Any ideas on how to introduce a puppy to a cat?

ORIGINAL: Xebby

Just my experince with dog classes but I don't really like petco/petsmart traing classes. They are allrigh for puppy classes but don't really give your dog that much training a privately owned training center would give. They seem to be missing the trainers experence and disapline a profesinal trainer has. I guess it's good for dogs who need to be scolized and basic comands but if you get any further in training I would go somewhere else. Of corse if the basics are all you need for your dog then thats an alright place to go.

I drive and houre and a half just to take my dog to her trainer but it's well worth it.

 
Well there is this one place that trains them, plus they have other activities they do there as well, like agility, fly ball an etc. Petsmart and petco really isnt that grand eh? I will have to go to akc.org to see whats closest to me about obediance. Thanks for the tip []

I suspect that those of us who you found to be "snotty" are those of us who work in rescue and clean up after folks with the attitude that it's not their fault and who don't think it's a big deal to "get rid of" any animal.

ORIGINAL: glenmar

I suspect that those of us who you found to be "snotty" are those of us who work in rescue and clean up after folks with the attitude that it's not their fault and who don't think it's a big deal to "get rid of" any animal.

 
the people that work in rescues are great ppl with big hearts. I have nothing wrong with those kind of people. I just dont like it when i was trying to be nice an ask just a simple question about a certain topic and they just get down right rude and hateful when i wasnt at first. Just because im not experianced with dogs, doesnt mean you have to treat me so rudly. I feel that im being rude to because of my age. I have siblings older than some of you and they treat me way better. You shouldnt treat a person so rude if you havent met them in real life. But if this is all im going to get is snotty/rude posts, then it doesnt do me any good and I dont need that crap and wont come back. If you want to start a fight, you surely dont want to pick it with me and i promise you that. I may be 17 but I can hold my ground and say what I want/feel. You havent met me yet to know that.
 

I was told that  a private trainer costs $300+ and thats ridiculous.

Ours costs $75.
 

I will have to go to akc.org to see whats closest to me about obediance.

 
[linkhttp://www.apdt.com]www.apdt.com[/link] is a better place to look 

  So what if it isnt perfect, I cant help that.

Again with the "it's not my fault" attitude.  Of course you can improve your grammar and spelling. You are the only one that can.  And I didn't fault you, I faulted your teacher.  []

Respect is something that has to be earned, not demanded.  I sincerely doubt that you have siblings older than ME....my sons are much older than you are and if either one of them behaved as you are behaving on this forum, I'd smack their mouths, or fingers.
 
I offered you advice, as have several others, regarding your original question.  You don't apparently really want an answer to your question or you wouldn't be fussing so about us being rude to you because you are young.  No one has been RUDE in this thread.  I could point you to some RUDE threads....this isn't one of them.
 
And Jen is absolutely correct.  We are often judged, intentionally or not, by the way in which we present ourselves, and frankly you are not presenting yourself as very mature or intelligent.  You sound like a spoiled child who is not used to people telling her NO.

ORIGINAL: mahimahiipo
I will have to go to akc.org to see whats closest to me about obediance. Thanks for the tip []

I would just look in the phonebook. I pay $75 for an 8 week class and $22 for each privat lession. Some charge around $100/lession and they go to your house and work with your dog there so they can see for themselfs what the dog needs the most. Also you could call a vet and ask what schools they sugesst, that how I found out about the class I take Giz to. The clients at the clinc I work at really suggested going there.

ORIGINAL: glenmar

Respect is something that has to be earned, not demanded.  I sincerely doubt that you have siblings older than ME....my sons are much older than you are and if either one of them behaved as you are behaving on this forum, I'd smack their mouths, or fingers.

I offered you advice, as have several others, regarding your original question.  You don't apparently really want an answer to your question or you wouldn't be fussing so about us being rude to you because you are young.  No one has been RUDE in this thread.  I could point you to some RUDE threads....this isn't one of them.

And Jen is absolutely correct.  We are often judged, intentionally or not, by the way in which we present ourselves, and frankly you are not presenting yourself as very mature or intelligent.  You sound like a spoiled child who is not used to people telling her NO.

 
i didnt have a problem with you. i seen your advice. I have no problem with you at all. Im used to being told no and I have been told no a milllion times in my life. But what was bugging me is, i was being nice, asked a simple question and people are comming off with a smart/rude remarks when I just asked a simple question and just wanted answers, not for people to lecture me. So sorry if you thought i had a problem with you. Maybe I dont have a sibling older than you but my oldest is 42-44. I dont normally behaive like this unless someone triggers my buttons and pees me off. I have accepted others advice and i told them i appericated it, i didnt tell them that I didnt like it nor would i use it.And i dont care how you think i present myself, I am Me, an I am not going to change for no one, not even if you the queen of the saints.
 

