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by prncesjessie on May 10th, 2005

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I'm considering getting a Siberian Husky puppy soon, but I heard they eat house cats (I have 2). Is that true?

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  • by KCTrey on May 11th, 2005

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    I think that the phrase "eat house cats" is a little harsh.

    It is true that Siberian Huskies have a reputation of not being being very good with cats, but I have known of, at least, two Huskies that shared a house with a cat without incident.

    I would say that, as long as you are getting a puppy and not a full-grown dog, you should be able to train the dog to "respect" the cat, and they should be able to live together easily. There are a lot of sites on the Web that can help; Just try searching for "introducing dog into house with cat" in your favorite search engine, and you'll get a good start.

    I just had to do this recently when my girlfriend (a cat owner) moved in with me (a dog owner). Since both of our pets are already grown, it provided additional challenges over training a puppy. It didn't take long, however, before they were playing together.

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    • Thanks! I now know there's hope :-)

      prncesjessie

      by prncesjessie on May 12th, 2005

    • I took my cat to the vet today to be cremated. I thought it was going well with our 9 month old Husky. They had been able to get along well enough to lay on the sofa together. But when she ran away from him he chased her and over powered her. He just wanted to play and didn't realize he was too rough. She had been a great friend to me for 8 1/2 years and I feel terribly guilty because I allowed this to happen.

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      by Anonymous on February 3rd, 2007

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