How does everyone deal with having cat's & dogs?

[Chris Winkler]

I saw a post on a different forum that had alot to say about how dangerous it is to have cats and dogs when you have FIDS.

I have 2 cats and 2 big goofy golden retrievers and have no problems what so ever. My cats are both inside and declawed. While my TomCat will watch the birds from a distance he is afraid of my birds. First when they are on the floor at the same time my birds stand as tall as the cats and TomCat had a huge chunk taken out of his but a few years ago. My other cat BobCat could care less about the birds and dosn't even acknowledge they are there.

My Goldens are the clean up crew and other then waiting for food (or anything else dropped)

to be tossed at them they pay absolutely no attention to the birds. With the exception of getting out of the birds way if they are walking towards them.

So how do you guys deal with having non feathered kids?

 

[Von1983]

My cat is also an inside cat who adores the bird - from a distance lol. When we take Cal into the shop, the cat cries lol.

Our dog Olly is scared of her and sits in the corner looking at the wall lol. Our other dog Boots, likes her a bit too much! Initially she jumped up with her paws by the cage and of course we had to tell her off which thankfully has an instant effect.....we have to tell her off a lot lol - very strong minded doggy Now though, if she gets within a foot of the cage, CAL tells her off haha! None of them are around Cal when she is out of the cage.

Both dogs enjoy hoovering the floor of the food she chucks out though, so....

 

[Colorguarder08]

I have two golden retrievers too but the only time they are in the same room with the birds is if I am going to bed or on the rare occassion I let them in my bedroom otherwise sometimes the birds are uncovered and Bianica pays absoultely no attention to them what so ever. Abby used to get super excited and try to climb on and sometimes inside the cage to no avail since rearranging my room however she seems to like to try to balance between my bed and the windowseal. occassionally she still likes to try to get near the bird cage but it's easier to block her now.

 

[Spiritbird]

There is a very laid back, large main coone cate in my home named Christine. She is just as sweet as Rosie and they are together with supervision. I will not trust natural instinct and leave them alone together at any time unless bird in in cage.

 

[birdiemomma]

I have two dogs and my bird, Bella. One dog is an outside dog (she breaks everything inside and is too crazy) so she isn't much to worry about with the bird. Tucker, my Shih-Tzu (with supervision) will sit with the bird on his head. He doesn't really care that she is there but if he has the option he will go lay on the couch in the other room. He is such a calm dog and nothing bugs him really. So for me it is easy to mix my feathered friends and non feathered friends!

 

[Vanilla]

I have a three year old spayed kitty, and a five month old, just neutered Boxer. Vanilla the Umbrella, is blind and makes no noise. If I could just figure out how to post pictures on this thing, you would see them all eating together, lying on the bed together, and the dog and cat are so gentle with Vanilla. God really meant for these three animals to be together.

 

[doodadz]

I used to have a big shepherd mix. She was never allowed in the same room as the fids when they were out of their cages. I just could never bring myself to trust her. she had quite the thing for possums, rabbits, etc in the yard so I always felt that the wild was running close to her....I don't mind reaching into those jaws after something that she shouldn't have..did it many times but not willing to risk the fids.

 

[triordan]

i have 2 large german shepherds, they go to the laundry room when remington is out, but occasionally i will let them out to go do their business...they lick the cage...eeeww...my male GSD would probably leave him alone, but not my female she has jumped on the cage a few times

 

[HRH Di]

We have 2 dogs (labradors) and a cat. If the fids are out and about, they are never unsupervised. However, the cat is afraid of Jade and Ruby so keeps her distance. The dogs really just want whatever food drops on the floor. Our yellow lab (really the size of a Great Dane) would love to be friends with them, but is a pretty timid about those big beaks. Our black lab (15 years old), really couldn't care less as long as she gets the left over pellets.

Supervision is the key. And always err on the side of caution.

 

[AlexK]

Besides my TAG, I have a 5 month old australian shepherd, and 4 cats. My dog would really like to play with zozo, but usually zo just smacks him with her beak and he backs off. 1 of my cats has no interest in zo at all, 2 will watch from afar, and 1 I do not trust at all, she is just way too interested.

 

[bogo1]

We have two dogs and two cats. They birds are out constantly at same time other creatures are present. I use a focused socialization for all the house creatures. In 32 years of having these three species in the same house, I have never had even a close call with the various creatures. There are two realities though. Even with all the work done on this... the fact that the dogs are willing to provide rides for the birds... the fact that the cats eat right next to where a bird may be on the cage... I do not trust it if I am not physically present. The whole thing hinges on my being in charge and my expectations being met. And second, the rules would not hold outside. The cats have both brought down wild birds, and one of the dogs is a fiest, an Arkansas hunting dog, and he has been known to chase the cat up a tree outside even though he ate out of the same bowl with it that morning. But inside the house, the predators don't see the smaller animals as prey, they see them as part of the structure. All that said, I still watch and supervise.And this comes from hours of socialization work as each new creature is introduced.
Barbara

 

[Beilana]

I have an 11 year old pomeranian who wants to eat the bird so the two are not allowed to socialize. They can be in the same room as long as I am supervising but I still will not allow them to be next to eatchother. When Chia is out and around my pomeranian he gets a "wild" look in his eyes and licks his lips. There is no way I would ever leave the two without supervision.