How to Raise Your New Kitten in a Dog Family: The Complete Guide to a Happy Pet-Filled Home (Back-To-Basics)

A kitten is a small and precious creature with little to protect itself and a big home to explore, it can be scary to leave them alone, especially when you already have dogs in the house. Many families refrain from getting a kitten when they already have a dog for fear that the dog may not get along well with the furry new friend, but this can be avoided easily by knowing how to properly raise your kitten and handle your dog when a new pet enters the home. Through careful research and experience, this book provides a detailed look at how anyone can bring a new kitten home into a house that a dog has already claimed as his or her own. You will learn how dogs approach other species and why they might be aggressive towards a cat right away despite their normally amenable nature. You will learn how to keep your dog from thinking a new kitten is infringing upon their space and how to effectively keep them separated until the kitten is old enough to protect itself. You will learn what warning signs to look out for in your pets behaviors and how to effectively ensure they do not invade each others space during meals. Hundreds of hours of interviews with experts on cats, dogs, and pet relations have been conducted and included to provide a detailed, comprehensive outlook on what you can expect when you first bring home your kitten. You will learn how different species of dogs might vary in their reactions to a new pet and why your presence in the room might hurt or help the process. Learn what you can do to keep both pets happy and how to integrate them into every aspect of your life, from bedtime to watching television. Whatever your needs are, this book will help you with the often times trying process of getting and integrating a new kitten it a dog household.