2023-12-29 17:57:00
Dr Romero tells us how to decide whether to add a new animal to the family and how to adapt the coexistence of a dog and a cat.
I don’t know why there is the mania that if I have a cat, I have to bring another one, and if I have a dog I have to bring another dog.
And if I have a dog around I bring a cat or vice versa. The million dollar question is: did you ask the dog you had, or the cat you had, and he wants another companion? Did you do a prior analysis of how your cat is socialized to bring another cat, or to bring a dog?
How does he get along with other cats or other dogs? If the dog was there before and hates cats, why do you want to annoy him in your house?
If you have already done it and you have no other alternative, first what I am going to ask you is that you never be guided by human rules. For us, “poor guy, he’s alone” is our analysis.
Introducing a new pet into the home is a challenge that requires considering the emotional and social needs of existing pets for harmonious coexistence (Credit: Vitalcan Press)
Because maybe he is happy, both the dog and the cat, to form this multispecies family or multispecies pack that constitutes your family group.
The second thing is if you have already committed the fight. Getting used to each other has to be gradual, it has to be progressive. And it has to be protecting the ability of the weakest to escape, and the weakest is the cat.
Because the cat can escape, but you have to give it the chance to escape. You contact them at first by exchanging blankets so they can smell the smells.
Pet socialization is a delicate process that involves understanding their interactions and preferences before adding a new member to the family (Getty)
You understand what I’m saying so that the cat’s blanket is perceived by the dog and the dog’s blanket is perceived by the cat. Then you let them see each other and eat from each side of a fence.
And following a long time with the dog on a leash, you put them in direct eye contact, always under supervision, for a long period.
The best advice I can give you is: don’t add a new animal if you are not very sure regarding it. Because in reality it is going to be a nuisance for your life and for the life of your pet.
*Professor Dr. Juan Enrique Romero @drromerook is a veterinary doctor. Specialist in University Education. Master in Psychoimmunoneuroendocrinology. Former Director of the Small Animal School Hospital (UNLPam). University Professor in several Argentine universities. International speaker.
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