather this week may encourage it back, as long as one of the old biddies up your road isn’t letting it in.

Leave a bit of grub and a warmer place to sleep outside your place.

When it does come back, make sure it has its own territory within the house – some rooms where the dog isn’t allowed to go. Otherwise it’s bound to feel insecure.

Either that or send your dog into next door’s garden to evict it.

throw the dog in next doors garden instead and be thankful you don’t have to take it for walks and pick up its shit

Send the dog next door.

first week cat was fine kept itself to itself up stairs.
Dog has been friendly and only chased her once !

Any advice????

Train your dog properly? Should’ve introduced the two of them and at any sign of distress on the cat’s behalf given the dog a decent whack.

But next door are almost certainly feeding your cat if it’s moved there.

I did the same when someone moved a tiger into my house

throw the dog in next doors garden instead and be thankful you don’t have to take it for walks and pick up its shit

Throw the kids in next door’s garden instead and be thankful you don’t have to take them for walks and pick up their shit.

Collect the cat and introduce it to the dog in a sensible manner. As above, if someone brought home an apex predator twice your size and made it clear it was going to live with you, how would you react?

Slightly OT, but when our baby was due to come home from hospital, I brought stinky baby blankets and onesies home from the hospital a few days in advance and stuck them in the dog’s bed. Dog hasn’t eaten the child yet.

I always wondered what ate apexes.

Collect the cat and introduce it to the dog in a sensible manner.

Sitting them both at the dining room table, having a few shots of Jack Daniels and some games of Top Trumps would be a good start. And maybe a cigar later on and a trip to a strip club. They’ll be best buddies before you know it 🙂

Just accept you’re now a dog family and be thankful 😉

Forget the cat, where’s the dog photos?

Train your dog properly? Should’ve … given the dog a decent whack.

The latter really isn’t an example of the former imho

You have a new dog, the cat has new humans

I remember when I was a kid we had 3 cats, then we got a dog and the cats would not come in. Eventually we got the cats in and decided to shut them all in the same room. After a tense afternoon, they then realised there was nothing to be scared of.

I’m not saying this is the right thing to do, but it worked.

Show the kids this, sure to cheer em up

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an apex predator twice your size

A dog isn’t an apex predator, it is a scavenger carnivore (or something like that – not sure of the exact description).

At what point in getting a dog did you not consider that you already had a cat? I’m sure instagram is full of cats and dogs who are great mates, almost as full as rescue centres from owners getting rid of pets who don’t get on.

A dog isn’t an apex predator, it is a scavenger carnivore

Ok, imagine being made to live with a scavenger carnivore twice your size. Still got big teeth and a gaping maw.

A dog isn’t an apex predator, it is a scavenger carnivore

Nah, mines an evil, murderous bitch. (Well, she was when she was younger)

It doesn’t really matter if its an an apex predator or a scavenger carnivore. What it will be is a bloody annoyance, when all you want to do is lie around sleeping all day, then have someone feed you, while you look down on everyone with lofty disdain

Be careful about forcing them together, there’s a vetinary eye specialist on one of the FB groups I’m in – 70% plus of the dog eye injuries she sees are cat scratches.

Our cat moved up stairs when the puppy arrived. He wasn’t malicious, just wanted a freind to play with.

Yeah, if they do get a bit handbags with each other, theres only likely to be one winner. And its highly unlikely to be the slobbery, barky one.

As has been noted already, the cat will just find somewhere less hassle to go and live

There are 5 million cats in the UK. However, 15 million households believe they own a cat 😉

I’ve been in the same situation when my mum suddenly decided to get a dog.

My two cats have lived with her all their lives as they were bought when I lived at home and as they were 10 when I moved out to a rented flat it seemed best to leave them there. She bought a shih tzu puppy three years ago who is completely laid back and didn’t bother either cat most of the time. One, Pip, showed him who was boss once and they got on fine ever since until she passed away just over a year ago. Mel, the older cat, just didn’t want to share any space with him so she left the house and moved into the garage instead. The dog can’t get in there so she was safe and warm. Sadly she’s getting on a bit now – we think she’s 17 but as she was a rescue we don’t know for sure – so being in the garage wasn’t the best thing for her. I’ve gradually moved her back into the main house again but she has to be above the dog’s height or she runs outside and hides with the next door neighbours! The trick I used was to train the dog to not bother her if she’s up on the worktops, seems to have worked. I don’t know if that helps you as it sounds like your cat doesn’t like dogs whereas both of mine were fine until he decided he was a cat also, he still gets a bit puzzled as to why he gets a walk and they don’t/didn’t 😆

As others have said above, you need cat only and dog only spaces for them to get along.

