Cat-Friendly Dogs for Adoption in Jacksonville, FL: 14 Dogs Good with Cats
By Dogs of the Day · Updated

Rescues and shelters within 100 miles of Jacksonville have 14 cat-friendly dogs up for adoption. Here are all 14, each with photos, their story and how to reach the rescue looking after them.
Every dog on this page has been marked by their rescue as good with cats, so they're a good fit if you already share your home with one.
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1. Faith V
Puppy (3 months 12 days) · Female · Beagle / Mixed (medium coat) · 98 mi from Jacksonville






Faith was found abandoned (probably dumped) at the end of a dirt road by a mechanics shop. That is where this sweet baby's story, as we know it, begins. It is beyond wonderful that we can now make that story so much better! Faith is currently being fostered in Georgia and is a happy little puppy who is delighted to have soft, clean bedding, nutritious puppy food and lots of love! She may not be quite as delighted with the deworming and vaccinations however. We do not know who her mother or father were but we estimate her to be somewhere between 12 and 14 weeks at this writing, so possibly a birth date of around 7/23.
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Currently she weighs 10.4 lb. When Faith has had a few more vaccinations and is ready for transport, we will bring her to Florida where we have an excited foster home waiting for her. She will be spayed, microchipped and ready for adoption the weekend after Thanksgiving. If you are interested in possibly adopting Faith, please submit an adoption survey right away and our Adoption Team will contact you promptly to discuss our adoption policies for puppies. Please note that once approved you will be required to make a $100.00 deposit towards her adoption fee in order for us to hold her for you. Thank you for seeking to adopt from a rescue!
- Good with kids
- Good with dogs
- Good with cats
2. Lex
Senior (8 years 9 months) · Male · Beagle · 98 mi from Jacksonville










Lex is good with dogs, cats, and even chickens, but not a fan of the new crawling baby. Lex's family had loved him since he was a puppy but made the difficult decision to reach out to Southeast Beagle Rescue to find him a loving home. He has pleasantly suprised us with his vitality as he's still active enough to give squirrels a good chase and jumps for joy when he sees a leash... and he is pretty good on leash! He has enough energy to be fun but not so much that it's overwhelming. He's also shown us that he is able to handle new situations well. He was used to home-cooked meals (loves broccoli and oranges and of course chicken).
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He was also used to having a dog door where he could go in and out as he pleased. But he's learning to gradually enjoy a bit of kibble now and then and also to ask to go out and come back in. We would really like to see him in a home with a fenced yard and a dog door again though. Lex wants to be around his people and is often curious to see what they are doing, but he is not a velcro dog and doesn't get stressed when foster mom is out of his sight. He is however very vocal and will let you know quickly if someone is walking down street. Lex's que to crate up is "Go home, Lex," and he is comfortable sleeping in his crate at night. But one thing that's especially important to him is having his blanket. He loves putting his nose underneath it and sometimes covers himself almost completely. Lex is usually a confident dog and isn't bothered by thunderstorms, fireworks, or loud noises. He's a smart boy and knows quite a few commands and tricks! He understands "Sit," "Lay down," "Come here," and "Leave it." He also knows "High five" and "Roll over." One of his fun tricks is "1, 2, 3, catch!" He knows to get ready to catch something when he hears the countdown. Lex can have that beagle stubborn streak and does not like being pushed off of furniture. Instead when he needs to follow directions, he responds to a countdown of "5, 4, 3, 2, 1 and of course chicken. This gorgeous guy is fully vetted and ready to go on sleepover.
- No young kids
- Good with dogs
- Good with cats
- House-trained
3. Sketch
Young (2 years) · Male · Beagle · 98 mi from Jacksonville







