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#ed_op#/DIV#ed_cl##ed_op#DIV#ed_cl# #ed_op#/DIV#ed_cl##ed_op#DIV#ed_cl#dee - you'd be surprised. for a few years hubby & i lived in a very portuguese area of T.O. we found loose dogs all the time. but they had collars etc on...turns out the owners would let the dogs out in the a.m to "do their business", and if/when the dog came back in the house they went. now, we had issues with this (esp as one of the dogs was a pitbull!), as our guy would always got nutty seeing these dogs wandering around, or they would come up to him....and with no owners around, we don't know if the dog is friendly, sick or whatever......#ed_op#/DIV#ed_cl##ed_op#DIV#ed_cl# #ed_op#/DIV#ed_cl##ed_op#DIV#ed_cl#lix - as for not having kitty in the house....as long as she's got her claws, she'll be fine. we've had our dog 4.5 yrs now, and i've had my cat....well she's 14-15 yrs old now. my cat lived with my sister as we'd moved somewhere she wasn't allowed to go (before i foubnd out about the law under the TPA!), so she went to stay with my sister...we moved, and we got a dog....now fastforward to october last year.....my sister is prego with twins & no longer wants any of the cats in her house. i say OK, i'll take my mog & the dog will have to get over it. hubby thinks the dog will tear her apart. #ed_op#/DIV#ed_cl##ed_op#DIV#ed_cl# #ed_op#/DIV#ed_cl##ed_op#DIV#ed_cl#cat comes home..leave her in the cat box for a bit for the dog to adjust to her smell..he sticks his nose very clsoe to the cat box & she hisses & spits so hard at him, he's now scared of the cat box. let her out of the cat box...she's looking around, hubby is holding the dog by the collar as the dog really, really wants to see the cat. i said let him go, they have to get used to each other. he runs over, sticks his nose in her face...she clamps onto his nose & scratches him....he yelps & runs away. the 100 lb rottie./dobe is scared of the 10lb cat!!!! even to this day, if she walks past him, he will cower away a bit......makes me laugh.#ed_op#/DIV#ed_cl##ed_op#DIV#ed_cl# #ed_op#/DIV#ed_cl##ed_op#DIV#ed_cl#bottom line....cats & dogs will get along, & kitty can defend herself. if you think you should try her inside first, why not? believe me, she'll look after herself. oh, and the kitty we got my daughter for christmas, who was tiddly widdly at 10 wks old, she just loves the dog!!#ed_op#/DIV#ed_cl#Dee22 wrote:#ed_op#DIV#ed_cl#Dog owners don't let their dogs roam all over the neighborhood, running all over the road and into people's yards (and marking their territory), why should cats be any different?#ed_op#/DIV#ed_cl##ed_op#DIV#ed_cl##ed_op#BR#ed_cl##ed_op#DIV#ed_cl##ed_op#/DIV#ed_cl#
#ed_op#DIV#ed_cl# #ed_op#/DIV#ed_cl##ed_op#DIV#ed_cl#oh, and lix - i'm surprised you'd even need to....leave it a bit, i'm sure more will be dumped on your doorstep, being out in nowheresville, on a "farm"...happens to a lady i work with all the time. she's in mt albert, ON, on a large property, & is always getting animals dumped on her door....#ed_op#/DIV#ed_cl#Lix wrote:#ed_op#DIV#ed_cl#Unless I got another cat. I looked in the classifieds at work and found ads for 5 free cats, lol. #ed_op#/DIV#ed_cl##ed_op#DIV#ed_cl# #ed_op#/DIV#ed_cl#
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