Any recommendations for “cat friendly” large dog breeds? - Help.com

Black and chocolate labs, and golden retrievers. If your cats are already in the household and you introduce the dogs as pups, most (most not all) dogs will be fine. Stick to large breeds with gentle reputations. Google best dog breeds for children and you’ll likely find those that are also easy going and will get along with cast.

The cats however, may completely stress out for a while.

I would introduce one dog at a time to your kitten. Most cats and dogs get along very well together if they are started out when they are kittens and puppies. I agree with Anonymous about the dog choices.

In the wild… dogs eat cats. The larger the dog, the larger a cat it can eat. This is their nature, unless you are God, you will not remove this from your dog… you will only frustrate them.

most domesticated dogs can be trained to live with cats fairly easily, however there are certain breeds that inherantly are more likely to chase and eat-namely the spitz breeds who are more closely related to wolves-i.e. huskies, malamutes, samoyds etc.
the key to getting a dog used to a cat is to introduce them to the cat as young as possible-preferably from birth. the older the dog, the harder it is to train the chase out of them, and this is practically impossible when they are adult.

some of the more mellow breeds are probably a better bet, like a lab or a retriever, but with most breeds, introducing them very young will be ok.

Labradors are such gentle giants, as I called them. They are friendly to everyone, but their size makes people take notce. My friends’ Lab was called Charlie. Charlie got so big he took up the whole couch at their house. Good luck, I am sure the kitten will be fine just keep feeding the dog LOL! ONLY KIDDING!

Great Danes yes they might be a very large and intimidating but if its already one in its adult stage they’re usually very tame, Boxers are also very cat friendly.

great danes come with a whole ******** of their own problems however.
the average lifespan of a dane is 6 years, and they require a lot of cottonwool handling when young to accomodate the growth of their joints. 99% die of heart problems or have to be put down due to displasia.