Sketch is really a happy-go-lucky little guy who seems to have a permanent wag in his tail! He loves getting affection from people, enjoys going for walks, and has a lot of fun with toys-- especially the ones with squeakers which he renders squeakerless! Sketch likes other dogs and is playful without being overpowering, and he has done well in a home with cats. House training is coming along great and he learned to use the doggie door very quickly. Things Sketch is still working on are to keep all four paws on the floor when greeting people and he is also still figuring out some household boundaries.
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Although he accepts verbal corrections well, his curiosity sometimes just gets the best of him. He’s been known to climb on top of his crate in pursuit of cat food, hop onto the metal storage can on the patio to peek through the kitchen window, and use a side table to keep an eye on the yard guy at work. Clearly, he doesn’t want to miss a thing. He is not frequently vocal, but the few times Sketch has been heard to sing out the famous beagle arroo it is definitely rousing! At night, he’s fantastic in his crate. He may whine a little when the sun starts coming up, but he doesn’t make a big fuss. Sketch is easygoing about handling. He let his foster mom clean his ears and handle his feet without complaint. All in all, he’s a loving, cheerful guy with a curious mind, a playful spirit, and plenty of personality. Sketch is also heartworm negative and ready to go on sleepover.
- Good with dogs
- Good with cats
4. Scribble
Young (2 years) · Male · Beagle · 98 mi from Jacksonville





Scribble was a little timid when he first arrived but the other dogs in his foster home are really helping him to gain confidence. He follows them in and out of the house and they all enjoy hunting for lizards. He is usually pretty quiet but when he gets on a scent he lets out that delightful and musical beagle ARROO! Scribble is doing really well with house training but is still a youngster and with his chewing urge seems to have a liking for flip flops. Foster mom redirects him to appropriate chew toys which he also likes - and plush toys. He is most definitely a happy boy with a wagging tail and although he requests back scratches and petting, Scribble is still a little uncertain with people and will sometimes cower down.
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He does not seem to be familiar with dog beds and chooses instead to curl up on a throw rug. The other dogs in the house often inhabit the couch, but he only jumps up when they are announcing something worth watching for out the nearby window. There are several cats in his foster home which he completely ignores. He does not ignore food though - oh no, he is typical beagle there and good thing foster mom is experienced as he has found the kitchen counters and garbage can to be a temptation. We would prefer for Scribble to have a fenced yard and he would do best with another dog. This little 2 year old is learning well and will grow up loved. Scribble is neutered, vaccinated and tested heartworm negative so he is ready to go on a sleepover!
- Good with dogs
- Good with cats
- House-trained
5. Pigeon
Adult (2 years 11 months) · Male · Chihuahua (short coat) · 47 mi from Jacksonville


Pigeon’s sad little face had us fake (and maybe a little real) crying immediately. He was found as a stray covered in fleas and underweight. We aren’t sure what this little dude’s past was like before, but we know it will be pampered and full of cute outfits from here on out.
- Good with kids
- Good with dogs
- Good with cats
6. Spook
Puppy (2 months 29 days) · Male · Boxer / Mixed (short coat) · 47 mi from Jacksonville



Brace yourselves for the newest Swampies!!! Meet our Halloween twins, Spirit and Spook! These 10 week old babies found themselves surrendered at the shelter a part of an accidental litter…spay and neuter your pets my friends!!! When everyone in the litter had rescue help except for two…well you know we had to find a way to make it work! Spirit and Spook have had a busy 24 hours. They left the shelter, had a road trip, have met dogs and cats, panicked over what a leash and collar are, went to the vet, and are spending their first nights in their foster homes. Being a Swampie has these babies pooped! Follow along as we get to know these spooky babies and all of our other Swampies, and as always, adopt happiness
- Good with kids
- Good with dogs
- Good with cats
7. Daisy
Adult · Female · Terrier · 31 mi from Jacksonville




Daisy is a beautiful, sweet girl who is ready to find the forever family she deserves! Daisy is a fun-loving girl who enjoys spending time outside, soaking up the sunshine, playing with her canine friends, and, of course, settling in for some quality couch time.Daisy has so much going for her! She is good with other dogs, cats, and older kids, making her a great fit for many different types of families. She enjoys having four-legged friends but is just as happy getting love and attention from her people.A fenced-in yard is required for Daisy, giving her a safe space where she can run, play, explore, and enjoy being outside.At the end of the day, Daisy is looking for what every dog deserves: a family to love, a comfortable place to call home, and people who will make her part of their lives for good.
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Whether she’s enjoying a day outside, hanging out with friends, or showing off her professional couch-potato skills, Daisy is ready to do it all alongside her forever family.If you think Daisy could be the girl you’ve been looking for, fill out an adoption application at AylasAcres.org!
- Good with kids
- Good with dogs
- Good with cats
- House-trained
8. Theresa
Senior (10 years 1 month) · Female · Beagle · 98 mi from Jacksonville










