# Recommend a small, short-haired dog who would be good with cats

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [February 1, 2004, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-small-short-haired-dog-who-would-be-good-with-cats/227044 "2004-02-01T16:45:30Z")\
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**Author:** ![toque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/9e8a1a/32.png) [@toque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/toque)\
**Post date:** [February 3, 2004, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-small-short-haired-dog-who-would-be-good-with-cats/227044/21 "2004-02-03T04:34:45Z")

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Based on experience, do not get a dachshund. Their hereditary desire to chase small furry things that run is extremely difficult to overcome.

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**Author:** ![Gulo\_gulo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bcef8e/32.png) [@Gulo\_gulo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gulo_gulo)\
**Post date:** [February 3, 2004, 5:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-small-short-haired-dog-who-would-be-good-with-cats/227044/22 "2004-02-03T05:56:27Z")

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I belong to the [DogRead](http://www.dogread.com/) mailing list and January’s author was Patricia Kelly who wrote a book called [Nuts and Bolts Book for all IG Lovers](http://www.dogwise.com/ItemDetails.cfm?ID=B1349).

If you’re thinking of an Iggy, you may want to pick up this book. I was so impressed by the author that I plan on doing so.

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**Author:** ![MaggietheCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b2d939/32.png) [@MaggietheCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MaggietheCat)\
**Post date:** [February 3, 2004, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-small-short-haired-dog-who-would-be-good-with-cats/227044/23 "2004-02-03T19:50:18Z")

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Corgis, corgis, corgis! At one time we had five corgies and two cats and everyone got along just fine. We started w/two corgis, gained a cat, had puppies & gained another cat, so they were introduced to each other at different stages. In my opinion corgis are the perfect urban house dogs. They are not yappy or diggers; they are smart and easily trained. Corgis and cats work very well together.

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