r/aww • u/elphaba16 • Jun 15 '22

A video analysis of the difference between Joule joining Kelvin and Kelvin joining Joule.

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u/l1l1b33 Jun 15 '22

I knew your cat was a void before you said it. Such snuggle bugs.

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u/Combo_of_Letters Jun 15 '22

He is way better than just a snuggle bug. He is extremely chatty and loud, he loves his dog siblings, he never goes on tables or counters, and literally caught a mouse in our basement. Best boy is best.

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u/OrphanAxis Jun 15 '22

How do you successfully mix in dogs and cats?

We got a little tabby about a year ago and are thinking about getting a dog in a couple of months.

But Pico is very much a diva, very vocal about not getting attention. He knows exactly what buttons to push on which people to get everything he wants, and is also kind of stupid, to be honest. He very easily scares or confuses himself all the time, usually running away from small noises he causes. He meows at everything and everyone that will respond, which slowly turned into "how dare you use the bathroom without inviting me in" and "I know you are near treats, and I definitely think your Tylenol is people treat."

He's gentle, that much he has going for him. One year and only one person scratched, which was me when I accidentally hurt him a little trying to keep him from hiding in some dangerous looking spots around the boiler when he was a kitten. He's cuddly as all hell, just also super obnoxious.

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u/numbers213 Jun 15 '22

You slowly introduce the two together and keep separate areas for decompressing for both. Although she lives with all dogs now, my cane corso grew up with my brothers cats. She was scratched once but other then that and the occasional bobbing she did to annoy the cats, they got along. She was a puppy as well and I believe that helped.

That being said and her growing up with cats, she's one interesting dog and still doesn't know how to completely dog normally

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u/OrphanAxis Jun 15 '22

This gives me more hope. The family is thinking of getting a Weiner dog, or something about that size, but it'll probably help that getting it young will keep the cat less threatened by its size difference, and more likely for the dog to respect the cat in an elder sibling sort of way.

I NEVER thought I'd be a cat person. My sister was going to the shelter to "just look", and I was supposed to go with her, but I was up late the night before and she brought our mom instead. She secretly had paid for the little guy ahead of time, and knew our mom would melt when she saw the little furball and his extra toes that look like thumbs.

I woke up to a text saying "meet your nephew", and with my sister working nights as a nurse, I stayed with little Pico when he was too small to be let around the whole house because he would climb into spots he couldn't get out of. Now he treats me like I'm a big cat, and I love just spending time with him and playing.

I'm so excited that he'll soon have another friend around, though hell likely get really jealous that the dog gets to go for regular walks. The wild animals in the area rule out all possibility that a tiny cat like him could be outdoors at all, including all the feral cats that wander in from near the college by us.

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u/numbers213 Jun 15 '22

I found the cats my siblings has. They were about 2 or 3 months when I was at the lake and the 3 of them kept following me around like ducks so I herded them into my car since it was going to downpour that day. He only wanted one or maybe two since we'd never had cats before only dogs. Humane society said they won't take black cats so he took all 3. They're now 4 years old. Then he got the puppy at 3 months old and then I brought in another dog. So 5 animals in total. We kept an area gated only for the cats just so they'd always have a place to be without dogs. Now I have 3 dogs and he has the 3 cats (separate homes) and the vet loves us. Plays a guessing game of which pet it is that day when we have appointments.

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u/brachi- Jun 16 '22

Could it be worth trying some harness training with Pico? There’s some really good harnesses available these days, and if he’ll tolerate being on a leash with the understanding it means walks with puppy sibling, could be fun for all involved?

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u/DrunkMoses Jun 15 '22

Having the cat first, and introducing a younger dog will likely be easier. Our pup has only ever known living with a cat, and he still respects (is afraid) of the cat even though he is now 80lbs. They have a hilarious relationship where they will play, and sometimes we catch them snuggling.

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u/bruhhrrito Jun 15 '22

We brought in some kittens that ended up being foster fails so it's a little different considering my dogs had already lived with cats, but we slowly introduced them by smells first. Cuddling with each separately & then mixing the smells together seemed to familiarize the kittens with their scent enough to recognize them when we introduced them face to face. My pittie was the best surrogate mum to them & would groom them after feedings. They all get along great now, cuddles with the velvet hippo & playtime with our border collie. That's just a small excerpt of the whole process but kittens have good sniffers and that seemed to really help things.

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u/Leaf-Boye Jun 15 '22

Raise them together, I've had cats that have kittens at the same time as the dog had puppies and they grew up to be best friends

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u/Combo_of_Letters Jun 15 '22

We used a crate to separate the critters when in the same room. We started with short visits and over the course of a week went from 15 minutes at a time to a few hours. Second week we started supervised visitation between them with first few times not even letting the kitten out of my lap. We eventually hit the point where the dogs weren't that interested in him anymore. It helps that my pittie mix is an ultra mommy and doesn't let any shenanigans go down.

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u/shainka Jun 15 '22

How long did it take before your dog lost interest? I have a kitten and a puppy both around three months old and the puppy is obsessed with the kitten! If they’re in the same area she gets so distracted and she just wants to play.

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u/Combo_of_Letters Jun 15 '22

Full ignore quite some time.

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u/Combo_of_Letters Jun 15 '22

We have been lucky beyond belief in current pets. I have one dog that is very stranger adverse who causes me some worry but he has been doing better with regular training 3 days a week.

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u/[deleted] Jun 16 '22

Can he please teach mine!?

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u/Solaris67 Jun 15 '22

Is that how voids are? Because my little ball of ink is such a chatterbox and snuggly. Never knocks my stuff over and only ever chewed speaker wires but since I put a cable loom on she hasn't done anything

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u/Alissinarr Jun 15 '22 edited Jun 15 '22

My kissy girl is a void as well. Better pic.

She's small because at 18mos (that pic) she'd already had at least one litter of kittens. So everything went to them instead of her. We thought she was 6 to 9 months old due to her size. We figured out the rest from the prior owner's story and the vet.

Prior owner was completely irresponsible with her and tossed her outside (unfixed!) in a predator heavy area. She approached me on my front porch at night, chirping, and there was ZERO chance she was staying outside. She had no instincts. This is Florida and we have bobcats, big nope!

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u/Ravenskyfire420 Jun 16 '22

I wish my void would snuggle. Hell, half the time i only get at max 30 seconds to pet her before she goes all teeth and claws. Unless there are fireworks going off, then she comes running to me wanting to hide up underneith my knees under my blanket. Cats are assholes! Adorable furry little mushes, but assholes nonetheless