~But, really, just how different is different, when it comes right down to it... </b> [***Food for thought... transfer this to Humans and Human NEEDS and the Human Condition- we're SO different, and yet, OH SO similar... ]
Malori, the Beagle is 13 years old and 4 months here, as of this upload. I've had her for 13 years since this past December. She has never EVER been fond of cats, and STILL howls at them if they are along her back fence and tries to charge them when she's on her leash for a walk.
However, bless her heart
she has been so wonderful to me, to at the very least tolerate them enough to have them in her home, EACH one by one, as I've brought them in. I've wondered if she's hated me. We can tell she doesn't like them, necessarily, though she tolerates them, some more than others for certain!
Overtime, she's allowed a couple of them to be closer to her than others, even!!
It actually mostly depends on which cats are the most interested in her and in trying to get physically close to her in friendly ways. Sha-sha would be one of those!
She's the most infamous at "loving" their [Malori and the late GREAT Canela Bella] wagging tails and at least TRYING to lay next to the doggies, and they would sort of allow it...
BUT THIS:</b>
This is a true dog and cat, [well, kitten, which is likely why it's the most tolerable of any possible situation, I think!] cuddling!! A true cuddling, right??
When we saw this occurring, we just could NOT believe it!
But we don't think Malori, could believe it either,
Tsuki, just automatically assumes everything and everyone likes her,
She doesn't know any different or that it might could BE any different, and the fact that
KATIE cat does NOT like her AT ALL, just does NOT seem to register with her... and she keeps on with Katie, as if she believes Katie DOES like her.
Tsuki is definitely HUGELY full of character, I kid you NOT, so here she was, flopped down on the dog for the first time.
And Malori... my good ol' sport of a gal Beagle, Malori...
She stayed put for quiiiite a long time- it's as if she knew just how exhausted this little thing was... and even LET US TAKE PHOTOS,
which she honestly does NOT like...
Good ol' girl, Malori. I just love my dog.
And she lay awake, providing the support, comfort, and warmth that the kitten of the house, had been seeking- for at least an hour.
Here's a few other photos:
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And even if you just came to view! 
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Beautiful picture tea!
I always wondered what makes cats and dogs live in piece together. My dream is to have both at a time and I want them to be friends.
I grew up with dogs, and my parents taught me that cats and dogs did not live together but as I got older I saw with my friends that they DID! But I learned that my parents just didn't actually like cats, especially my dad.
I always wanted cats, and loved everyone else's cats, and stray cats, I was always friends with them...
In my adult life when I was first away from home I got two dogs... [I STILL have one! She's in her 15th year, the other passed away at 15 Sept. 2009...
and, well, they never acted like they liked cats when they saw them, but one time Summer of 2007, Jikan a stray cat, showed up at my doorstep and did not seem like he was going to leave. Later we found from the vet that he was about 7 months old, but anyway I did not know what to do, but I visited him outside for a quite a while and we became friends for a couple weeks. Since it was Summer I could leave the regular door open and let him and my two girl dogs get to know each other through the security door.
I didn't know it was okay, but I finally started giving him a little dog food, since I did not have cat food... I think I was finally seriously thinking about IT.
One day I brought him in the house with the dogs out in the BACK yard, but they could see in through THAT security door.
The next day, with the dogs inside, I just brought Jikan in, and set him down...
and they were all pretty good buddies ever since.
So sometimes it just takes some adjusting.
THough the more cats we got, the less we worried about it, and let them all figure it out on their own.
Malori our Beagle still with us, would always bay at cats in the backyard and want to chase them when on a walk, but if we bring them in as part of the family, then she would think that meant they are okay, or at least something to tolerate.
It's been my experience that cats are often meaner to dogs, than the other way around!
I was surprised to learn this.
But yes, I have always been so grateful to my two beloved dogs for allowing me to have cats in this later part of my life! How wonderful of them! So yes, it CAN happen and does.
Cats getting along with cats, is often MORE of a problem.
But Jikan, is the cat that has started it all, the WHOLE "cat thing"