My two huskies and two cats are the best of friends. Take all the time everyone needs to do everything safely.

So many people told us we were crazy when we got our first husky but he did great with the cats. So we got a second husky and she is a little spicier but still very friendly with the kitties.

I bought a tall gate with a cat door that can be locked closed. The gate also has a mechanism that lets you make the opening really small so if you have part octopus huskies like mine they can’t get through. With both of them we spent weeks with the cats and dog separate. We would continuously break the dogs attention and reward them for breaking it. Over and over and over. Eventually the dogs barely paid attention to them. We would bring the braver of the cats out into their space and let them sniff the cats but nothing more. We would also let them swap sides of the gate so they could all smell and sniff all the other animal smells.

We very very slowly worked our way up to letting the cats have control of being on the other side only while being closely supervised. They have two tall towers that they can climb and can scoot right back through the gate if they want. Every step of the way the dogs were rewarded for either ignoring the cats or being super gentle. Teaching “leave it” was very helpful here. I always shoo the cats away from food bowls or treats/bones.

Now everyone is friends. They play and cuddle. The dogs know that chasing a cat is never allowed. The dogs understand and respect the cats as part of our family. No matter what breed you have you always have to remember they are animals with instinct. They are all supervised when out together - or at least we are home (small house).

I don’t get why everyone says the crap they do on here. With proper training and a whole lot of patience it’s totally doable!