Pay attention to your pets’ friendships

When choosing your pets it is very important to first find out what personality traits they have, their needs and allergies and how they behave in general, then you can adopt another animal. However, another essential thing that you have to take into consideration when you want to extend your family is familiarization and socialization. If you want to build a strong friendship between a dog and a cat, then you should socialize them from an early age. 

“When choosing to pair pets together in the same home, or as I like to call it ‘building your pack’ it’s important to develop a strong understanding of your pets’ personality traits such as focus characteristics, social style and experience level,” says Jessica O’Neill, canine behavior specialist and inventor of the JWalker dog harness. 

“For instance, pairing an introvert, environment-focused cat with a social, rough playing dog will not likely be an easy combination. Whereas a pairing a tolerant, owner-focused dog with balanced social skills and a young social dog with a rough play style may help prove to be an excellent combination,” explains O’Neill.