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My family and I are planing to get a cat very soon. I was wondering how do boxers react to new members of the family (including a cat.) A person is coming over to see my boxer's reaction to the cat. If the reaction is good we are keeping the cat, but I wanted to know is there something I should be of concern if to say my family and I aren't home?
Well generally Boxers get along with cats but if raised with the cat.
My Boxer barks at cats and does not get along with cats- but was not raised with one in the family structure.
It's 50-50 on the reaction.
A Boxer puppy that comes home to a family with a cat already, learns the cat is family and plays.
However, a Boxer that does not have a cat within the family and is already older, might chase the cat and have a hissy-fit.
It is a crap shoot. My bet is the Boxer will bark and chase the cat.
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| Comment | Thank you very much for taking the time out of your day to answer my question. Thank you for making this answer very clear and being professional about it and considering the time of answering my question. Thank you, the cat should be here tommorow, i guess ill just be seeing the 50-50 answer. Once angain thank you. | ||
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Jannie Balliett
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