Greyhound/Lurcher living with kittens?

[XDA]

I have two 14 week old kittens who I've had for about 7 weeks now. At the weekend, I got a 7 week old border collie Lurcher/whippet/greyhound cross.

I'm wondering if I'm likely to have issues in the future with my dog thinking of my cats as "prey"? At the moment, both kittens are viewing the puppy with suspicion and watching it from a safe height. The puppy itself hasn't really shown much of a reaction to the kittens.

Does anyone have any experience of this type of situation? The kittens and puppy are both young so I'm hoping they'll accept it other. My only worry is that the puppy has hunting/chasing/killing instincts and will kill my cats?!

Any input much appreciated!

[rasputin]

Breed alone doesn't make too much difference. 7 weeks is just a baby so if you socialise him properly with all sorts of animals he shouldn't find them interesting enough to chase.

[bexVN]

Should be fine, Kittens are most likely to put pup in lace once brave enough. That's not to say you should not monitor them together.

Our whippet was 5 months when we took him on (and most likely from working stock rather than pet) yet he never caused issue with our 3 cats (then a 4th when he was older) they told him what for pretty damn quick

[XDA]

Cheers both. That's put my mind at ease!

[Dirty Frank]

I wouldnt worry too much, I have 2 greyhounds and 2 cats, the hounds chase the cats and dont know what to do when they catch them. They get battered, hounds go for a cry and it all starts over again.

The cats miss the fun when it stops and come looking for trouble

[bexVN]

that sounds typical. Jimmy very occasionally will try and chase one of my cats, only because every now and then she decides to run down the garden but as soon as she stops and turns to face him he stops dead in his tracks and immediately backs off! The cats have no fear of him and he knows it (so he fears them)

This picture was taken after Jimmy had ever so slowly crept into HIS bed and curled up tight as he could to one side, all because Fitz the cat was already in it. As you can probably tell Fitz was not impressed

[Dirty Frank]

Thats cute, our 10 month old bh is currently sleeping with two cats. She will go mad when she wakes up and finds out, could be another 12 hours before she does though