Corgis and Cats? - MyCorgi.com2024-03-29T00:08:40Zhttp://mycorgi.com/forum/topics/1150197:Topic:24063?commentId=1150197%3AComment%3A25227&feed=yes&xn_auth=noI'm new to the site but I've…tag:mycorgi.com,2008-01-08:1150197:Comment:394152008-01-08T00:18:35.739Zkerrehttp://mycorgi.com/profile/kerre
I'm new to the site but I've not had any problems with the cats and my Corgi. When I brought Willie home at the end of October 2007, I had 3 Rescued Manx cats. Katie at 15, Rory at 7 and Cieran at 4. I travel to Southern California to visit my folks several times a year and I've always loaded the cats into the car for the 475 mile trip. My folks have dogs and when neighbors and friends with dogs come to visit the cats just ignore them. So I wasn't worried about Willie. He stuck his nose in…
I'm new to the site but I've not had any problems with the cats and my Corgi. When I brought Willie home at the end of October 2007, I had 3 Rescued Manx cats. Katie at 15, Rory at 7 and Cieran at 4. I travel to Southern California to visit my folks several times a year and I've always loaded the cats into the car for the 475 mile trip. My folks have dogs and when neighbors and friends with dogs come to visit the cats just ignore them. So I wasn't worried about Willie. He stuck his nose in Katie's face, one growl and a healthy swat and he leaves her alone. I don't think Rory even notices him and Cieran so wants to play but isn't sure about how. I just rescued my 4th Manx, Chloe, last Thursday she's 7months and I have some great pictures to be down loaded of her cleaning Willies ears last night. I woke up this morning with all 5 in bed with me (I need a bigger bed) The first couple of days Willie was in my home I set the boundaries, after 2 incidents of eating the cat food he does not go into the kitchen but waits at the door way. Same thing with the litter box. I will say tho' sometimes Katie just doesn't quite get herself completely into the box so if it's on the outside and I don't catch it...all bets are off Tangent and Charlie
Lots of…tag:mycorgi.com,2008-01-04:1150197:Comment:382252008-01-04T20:59:03.710ZCharliehttp://mycorgi.com/profile/Charlie
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Tangent and Charlie<br />
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Lots of good advice here. As long as you introduce them very slowly (as posted earlier, initially separate them in different rooms but share towels or blankets for scent), supervise their initial visits, and don't leave them alone until the puppy learns that under no circumstance is he allowed to "chase the kitty", they will either peacefully tolerate each other, or they become close friends. I'd say the more careful you are with…
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Tangent and Charlie<br />
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Lots of good advice here. As long as you introduce them very slowly (as posted earlier, initially separate them in different rooms but share towels or blankets for scent), supervise their initial visits, and don't leave them alone until the puppy learns that under no circumstance is he allowed to "chase the kitty", they will either peacefully tolerate each other, or they become close friends. I'd say the more careful you are with the introductions, the better chance you have of friendship, but the animals' unique personalities will rule.<br />
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I have 3 cats: 13 y/o Einstein (born to feral cats in my backyard); 4 y/o Tangent and Cosine (littermate brothers adopted from SPCA shelter at 6mnths). Tangent rules the roost, has no fear of Charlie. Tangent starts and stops the roughhousing with Charlie and sometimes they sleep together. Cosine is slowly warming up (after 4 months) and getting closer and closer to sitting in the same chair with Charlie. Cosine will now sit on the headrest of the chair while Charlie is on the seat. My "grandpa" cat Einstein will come in the same room, but doesn't really want to be friends. Corgi Charlie is expected to lie down and be calm when a cat enters the room. Mom (me) is expected to give Charlie a yummy treat for "down and calm". We're all well-trained (not to mention, color coordinated). LOL i also just recently purchase…tag:mycorgi.com,2008-01-01:1150197:Comment:366002008-01-01T03:33:42.997ZHeather Hhttp://mycorgi.com/profile/HeatherH
i also just recently purchased a corgi after many years of wanting one. we also have two adult cats and your exact question has always been my concern. we also have pets, no children and love our pets as part of our family.<br />
I have one 10yr old cat and one is 6 yr old. the 10yr old is really the boss of our house and after 5 months of living with the puppy has reached a semi-comfortable understanding with her. basically, he's in charge and she falls in line.<br />
