Freedom, that's a good idea. We try to clip them very often to cut down on the amount of scratches on US but I never thought of them accidentally hurting each other.
I think Max is starting to get used to the idea of having another cat around. They have been playing with each other sporadically, and ate and drank together last night and this morning. Max made a few hissy/growly sounds but tolerated it nicely other than that
Brody's Mom - part of the reason they get along so well is because from the time our dogs were tiny puppies, we used the command "gentle" with them a LOT. We have 5 ferrets here that Lucy grew up playing with, so she sort of knows to be gentle and chill out when playing with an animal that is smaller than her. A lot of people do the whole routine of when you first bring a cat home, keep it in a separate room, let them smell each other through the door, or put it in a carrier so the dogs can check it out like that....I don't do that. I've tried it, and it seems to just add to the curiosity level and makes them wild trying to get to the cat. If I just let them sniff the cat right up from and sternly tell them gentle while the cat crawls all over them, from there on it's smooth sailing. They do like to play with the cats - whether it be wrestling a little bit, or chasing when the cat antagonizes them...but they're really good about not being rough.
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