"Suja" wrote in message
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For the most part,
the cats I've known tend to vanish when an intruder (two or four
legged)
enters the space,

It's hard to tell. If they're a boisterous, busy family with a lot of
comings and goings, then the cats might be gregarious. Pan, for
example, runs to the door whenever anyone knocks, but she's kind of a
mutant.

I need to know how they do as well, although the dad
did say that the 3 year old is likely to be the one to try and stick
his
hand inside a dog's mouth.

A future lion tamer?

I'll let them know. So much of this is going to depend on how common
sensical they are.

Absolutely. I would expect they'd be at least marginally clueful, given
how many animals they have, but you never know.

Obviously. No way in hell I'm recommending anything other than an
older,
more mellow, known good with dogs, cats and kids with low prey drive
dog to
the family.

You say obviously, but...

I don't know
why it is people think that adding puppies to such a household is a
better
idea than bringing in an adult dog.

I don't get it, either. But then, I'm not a huge puppy fan, so what do
I know?

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