[hokisteph5]

One of the reasons I got my male, Samson, was because I had cats and wanted a dog that got along with cats. I was researching different dog breeds, based on what was available at my local shelters, and came across a female rottweiler.

I was pleasantly surprised by what my research turned up about rottweilers and cats. Unfortunately, the female was no longer available when I went to look at her, but a different shelter/humane society soon had Samson's posting up.

At the time he was about 4 months old. The first line of his description said his best friend had been a cat. I have a couple of black cats, one male and one female, that joined my household after Samson and my female, Gretchen, did.

The cats are different ages by about a month. I have pictures of the cats curled up with one of "their" dogs. One even sleeps with Samson every night on his dog bed. She's been doing it for months now. She's about 6 lbs, he's about 95.