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s934169@minyos.xx.rmit.EDU.AU (Andres Rojas) wrote:

Barbara Maple (barbaram@melbpc,org,au)


>I have a fairly old cat (around 8 years I think) and am soon going to be 
>moving to a new house, taking the cat.  I would like to know firstly 
>whether or not any body out there has had a cat run away from them when 
>they decided to move home? 

No but as Frank said in another answer to your query be careful,

If the cat is house trained keep it confined to one room for a couple
of days then gradually increase the space it moves in inside,  Do not
let it outside for quite some time,   If the cat is a placid one after
about a week and he has settled in and moving through all the house,
Take the cat outside in your arms  Just a short distance from the door
As soon as it gets scared or agitated bring it back inside straight
away.   

Keep the cat inside until it lets you know that it is happy to go
outside,

>Secondly, we are looking for a new pet and have decided on a beagle 
>(possibly two!-how cute) because it suits the size of our new house and 
>the maintenance reuired.  Does anyone if beagles are friendly/unfriendly 
>towards cats????????
  
do you belong to a library, if so go to it and ask for help from the
librarian,   In the animal section there should be encyclopedias on
dogs and dog breeds,  There is one such book in my local library,
I looked it up and it said that the best type of dog to get on with
cats are Labradors,   I can vouch for this but they are a medium size.
big dog need a lot of exercise, are intellingent  and can be trained
easily with patience   I can vouch that they get on all right with
cats,   It makes a difference introducing a new dog to cats that
are already used to living with a dog anyway.

>What is the best way to train a new dog to be friendly to cats?  

Keep the two separate for quite a while then start touching the dog
with the cats scent on your hands,  then when the dog accepts the
scent of the cat and vice versa  gradually get them used to the sight
of each other  but make certain that each other knows not to be
jealous of the other,
I introduced a kitten and a large dog this way and I had them together
in a couple of days,  but from memory the dog was used to cats anyway

>Are there any beagle sites on the web?

 Have you tried on of the search programmes ie
http://www.webcrawler.com/

The American Kennel club have a home page, I think,'
but unfortunately I have not got the address,

Barbara Maple