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Originally Posted by amonkie
How old are the pups? They are going to get bigger... the cat is not. I say they can fend for themselves and once they are bigger they will probably have some respect for the cat and not completely terrorize it.
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Yep, and further, if the puppies are around longer than the cat, and you end up getting another cat down the road, you'll already have dogs trained to deal with cats. My 2 childhood cats bullied our puppy when he was first around. They eventually got used to him and stopped whacking him so much. After the cats passed on, my parents got 2 new cats a year or so later. The dog turned into a cat-nanny. He'd whine or go get my mom when they were doing something they weren't supposed to. While the kitties now live with us, the dog comes to visit them every so often, and he still has a great respect for cats.