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to get what you need!!!!!!!Diggin' In The Litter
Dogs and cats can coexist very well under the right circumstances.
Just remember that the average house cat considers two things to be sacred -- his food bowl and his litter box.
An unsupervised bowl of cat food is just too big a temptation for a dog. (Why would he resist cat food? He once tried to eat your VCR collection.)
Try feeding the animals in separate rooms.
Keep the litter box in a private, non-doggie place too.
Think of it from the dog's point of view -- it's a lovely smelly sandbox full of buried treasure and treats!
Now think of the dog's point of view from your cat's point of view . . .
How Kitty Eats
Cautioning your cat to chew his food won't do any good -- he can't.
Unlike humans, cats are incapable of chewing.
Their front canines are designed for killing their meals, and tearing off flesh.
Then the back teeth (the cusped premolars and the solitary molars) are used to cut the food into digestible bits.
The side-to-side motion necessary for chewing just isn't possible for a cat's jaws.
The muscles surrounding the jaw are well developed, allowing your cat to bite much harder than you'd think!
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