Dogsrawesome Posted February 17, 2011 Share Posted February 17, 2011 Always wondered if sighthounds would be okay if brought up with a cat or would they still want to chase them? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vetrg Posted February 17, 2011 Share Posted February 17, 2011 They are usually very god with "their own" cats. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dogsfevr Posted February 17, 2011 Share Posted February 17, 2011 Sighthound doesn't equate to cat chaser. Any breed of dog can be a cat chaser more so than sightnounds. Sighthounds don't chase anything that moves . i now many sighhound breeders who also have cats & no issue Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rebanne Posted February 17, 2011 Share Posted February 17, 2011 5 greyhounds with cats, 3 adopted as adults, one came into the house at 8 weeks, one born here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dogsrawesome Posted February 17, 2011 Author Share Posted February 17, 2011 They are usually very god with "their own" cats. Sounds like my Fox terrier x haha Sighthound doesn't equate to cat chaser.Any breed of dog can be a cat chaser more so than sightnounds. Sighthounds don't chase anything that moves . i now many sighhound breeders who also have cats & no issue Good to know thought id ask cause many people say they chase everything that moves. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dogsrawesome Posted February 17, 2011 Author Share Posted February 17, 2011 Some very cute photos Rebanne. Well thats good thanks guys always had a lil thing for the whippet and borzoi haha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rebanne Posted February 17, 2011 Share Posted February 17, 2011 The last photo was my boy Sam, he would chase anything that moved, including paper blowing down the street, but never put a foot wrong with my cats and of course was never off lead outside the property. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Diva Posted February 17, 2011 Share Posted February 17, 2011 My Borzoi have always lived with cats. Not sure if they would have all been fine with cats that were unknown to them, but all have been safe with the family cats. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SkySoaringMagpie Posted February 17, 2011 Share Posted February 17, 2011 Depends a bit on the level of drive in the sighthound and the experience of the owner. You can end up with a problem cat chaser if you don't raise them correctly, and the job is harder if you have a very drivey dog. Yes it can be done, but it's not just a matter of raising them with the cat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OSoSwift Posted February 17, 2011 Share Posted February 17, 2011 (edited) I have two Whippets with cats and they are fine. I wouldn't leave them locked up together just incase, but they are fine outside offlead and inside. Sometimes when they are doing zoomies they cut it fine and do fly-byes over the cat, sometimes she flattens out and sometimes she runs but they don't chase her. They have always been watched around the cats and any sign of prey drive towards them was stopped immediately. I have also had the Whippets out with a mum and baby Guinea pigs who were bolting around(by accident) they were told to leave it and they did, Lewis sniffed one it's bum and it bolted and I thought uhoh it's gone, but when I yelled leave it he did and removed himself to stand next to Rommi while watching me dive around like a loonie catching escapee piggies! I think our little cat likes the dogs more than us and has one favourite in particular. The British tolerates them if they stay a few feet away, it is beneath him to mingle with dogs! Edited February 17, 2011 by OSoSwift Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dogsrawesome Posted February 17, 2011 Author Share Posted February 17, 2011 I think our little cat likes the dogs more than us and has one favourite in particular. Haha now that sounds familiar. My cat and dog play together, give each other smooches. They are both males its like come one guys man up haha but its super funny to watch them play Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bow Wowy Posted February 17, 2011 Share Posted February 17, 2011 Rebanne - they are BEAUTIFUL pics Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Diva Posted February 17, 2011 Share Posted February 17, 2011 (edited) Depends a bit on the level of drive in the sighthound and the experience of the owner. You can end up with a problem cat chaser if you don't raise them correctly, and the job is harder if you have a very drivey dog. Yes it can be done, but it's not just a matter of raising them with the cat. That's true, you can't just assume raising them together is enough. With some it is, but with my youngest dog I had to make a real effort to change the way she viewed the cat from the time she arrived as a puppy. And that's after having owned 6 other sighthounds, so not an inexperienced owner, just a dog much more easily triggered to chase than any other I have owned. She's fine now, but it took a bit of concentrated effort. My oldest on the other hand, same breed, loved the cat from the day she arrived, including a lot of mutual grooming and smooching. Edited February 17, 2011 by Diva Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kirty Posted February 17, 2011 Share Posted February 17, 2011 We've had our girl Pia since she was about 3 months old and have always carefully supervised her interactions with the cats. She has never known anything but being surrounded by cats, so she is used to it now. She will still chase them occasionally, but its all in play. We don't encourage her to chase them and we stop her if we see it happening. She likes to wrestle with them, but we also stop that if it gets too silly or rough. We had a foster Grey called Sam and he just accepted the cats too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harley Posted February 17, 2011 Share Posted February 17, 2011 I'm loving the photos! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rebanne Posted February 17, 2011 Share Posted February 17, 2011 Rebanne - they are BEAUTIFUL pics thanks, I show off my dogs and cats any chance I get Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alyosha Posted February 17, 2011 Share Posted February 17, 2011 I'm loving the photos! So am I guys!! Especially these two Kirty!! We used to have a cat - that we unfortunately lost too young. Our older dogs had grown up with him and never had an issue. Although they used to chase him a little if he ran. As soon as he had enough, stopped and turned to face them they turned into sniveling cat servants... He was always in control. I'd love to have one again but having hounds now that haven't grown up with them I'd rather a confident adult cat that I wasn't so worried about rather than a little kitten who could be intimidated. I would always prefer that for introductions with mature sighthounds that are not familiar with cats, a confident glare or even a swipe at a nose is infinitely preferable to a scared kitty and excited hound. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dogsrawesome Posted February 17, 2011 Author Share Posted February 17, 2011 them photos especially the one with the ginger kitten almost made me cry from cuteness Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rebanne Posted February 17, 2011 Share Posted February 17, 2011 them photos especially the one with the ginger kitten almost made me cry from cuteness Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shazzapug Posted February 17, 2011 Share Posted February 17, 2011 We've had our girl Pia since she was about 3 months old and have always carefully supervised her interactions with the cats. She has never known anything but being surrounded by cats, so she is used to it now. She will still chase them occasionally, but its all in play. We don't encourage her to chase them and we stop her if we see it happening. She likes to wrestle with them, but we also stop that if it gets too silly or rough. We had a foster Grey called Sam and he just accepted the cats too. I remember when you first got her and the pic in the kids bed....great photos, Pia is beautiful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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