our 6 yr old has not adjusted as…
i also just recently purchased a corgi after many years of wanting one. we also have two adult cats and your exact question has always been my concern. we also have pets, no children and love our pets as part of our family.<br />
I have one 10yr old cat and one is 6 yr old. the 10yr old is really the boss of our house and after 5 months of living with the puppy has reached a semi-comfortable understanding with her. basically, he's in charge and she falls in line.<br />
our 6 yr old has not adjusted as well. i think the problem lies in that her natural tendency, as a herding breed after all, is to chase. the cat runs when he sees her and she runs after him. i think she just wants to play but our cat finds this very upsetting. so, we try to keep them separated and insulate the cat from the puppy. it's sort of sad actually but i hope with time he'll learn to stand his ground. i really think that one good swat is all it would take.<br />
in other words (and a very long answer to your question) i think it just depends on the cat. and good to keep in mind that corgis (or mine at least) will herd whatever is near, cats, people, birds, toys...... good luck. in retrospect, i have no regrets and cannot imagine our life without our Flora! I have two cats. One is 6 and…tag:mycorgi.com,2008-01-01:1150197:Comment:365732008-01-01T01:34:55.361ZMaggie and Mehttp://mycorgi.com/profile/taherold
I have two cats. One is 6 and the other is 12. I have worked very hard to train my Corgi to leave them alone. She plays well with the younger cat but the older cat has low tolerance for her. I think it is completely up to you how they will get along. You can teach them to act exactly how you want them to. It just takes time and patience. Persistent and consistent!
I have two cats. One is 6 and the other is 12. I have worked very hard to train my Corgi to leave them alone. She plays well with the younger cat but the older cat has low tolerance for her. I think it is completely up to you how they will get along. You can teach them to act exactly how you want them to. It just takes time and patience. Persistent and consistent! Hi,
I have 4 cats at the mome…tag:mycorgi.com,2007-12-27:1150197:Comment:350212007-12-27T21:56:18.107ZCarol Braitmanhttp://mycorgi.com/profile/CarolBraitman
Hi,<br />
I have 4 cats at the moment, with 2 corgis. My dogs and cats get along well. The 2 oldest cats were here when I got Augie. He , of course, came in the house like he owned it, but I also have a large, 16 lb tabby who held his own. After Charlotte came along, we took a kitten from her breeder. A barn cat whose mother disappered(probaly coyotes), and Charlotte has raised Oliver like he is her own puppy. When he was a kitten, Charlotte would let him lie under her, and play with her tummy. They…
Hi,<br />
I have 4 cats at the moment, with 2 corgis. My dogs and cats get along well. The 2 oldest cats were here when I got Augie. He , of course, came in the house like he owned it, but I also have a large, 16 lb tabby who held his own. After Charlotte came along, we took a kitten from her breeder. A barn cat whose mother disappered(probaly coyotes), and Charlotte has raised Oliver like he is her own puppy. When he was a kitten, Charlotte would let him lie under her, and play with her tummy. They still play all the time, even though Oliver is bigger than she is. He is the puppy she will never have. I think that you can feel it when you have "pet zen" in your home. I have a (then) two year old…tag:mycorgi.com,2007-12-05:1150197:Comment:275752007-12-05T00:54:23.127ZConstancehttp://mycorgi.com/profile/Constance
I have a (then) two year old OSH cat -Anubis- that I had before I got my Corgis. He was a rescue, and declawed, but he never had a problem getting along with the Corgis as pups, and even now they all play together, chase each other, sleep on the bed together. I reinforced early on with the pups that tormenting the cat was not allowed, and it seems to have worked. If anything, the cat is more likely to tease the dogs. I think it helped that Anubis was already established in the house when I got…
I have a (then) two year old OSH cat -Anubis- that I had before I got my Corgis. He was a rescue, and declawed, but he never had a problem getting along with the Corgis as pups, and even now they all play together, chase each other, sleep on the bed together. I reinforced early on with the pups that tormenting the cat was not allowed, and it seems to have worked. If anything, the cat is more likely to tease the dogs. I think it helped that Anubis was already established in the house when I got the dogs. Also, I have gates so the cat can get away from the dogs if he wants to. Very important. Corgis and cats can live happily together! My basenji always saw cats as prey, the Corgis see cat as playmates - any cat, much to the poor kitties surprise. :) Ein has always been great wit…tag:mycorgi.com,2007-12-04:1150197:Comment:274922007-12-04T21:18:14.684ZNicolehttp://mycorgi.com/profile/Nicole