Theresa LOVES to cuddle and she seems to be especially fond of her foster dad! Being near her people is definitely one of her favorite places to be. She fit right in upon arriving at her foster home, learned the doggie door quickly, and appears to be fully housebroken. She is fine being crated when the family is gone and also at night she sleeps in her crate in the bedroom. Of course… if she had it her way, she’d be snuggled up on the bed with you! She settles down easily and is just happy to be with you. She gets along great with the other dogs in her foster home and we think she would enjoy having a canine friend.
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She has a healthy respect for cats, she finds them fascinating but stays away from them. Theresa loves toys and is always ready for some fun. She’s respectful of the house — she’s only been caught chewing on something that wasn’t hers once. She enjoys exploring the backyard and taking in all the interesting smells and sounds around her. She’s sweet, affectionate, easy to live with, and has so much love to give. She doesn’t need a perfect home — she just needs a forever home where she can be loved, included, and allowed to be the cuddly, happy girl she is. Don’t let this beautiful girl get overlooked. She is ready to be someone’s very special dog — and someone is going to be incredibly lucky to call her theirs. She is heartworm negative and ready for a sleepover!
- Good with dogs
- Good with cats
- House-trained
9. Salsa
Puppy (3 months 27 days) · Female · Pit Bull Terrier / Mixed · 47 mi from Jacksonville




Salsa is just one of the cuties in our TexMex crew! She is the tiniest of the bunch, but don’t let that fool you, she is also the mightiest! Salsa lives up to her name, she is spicy, fun, and walks around with a confident swagger you can’t ignore! At our puppy yoga event she was the first to throw a playful paw at the humans there and was just maybe seen grabbing a stray ponytail or bun that was close to her on the floor while the humans were yoga-ing. She is a ton of fun and ready to take on the world. When she is done being the confident queen she is she sleeps the best puppy sleep, preferably right in her foster moms lap!
- Good with kids
- Good with dogs
- Good with cats
10. Fallon
Young (6 months) · Female · Hound / Mixed (short coat) · 35 mi from Jacksonville




Meet Fallon — a little lovebug learning that the world can be a safe place.
Fallon is a 5–6 month old sweetheart who is looking for a very special forever family. She’s silly, loving, playful, and absolutely melts into you once she knows she’s safe.
This girl is timid and easily overwhelmed, especially by new people, loud noises, and busy environments. She may bark or growl when she’s scared, and when things feel like too much, she’ll retreat to her safe spot. Fallon isn’t being difficult—she’s learning to trust after someone was unkind to her. She needs a patient person who will give her time, space, reassurance, and lots of positive experiences.
Once Fallon feels comfortable, you’ll see the real her: zoomies, toys, cuddles, hugs, kisses, and the sweetest little smile.
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She loves playing with toys, enjoys snuggling in your lap, and just wants to love her people and be loved right back.
Fallon’s ideal home: • A quiet, calm household and surroundings • Someone patient who understands that confidence takes time • A securely fenced yard rather than busy walks for now • A family willing to help her build trust at her own pace • A home where she can decompress and feel safe
She’s crate trained, mostly housebroken with occasional accidents, and does wonderfully with other dogs and cats. She’s also good with redirection and listens well. Because she can be easily frightened, a chaotic or very busy home probably isn’t her best fit.
Fallon may not be the dog who wants to accompany you everywhere—but she could be the dog who becomes your best friend at home. Give her a little patience, and she’ll give you her whole heart.
Fallon is waiting for someone who will see the scared little girl underneath and help her discover the confident, happy dog she’s meant to be.
Could you be her safe place? ❤️
- Good with dogs
- Good with cats
- House-trained
11. Patience
Senior (8 years 2 months) · Female · Beagle · 98 mi from Jacksonville






