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Introducing a young cat to my German Shepherd: Will they get along?

Updated On September 23rd, 2025

Pet's info: Cat | Persian | Female | unspayed | 1 month and 21 days old

I have a one year old german shepherd how i can introduce velvet to the dog and live with each other or should i wait until she gets bigger? Note: my dog barks at her because she is curious •

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Answered By Ricardo Fernandez, DVM

Veterinarian, Veterinary Oncology Resident

Published on December 26th, 2017

Thanks for using Petco Pet Education Center, formerly Petcoach! I think you should be able to introduce Velvet to her now as long as it is supervised. What I recommend is to do it for short amounts of time initially and increase the length slowly to have them be with each other permanently over a period of perhaps 1 month. It is best to always supervise them at least at the beginning. Good luck!

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