Co-existance

   Normally...the cat goes after the rat and the dog goes after the cat.

   The cats kept to themselves and the dogs had a room downstairs.

   Here are a few pics I was able to find. The black one is Lucy and the patterned one is Ricky. Again, it's been a while and the memories are quite friendly (I might edit some of these posts later when I learn a little more), but I remember they were good pals (and hopefully still are)! 2a and 2b are them together and 2c is them with me when I was about eight or so. I don't know how much convincing it took to get them both to sit with me like that!

   A little while back whenever a new cat (there were enough dogs) would enter the house they'd sleep in the bathroom and one of us would bring a dog (Doja or Molly) to familiarize themselves with the new kittens! Sure, there was a lot of hissing, some barking, but after a few days/weeks they'd learn to accept each other

   3a/3b are Homer/Molly taken real recently

   The problem with that strategy is some cats don't naturally blend together and no one took the initiative to 'help them along'. They seem to get along better than they used to, but it could have been better (I'll try and find some pics of them together)!

  (I'll fix the cut-off images soon. It's late!)