Thanks Tommy, Yes. All of the animals that we have were here when Benji came to us. He was 4 weeks old. Our Rottweiler was not here though when benji first came. I'll explain that in a minute.
Bobcats will get along with any animal they are raised with. But you will never be able to get another pet usually once the bobcat reaches about 6 months old when they start to mature. They do not accept new pets, and subsequently would kill any new animal brought into the house.
We were house sitting and training the rottweiler for michelle's cousin, and when the rottweiler would come over we would put benji outside in his enclosure until the rott left. Benji's hair would stand on end and his beard would fluff out and he would growl and shriek when he would see the rott. Little by little it got better, and they would only be able to see each other through the enclosure. But we had to keep the rott a distance from the enclosure because benji just wanted to kill him. THe owner of the rott told us one day that he had to get rid of the rott and asked if we could find a home for him. We were really attached to the rott because we trained and babysat him for about 6 months. We decided to keep him even though it would be tough and we would have to be super careful.
After a while the rott and benji were fine with each other through the enclosure fence. We decided to try introducing them to each other in the house. First few times didn't go too well, I got a bite and Michelle had several scratches. They were short visits, just 30 seconds each day for a few weeks then we started making it longer. Each time it got better. Long story short, now they are best friends. I have never seen this happen before. It took a lot of work and it was dangerous too, but now well worth it. Our rott, even though over 100 pounds knows that benji could hurt him badly or worse. They wrestle and play all day long. If it gets too rough we separate them. Benji can slam the rott on the ground like he is a stuffed animal and pin him down. When he does that the rott just lays perfectly still and submits. When it gets out of hand we separate them, and we watch them closely, but they are inseparable.
