bassets and cats

FloppyToby · 06-03-2010, 01:09 PM

does anyone else have a cat? if so does your basset get along with it or terrorize it? i got my cat shortly after i got toby, so they were both babies. now the cat acts like a basset. she rolls over on her back for belly rubs, plays with the dogs toys, licks us, and always plays with toby. when he's asleep on the floor she'll walk up to him and groom him. it's precious. but sometimes she doesn't feel like playing and toby chases her around. it's too funny. does anyone else's bassets and cats interract like that?

Tuesday · 06-03-2010, 01:34 PM

My cat has always been like that even before we got a dog. He plays fetch, loves belly rubs and is very social. He gets along well with Gwen but is always the first to want to stop playing. He doesn't snuggle or lick her unless he thinks that we aren't watching. That is great that your fur babies get along so well.

BigBloo · 06-03-2010, 02:47 PM

My Flash loves his feline pals. They all play and sleep and do stuff together, except eat.

vb3 · 06-03-2010, 03:30 PM

We had 5 cats before we got either dog (we still have all 5, although I think a couple would leave if they could). Rosco wanted to chase them as a puppy but has had that mostly trained out of him. Layla really wants to chase them. She is a work in progress. She doesn't hurt them when she corners them, just barks and follows them really closely. She knows her 'stay' command and we are working on it. Three of our cats don't mind her as long as she doesn't chase them, but the other two pretty much hate the dog. We put up a gate to give the cats a few rooms of peace and quiet.

Lightning&Stomps · 06-04-2010, 11:18 AM

Lightning and Kitty LOVE each other. I got really lucky, since I got the cat when he was fully grown and I had no idea how he'd react to dogs. But they chase each other, mock attack each other, sleep together, etc. When Stomps was alive he didn't like the cat, so they just stayed out of each other's way. Stomps would have never gone after the cat, though. And even though I think the cat would win a fight if it ever came to that, I always make sure the cat has an exit that Lightning can't follow him through. Watching Kitty and Lightning play always makes me laugh out loud.

bakinforbassets · 06-04-2010, 02:56 PM

When I got Mr. Pea he was very thin & sick (he was a throw away) but as soon as he saw Percy, a kitten (also a throw away) he picked him up & started carrying him around. As soon as Mr. Pea would put him down Percy would run back for more. However now, 10 years later, they pretty much ignore each other. Both the cats prefer Molly as she lets them rub her snout & Mr. Pea doesn't. I always wanted cats & dogs that would snuggle but have never had any! I would love to see pics from those who do.
Susan

Lightning&Stomps · 06-04-2010, 05:24 PM

Susan, here are Lightning and Kitty caught during a tender moment:

FloppyToby · 06-04-2010, 05:26 PM

how sweet!!! haha i'll have to try and capture toby and jenny sharing a moment this weekend.

vb3 · 06-04-2010, 09:46 PM

Any moments with Rosco/Layla and the cats would not be so tender.

2hounds · 06-04-2010, 10:14 PM

The first day we got Gibbs the first thing him and Lily did together was run a neighborhood cat up a tree. Now we can say "Where's the cat?" and they'll go looking for a cat.

~Heather

06-03-2010, 01:09 PM	#1 (permalink)
FloppyToby Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Texas Posts: 186	bassets and cats does anyone else have a cat? if so does your basset get along with it or terrorize it? i got my cat shortly after i got toby, so they were both babies. now the cat acts like a basset. she rolls over on her back for belly rubs, plays with the dogs toys, licks us, and always plays with toby. when he's asleep on the floor she'll walk up to him and groom him. it's precious. but sometimes she doesn't feel like playing and toby chases her around. it's too funny. does anyone else's bassets and cats interract like that? __________________ A basset is an asset!

06-04-2010, 05:26 PM	#8 (permalink)
FloppyToby Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Texas Posts: 186	how sweet!!! haha i'll have to try and capture toby and jenny sharing a moment this weekend. __________________ A basset is an asset!

06-04-2010, 10:14 PM	#10 (permalink)
2hounds Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Norfolk, VA Posts: 1,152	The first day we got Gibbs the first thing him and Lily did together was run a neighborhood cat up a tree. Now we can say "Where's the cat?" and they'll go looking for a cat. ~Heather __________________ Mommy to Gibbs and kitty kitty Eva Dear sweet *Lily (ATB )* you will never be forgotten.

06-03-2010, 01:34 PM	#2 (permalink)
Tuesday Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2010 Posts: 160	My cat has always been like that even before we got a dog. He plays fetch, loves belly rubs and is very social. He gets along well with Gwen but is always the first to want to stop playing. He doesn't snuggle or lick her unless he thinks that we aren't watching. That is great that your fur babies get along so well.

06-03-2010, 02:47 PM	#3 (permalink)
BigBloo Member Join Date: Jan 2010 Posts: 46	My Flash loves his feline pals. They all play and sleep and do stuff together, except eat.

06-03-2010, 03:30 PM	#4 (permalink)
vb3 Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Missouri Posts: 523	We had 5 cats before we got either dog (we still have all 5, although I think a couple would leave if they could). Rosco wanted to chase them as a puppy but has had that mostly trained out of him. Layla really wants to chase them. She is a work in progress. She doesn't hurt them when she corners them, just barks and follows them really closely. She knows her 'stay' command and we are working on it. Three of our cats don't mind her as long as she doesn't chase them, but the other two pretty much hate the dog. We put up a gate to give the cats a few rooms of peace and quiet.

06-04-2010, 11:18 AM	#5 (permalink)
Lightning&Stomps Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Versailles, Ky. Posts: 1,203	Lightning and Kitty LOVE each other. I got really lucky, since I got the cat when he was fully grown and I had no idea how he'd react to dogs. But they chase each other, mock attack each other, sleep together, etc. When Stomps was alive he didn't like the cat, so they just stayed out of each other's way. Stomps would have never gone after the cat, though. And even though I think the cat would win a fight if it ever came to that, I always make sure the cat has an exit that Lightning can't follow him through. Watching Kitty and Lightning play always makes me laugh out loud.

06-04-2010, 02:56 PM	#6 (permalink)
bakinforbassets Member Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: I live in East Tennessee. Posts: 66	When I got Mr. Pea he was very thin & sick (he was a throw away) but as soon as he saw Percy, a kitten (also a throw away) he picked him up & started carrying him around. As soon as Mr. Pea would put him down Percy would run back for more. However now, 10 years later, they pretty much ignore each other. Both the cats prefer Molly as she lets them rub her snout & Mr. Pea doesn't. I always wanted cats & dogs that would snuggle but have never had any! I would love to see pics from those who do. Susan

06-04-2010, 05:24 PM	#7 (permalink)
Lightning&Stomps Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Versailles, Ky. Posts: 1,203	Susan, here are Lightning and Kitty caught during a tender moment:

06-04-2010, 09:46 PM	#9 (permalink)
vb3 Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Missouri Posts: 523	Any moments with Rosco/Layla and the cats would not be so tender.

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