Our cat lives upstairs since we got a dog – in all fairness she hates most people other than my other half. She’ll always sit just out of reach when she does grace you with her presence.

When we had a baby, the cat was particularly grumpy and wouldn’t go near my other half for about two months (and she’s about the only person she seems to like). She hates Toby though and won’t be in the same room as him even though he’s not interested in her.

She hates visitors and scarpers the minute she sees them – aside from my granddad who she likes (but he hates cats).

We did try and introduce the two, but the cat just went nuts and hissed at the dog which then set went for the dog which set him off. It can’t be that bad though because she still lives with us.

Had dog 9 months. Cats (3 siamese) still haven’t really accepted him. They will just about exist in the same space as long as dog doesn’t get too close. Definitely need cat only areas. We now (and probably always will) have baby gates on kitchen and bottom of stairs. Dog just wants to be friends but cats are having none of it. They’re better than they used to be but I don’t think they’ll ever truly be friends, although now we know that the house and animals exist pretty smoothly together.

Typing this sitting on couch with a cat on my lap. The dog is asleep at the other end of the couch. If the dog were to come over he’d likely get a hiss and a swipe and/or the cat would retreat to a safe area.

When we got him the cats stayed upstairs for two weeks so they will eventually come around. Although with varying degrees of success.

Yeah, if they do get a bit handbags with each other, there’s only likely to be one winner. And its highly unlikely to be the slobbery, barky one.

You’re kidding right? Or perhaps haven’t met many lurchers / sight hounds.

Edit for clarity: our rescue dog is a lurcher cross and despite being ten and well trained, he’s on the lead if there’s ever even the slightest chance of seeing a cat. We’re talking about animals who will kill with a quick snap, even if their eyes are hanging out of their sockets!

Cats are bastards though. Devious, viscous, evil, cunning little bastards!

My money would be on the moggy every single time.

Edit: As I typed that, both mine emerged from upstairs, and are now sat glaring at me

One of my dogs loves cats, they however don’t always like him and I have to admit I did smile when he caught a cat whilst wearing a cone of shame and he scooped it up and pinned it to a wall inside the cone with him 🙂

Cat didn’t find it so funny however, but I don’t think it was too traumatised as I used to see it most days and it would wander over for a stroke and get licked by the dog.

You need to get them used to each other, however if the cat has found a new/better minion its gone.

Cats are bastards though. Devious, viscous, evil, cunning little bastards!

My money would be on the moggy every single time

My other half’s dog had a body count of 5 cats before it died, cats would often come into their garden to kill birds and shit everywhere and when they saw the dog, some would run and others would hiss and spit at it and with these ones it would pick them up and shake them; so if depends on the dog tbh.

sight hounds are a bit of a special case though really.

Mine certainly seems to be a bit ‘special’ mostly 😳

And its highly unlikely to be the slobbery, barky one.

Unless the cat is very unlucky. If you have a husky the cat will be in trouble.

My money would be on the moggy every single time.

Right. FIGHT. My dogs and your mogs behind the science block at 4.00.

😀

Erm, actually, I got a detention from Mr. Allan. But tomorrow, right?!

When I was a kid, our dogs and cats cohabited pretty happily and would often sleep together in the same spot – although the dogs knew not to annoy one of the cats who would kick their arses.

I had my cat 3 years then got a lab puppy. I introduced them and kept the doors shut so the cat couldn’t just run away and kept a close eye/told puppy off if too much interest in cat. It wasn’t long before the cat was sleeping on top of puppies crate when she was in there. Fast forward 7 years and they will curl up together and the cat washes the dogs ears most mornings.

Cat is boss though. One playful swipe is enough to send the dog running.