Adding a Dog to home with 2 cats???????????

[SlitherinSisters]

I think a lab is a great idea. Don't take it personally, but labs are known as the "dog breed for dummies". They are extremely easy dogs. Easy to train, easy to care for, easy to socialize. I recommend labs to anyone that hasn't owned a dog, doesn't have a lot of time to socialize a dog, or has children/other animals they are worried about. You'll rarely find an aggressive lab, they are naturally friendly to anyone, even strangers, they definitely don't make good guard dogs, unless you want the robber licked to death, lol.

I know you already got a lot of great response, but I just thought I would add my two cents anyhow. Any guarding breed, pitt, rott, dobie, shepard need a lot of socializing, if you don't do that, you are just setting your dog up for failure. Any breed needs socializing, but it's especially important with breeds that have a bad reputation to start with.

As for having cats that you are worried about, for most larger breeds I would say get a puppy so it can grow up with the cats. Make sure if you adopt a dog from the shelter that it is a decent shelter and that the dog really is cat friendly. I tried adopting a pitt mix from a shaddy shelter and they said it was great with cats, but they never had it around cats... Long story short I took her home and she bit me through my winter coat, drew blood, and tried to eat my cats... That's the only time I've tried to adopt a dog, and it ruined me on adoption for awhile.