Ein has always been great with other animals. He played with the kitten we found until we got him a new home, he played with the ferret (and didn't understand why the ferret could pounce him but he couldn't pounce the ferret) that the previous owner of our old house left behind. Our chin doesn't like to play, so Ein just watches her. The rats... well, that's another story. Ein loved to play with the rats when he was a puppy. Then Isis decided that she didn't want his nose so close to the cage…
Ein has always been great with other animals. He played with the kitten we found until we got him a new home, he played with the ferret (and didn't understand why the ferret could pounce him but he couldn't pounce the ferret) that the previous owner of our old house left behind. Our chin doesn't like to play, so Ein just watches her. The rats... well, that's another story. Ein loved to play with the rats when he was a puppy. Then Isis decided that she didn't want his nose so close to the cage bars and she nipped him. Now he likes to watch the rats play, but when they get too close to him, he runs away. Me thinks that the big old baby is scared of the itty bitty rats. Thanks Guys! I really appreci…tag:mycorgi.com,2007-11-29:1150197:Comment:254942007-11-29T02:34:45.838ZParkerhttp://mycorgi.com/profile/Parker
<b>Thanks Guys!</b> I really appreciate all the feed back. Especially sense I'm still facing a lot of furbaby drama between my two kitties. We have only had our girl kitty, Sneaky, for about 3 weeks so they are still getting adjusted to one another. We are going to wait until I graduate in May (graduation present for me!) to get our puppy so that the kitties can get better adjusted. I'm worried about the litter box and food issue, but I think I'll take the baby gate suggestion and that should…
<b>Thanks Guys!</b> I really appreciate all the feed back. Especially sense I'm still facing a lot of furbaby drama between my two kitties. We have only had our girl kitty, Sneaky, for about 3 weeks so they are still getting adjusted to one another. We are going to wait until I graduate in May (graduation present for me!) to get our puppy so that the kitties can get better adjusted. I'm worried about the litter box and food issue, but I think I'll take the baby gate suggestion and that should solve that issue! You guys Rock! :) We had 4 Cats when we brought…tag:mycorgi.com,2007-11-28:1150197:Comment:252272007-11-28T18:02:55.619Zpat_mhttp://mycorgi.com/profile/pat_m
We had 4 Cats when we brought Byron home.<br />
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He was a puppy at the time - they all worked it out. He gets along with them fine.<br />
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He has no access to cellar where their litterbox is so that is not an issue, We did end up also moving the cats food down cellar so Byron would not have access to it.
We had 4 Cats when we brought Byron home.<br />
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He was a puppy at the time - they all worked it out. He gets along with them fine.<br />
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He has no access to cellar where their litterbox is so that is not an issue, We did end up also moving the cats food down cellar so Byron would not have access to it. When I got my corgi. I brough…tag:mycorgi.com,2007-11-28:1150197:Comment:251142007-11-28T07:45:03.964ZEmilyhttp://mycorgi.com/profile/Emily83
When I got my corgi. I brought him into a house with 2 dog scared cats. I kept my puppy in my room letting his scent get on towels and my things...then I would put the towels around the house so that the cats would have his scent to smell and be around. Sometimes I'd lock my kitties up and let my corgi patrol around the living room...afterward I'd take him back into my room and let the cats out...after doing it for about a week i let them meet. My cat dink who is a rescue and was attacked by…
When I got my corgi. I brought him into a house with 2 dog scared cats. I kept my puppy in my room letting his scent get on towels and my things...then I would put the towels around the house so that the cats would have his scent to smell and be around. Sometimes I'd lock my kitties up and let my corgi patrol around the living room...afterward I'd take him back into my room and let the cats out...after doing it for about a week i let them meet. My cat dink who is a rescue and was attacked by dogs didn't seem to mind him. It may take longer or no time at all. just give your animals some time to get each others scent so it won't be such a shock when they find out that mommy brought home a new baby<br />
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Good luck!