*ADOPTION FEE SPONSORED BY: ACCORDING TO ELLIE *Patience is kind of the Betty White of Dogdom. She is sweetly innocent, always cheerful with a wagging tail, but there's a mischievous glint in her eye that says she's ready to play the clown and get goofy. She definitely has a joie de vivre. Her name is really appropriate for a couple of reasons. She most likely had a past that required forbearance and long-suffering. Probably had a lot of babies. It also takes patience to walk her as this girl is not going anywhere fast AND wants to smell everything along the way. She is great at going potty outside but you do have to make sure she goes outside regularly.
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She is extremely food motivated so the tiniest little treat will get her on her way out the door. She is friendly to other dogs but doesn't really need them around. She appreciates so much the kindness shown to her and petting and belly rubs of course are very obviously enjoyed. She is fine being crated and will not eliminate in the crate. She occasionally gives a funny little bark but she's mostly very quiet. She has had a good dental cleaning with only 4 extractions along with a few growths removed - two around her eye which concerned us just because of their location.This lovely senior girl is negative for heartworms but does have a little arthritis and a heart murmur. She is currently taking Dasaquin and she recently had an echocardiogram for her heart murmur and she is maintaining heart function well on Vetmedin and Benazepril. Patience is a calm and quiet companion to share life with and providing for her in her later years would be a gift.
- Good with kids
- Good with dogs
- Good with cats
- House-trained
12. Barnett
Senior (12 years 3 months) · Male · Beagle · 98 mi from Jacksonville










*ADOPTION FEE SPONSORED BY: ACCORDING TO ELLIE *Barnett may be an older gentleman but he has such a young spirit! He is active, seeks out and engages with his humans and loves to explore the backyard in his foster home. He's such a happy boy and his tail is always wagging! Barnett has mastered the doggie door and his house training is going well, although not perfect yet. Foster mom is taking him to weekly obedience classes to socialize and he's quickly learning come and sit. He is doing well walking on a leash too. We are hoping he will also learn stay, wait, and leave it ...we will see! When Barnett meets new people he gets excited but calms quickly, and on walks he has been friendly with all the dogs we've introduced him to, even if they were not as friendly or welcoming to him.
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However, we do believe that Barnett will do best as an only dog. He shows occasional curiosity towards the cat, but redirects easily. He has also done well interacting with children. He has spotted squirrels, frogs and lizards in the yard and loves chasing them yet has never gotten close to catching them. He likes bones or bully sticks and will carry them around with him, and he occasionally plays with stuffed toys. He is VERY food motivated!! At night Barnett sleeps in his doggie bed or crate in his foster mom's bedroom or on her bed. When foster mom leaves for work, Barnett does bark and has some anxiety if he sees her leave, so she gives him a frozen dog treat or toy to distract him for a while. If he doesn’t see her leave, he transitions well to being alone. In the beginning, Barnett was not really a lap dog, but the longer he is in his foster home, the more affectionate he is becoming! He loves head scratches and praise and is starting to want snuggle and curl up with foster mom to nap. We would really like to see Barnett in a home that can show patience and kindness and also maybe provide him a fenced yard where he can explore. SPECIAL NOTE: Barnett is heartworm positive and, after doing x-rays, we were advised to do Doxycycline and Proheart and retest him in 9 months, and not to do the injections at this time. We would still love to see him get adopted and would certainly be willing to discuss his treatment plan and possibly making our future financial support for that a provision of the Adoption Agreement.
- Good with kids
- Good with dogs
- Good with cats
- House-trained
13. Robin Egg
Adult (5 years 1 month) · Female · Terrier / Mixed (short coat) · 47 mi from Jacksonville






