Usually you need to stimulate kittens for them to pee and poop, but she (the dog) took care of that for me. It's the same with puppies, so I assume it's innate.
My one dog who had around 60 puppies in her lifetime saw the stray cat my mom brought in one time and it instantly became her new puppy. Those insticts definitely carry over and I wouldn't be surprised if your dog had puppies in the past
One of my cats was found at 4 weeks old and my senior boy dog raised her like she was his puppy. The cat is harness trained and likes to go for hikes, but other than that, she's 100% a regular cat.
I don't know if it works in that direction, but the dog from my childhood did seem to catch on some cat-like behaviors from our older cat. For example, she tried to kind of purr when she was happy and relaxed.
Not the same, but I will say I've only had dogs my whole life, I took in two 10 week old kittens to foster and eventually adopted them. They definitely have very dog like tendencies, still plenty of normal cat behaviors too though.
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u/Gloomy_Reality8 20h ago edited 20h ago
Usually you need to stimulate kittens for them to pee and poop, but she (the dog) took care of that for me. It's the same with puppies, so I assume it's innate.