Does anybody here have multiple types of pets, including pets that would "in the wild" fight? Do you let them play together? Supervised or unsupervised?
My brother recently got a puppy, and my house rabbit still lives at home with my parents. The puppy is a terrier. We've all agreed that they are never left together unsupervised and that the puppy is always restrained around the rabbit... I know dogs and rabbits can live together harmoniously, but I do feel that if my rabbit ran the dogs instincts to chase and bite might well kick in. Plus he tends to bite the humans in the family playfully and that could really hurt my rabbit. The rabbit has his own room, and the puppy meets him every day - whilst being restrained by the collar - and they seem to get along fine, the rabbit ignores the puppy and the puppy licks the rabbit (or tries to eat his poo/dinner).
But I do know people with house rabbits and dogs that live unsupervised together, and especially if they've been bought up together, and there's never a problem. I was wondering what your guys thoughts were.
My brother recently got a puppy, and my house rabbit still lives at home with my parents. The puppy is a terrier. We've all agreed that they are never left together unsupervised and that the puppy is always restrained around the rabbit... I know dogs and rabbits can live together harmoniously, but I do feel that if my rabbit ran the dogs instincts to chase and bite might well kick in. Plus he tends to bite the humans in the family playfully and that could really hurt my rabbit. The rabbit has his own room, and the puppy meets him every day - whilst being restrained by the collar - and they seem to get along fine, the rabbit ignores the puppy and the puppy licks the rabbit (or tries to eat his poo/dinner).
But I do know people with house rabbits and dogs that live unsupervised together, and especially if they've been bought up together, and there's never a problem. I was wondering what your guys thoughts were.