We make a promise to our Swampies that once they are with us they will always be safe and loved. But sometimes, no matter how hard we try to prevent it, a promise gets broken. Three whole years of Robin being in her “forever” home and now she is back in our rescue yet again.
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We are heartbroken for Robin, who is confused and stressed in boarding - the only option we had with 30 minutes to make a plan for Robin’s future. Truthfully, Robin was not an easy dog for us the first time we had her. She was always sweet but she had no interest in humans other than to use them as a springboard and she had lots of, “little kid at a birthday party who had too much cake and missed nap time” type of energy. Robin could have ended up a million other places, many of which we believe would have led to her being pent up, overlooked, and declining in a shelter system she couldn’t get out of. We believe Robin found us for a reason. We worked to help her excited anxiety, we treated her for heart worms, and even sent her off to a training program which did wonders for her. And still we had Robin for a year before she got adopted.
Now, three years later it’s obvious how good home life has been for Robin. She is more settled. She wants affection and sits with her butt right next to you and leans in for pets. She is a different Robin we are getting to know again, but still Rob. She still has her very own unique, happy zest for life, and she still has the cutest stinkin’ happy face. Robin is cat friendly, older kid friendly, no dogs but is not reactive and is dog safe, and she is nondestructive in a home. She also has free life time refresher courses with her trainer. Robin is looking for someone who loves her for her quirks, not despite them. Please help us share Rob. She needs a foster or adopter ASAP. We are very worried she will regress from how far she has come if we cannot get her out of boarding. She is confused and struggling to understand where her family went and we swore to her we would do everything to not let it take another year this time to find her people.
Once a Swampie always a Swampie, and this time forever WILL mean forever.
- Good with kids
- Only dog
- Good with cats
- House-trained
14. Colleen
Adult (4 years 6 months) · Female · Beagle · 98 mi from Jacksonville










Colleen is a tender soul and a real people lover. She is also very good with other dogs, both male and female, and gentle with cats. One cat she met bopped her on the nose and Colleen just rolled over on her back. :) She was seen being dumped from a car, but fortunately she was rescued and taken to a very good shelter. She has now settled in well in her Florida foster home. She has a moderate to low energy level, will occasionally play with toys and sometimes with other dogs. Although she likes her food, she is not super food motivated and a little crazy like some beagles can be. She also walks well on leash.
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Colleen will make someone the most calm, serene and loving companion. She tested positive for heartworms but has completed her treatment and ready for a sleepover. She does need a home where people will not have to leave her alone very much because she has exhibited some separation anxiety.
- Good with kids
- Good with dogs
- Good with cats
Bringing a dog home to your cat
Tell the rescue about your cat: their age and how they react to dogs. A dog who has lived calmly with one cat may still want to chase a cat that runs.
Introduce them slowly. Keep them apart for the first few days and swap bedding so they get used to each other's scent, then let them meet with the dog on a leash, rewarding calm behavior.
Make sure the cat can always get somewhere the dog can't reach, like a high shelf or a room behind a baby gate, and keep the litter box and cat food out of the dog's way.
Rescues with cat-friendly dogs near Jacksonville
- SouthEast Beagle Rescue Inc.Dunnellon, FL · 8 cat-friendly dogs above
- Swamp Haven Rescue, Inc.Saint Augustine, FL · 4 cat-friendly dogs above
- Ayla's Acres No-Kill Animal RescueSt. Augustine, FL · 1 cat-friendly dog above
- The London SanctuaryGlen St Mary, FL · 1 cat-friendly dog above
Questions about adopting cat-friendly dogs in Jacksonville
How many cat-friendly dogs are up for adoption in Jacksonville?
As of November 4, 2026, rescues and shelters within 100 miles of Jacksonville, Florida, have 14 cat-friendly dogs up for adoption. The list is updated every day.
Where can I adopt a cat-friendly dog in Jacksonville?
The rescues with the most cat-friendly dogs near Jacksonville right now are SouthEast Beagle Rescue Inc. (Dunnellon, FL), Swamp Haven Rescue, Inc. (Saint Augustine, FL) and Ayla's Acres No-Kill Animal Rescue (St. Augustine, FL). Each dog above has the rescue's phone number and website.
How do I introduce a dog to my cat?
Slowly. Keep them apart for a few days so they get used to each other's scent, then let them meet with the dog on a leash, rewarding calm behavior. Always give the cat an escape route the dog can't follow.
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