[blparent] Adopting a Pet

[Veronica Smith]

I think that would work just fine.  For introducing, I was told when
bringing in a cat, put the cat in one room and the dog in the other and let
them  meet with a door between them.

-----Original Message-----
From: blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
Behalf Of Jo Elizabeth Pinto
Sent: Thursday, October 06, 2011 10:57 AM
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Subject: [blparent] Adopting a Pet

Hello.  Gerald and I are considering in taking a stray cat who needs a home.
The cat is healthy, has had his shots, been checked for worms and leukemia.
He's not fixed or de-clawed.  I don't know much about cats, so I have a few
questions.

What do I need to know before trying to introduce the cat to my guide dog?

I'd like to take the cat on a trial basis for a few days.  How can I make it
clear to my three-year-old that the kitty is going to stay through the
weekend, and then we'll see from there?  Would that idea be too hard on her?

I know de-clawing is beyond the scope of this list, but is it something I
should consider doing because of Sarah?

Jo Elizabeth

"How far you go in life depends on you being tender with the young,
compassionate with the aged, sympathetic with the striving, and tolerant of
the weak and the strong.  Because someday in life you will have been all of
these."--George Washington Carver, 1864-1943, American scientist
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