 
[linkhttp://www.apdt.com/]www.apdt.com[/link] is a better place to look 

 
thank you, i will look at that.
 

 
Again with the "it's not my fault" attitude.  Of course you can improve your grammar and spelling. You are the only one that can.  And I didn't fault you, I faulted your teacher.

 
At least you would have the kindness to not judge people by their grammer. Thats just plain rude. If i can understand myself and others can, than there is nothing wrong with that.
 

I would just look in the phonebook. I pay $75 for an 8 week class and $22 for each privat lession. Some charge around $100/lession and they go to your house and work with your dog there so they can see for themselfs what the dog needs the most. Also you could call a vet and ask what schools they sugesst, that how I found out about the class I take Giz to. The clients at the clinc I work at really suggested going there. 

 
Thank you xebby. I'll look in the phonebook but I will doubt i'll find anything helpful in it. [>:]

And i dont care how you think i present myself, I am Me, an I am not going to change for no one, not even if you the queen of the saints
 
 
That attitude and a few bucks might get you a cup of coffee....unless they boot you out of the coffee shop because they don't care to deal with your attitude.  And, sorry to say, you are VERY difficult to understand when you use such poor grammer...many of us have to do a mental translation to understand what it is that you are trying to say.
 
People here have tried to help you.  Your crack about doubting that you'll find anything in the phone book that is useful is a prime example of why we don't think you really WANT help.

I do not think getting a dog in this situation sounds like the best choice, but here's my experience with introducing my puppy to my three year old cat who was not cool with dogs at all prior to this.

A few months ago, I shared my flat with a couple that had a small, adult dog and Robin (my cat) did not like it at all.   I basically didn't see him for the first two weeks.   I absolutely did not want this to happen when I got my puppy, so I was super vigilant about the introductions, especially because we live in a small one bedroom apartment and need to share all the floor space we have.   First of all, cats need easily accessible places that are just theirs, both for their comfort and their safety.   Ideal places are spots they can jump up on easily that the dog cannot reach.   I made sure Robin knew how to access all those spots (he already spent a lot of time on many of them, like the mantle, the credenza, etc.) and still give him treats on them.  

The first two weeks of having my puppy at home, I put a baby gate at the bedroom door and kept her in there.   I supervised her at all times and if I couldn't, she was crated.   Robin was on the other side of the babygate, they would sniff each other and my husband and I would sit on either side of the babygate, petting the animals, talking to them and passing treats through the gate so each would associate the other with something good.   He was also allowed to jump over the baby gate whenever he wanted and the puppy and I would go do something else or I would hold her in my lap while Robin did whatever it was he wanted to do in the bedroom (usually just sleep on the credenza).  I don't know if this is just me overanalyzing my cat, but I thought it was important for him to know that this was still his home and he wasn't being restricted.   I also tried the smell-rubbing stuff, but I have no idea if that helped.   I made sure that we had "our" time just like normal. 

After the two weeks, I took the babygate down  from the bedroom door and put it in the kitchen door.   His litter box and food are in there and I did not want  the puppy to have access to either.   He has multiple entry points to the kitchen, so he can get in at any time and I take the gate down when we are going out with Louise or she's in her crate.   I put the puppy (Louise) on a leash and stood in the living room with her.   She  started to chase him, he batted her on the top of the head (claws not extended) and she realized chasing full speed like that wasn't a good idea and he realized that he can tell her to shove off and she will.   Now they do play chase; it looks like the Louise is terrorizing Robin, but as soon as Louise stops, Robin comes back asking to be chased again, sort of like how puppies play.   When Robin gets tired of it he bats her on the head lightly or hops up on one of his safe spots.  He's also established a few new spots on the floor that are just his and Louise will play-bow to him and obviously wants to run up to him, but knows that it's not her space to enter.   Animals are pretty amazing in how they can work things out between themselves.   Right now I can't see them curling up and sleeping next to each other ever, but they can coexist peacefully and even have some fun together in a non-contact way.

Once her training started, "leave it" became one of the best commands ever.  

Since Louise came to live with us, Robin has become more needy and that time where it's just us is SO important.  For some reason, I also pet them both at the same time a lot, which seemed to calm them both down while being in very close proximity to each other.

I read a lot of articles about introductions on the internet and you might want to google some of those.

I personally would be concerned about having a declawed cat around a dog, by the way.