...the cats
Before introducing her to the cats, on our walks, she would ignore the outside cats. But now, she is very interested, and tries to play with them, or I hope it is just play she wants to do! I have baby gates up so not only do the have a 'saferoom' to go in, but they keep her out of the litter boxes, and the cat food. When we let her out of the crate, the first thing she does is go to the baby gate, and WHIIIIIIIIINE. Well, she keeps them baracaded in that room, they hardly ever come out, and when they do, and she sees them, she chases them. I try to distract her so she will STOP and learn she can not chase them. She will sit in front of the gate, and cry, and cry, and cry, run around to the other door that opens to that room, cry some more, go back. And they are scared of her, HELP ME PLEASE. How can I teach her to leave them alone, AND let them know she will not hurt them?!?! |
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How old is Cassie? How do the cats act when Cassie is in her crate? Do they have areas each room to cimb and escape their eager playmate? Have you tried a long long tiring walk for Cassie before she joins her feline friends? One scraped nose is all it took for my dogs to learn that Zoey was to be respected. And it carried over to Talley - the dogs are terrifed of her. |
| I'm having the same problem. My poor cats now live behind a baby gate.
The two older ones will sometimes wander through, and climb a tall cat tree I have place for them to feel safe in. But the younger smaller cat has been chased and cornered by my overly playful puppies. She's now terrified. I'm trying to do introductions when the dogs are REALLY tired; but the cats are so defensive that all they do is hiss and want to run. |
| I have one cat named Pearl who is 13yrs old. Violet pretty much leaves her alone. China and Asia on the other hand do like to chase her at times. My advise to you is to make sure that the cats have places that they feel safe at. Pearl has plenty of places to hide in or look down and "lord" over the dogs in the house and the backyard. I have watched Pearl taunt China...so not all the tomfoolery is one sided. None of my dogs would hurt Pearl for the world. On occasion when she coughs up a hair ball, they come running to me and Violet tells me in that voice of hers that I need to come. Pearl recently taught Violet how to open the cupboard under the sink, where I keep the waste basket, so they can share in a night time snack. You must supervise them until you feel comfortable that nothing bad will happen...or only leave them together when someone is there to keep an eye on them, and put one of the pets away when you are out. As one of the other posters said "one or two wacks with the kitty nails is a life time lesson learned."
Good luck! |
I have 2 cats and 3 dogs. If cats run they chase I BLOW a whistle and they stop.(now I just yell stop and they do) 1 cat they will not go near she will claw them and they know. The other no claws and he sleeps with my poodle.. Blue cleans him ALL the time,( I do think Blue has been sent here to keep everyone clean  ) Sami has nothing to fo with them, They are no loger fun.
EJ |
Anonymous wrote: I have 2 cats and 3 dogs. If cats run they chase I BLOW a whistle and they stop.(now I just yell stop and they do) 1 cat they will not go near she will claw them and they know. The other no claws and he sleeps with my poodle.. Blue cleans him ALL the time,( I do think Blue has been sent here to keep everyone clean
) Sami has nothing to fo with them, They are no loger fun.EJ hmmm might try something like that... one cat on purpose runs she wants Laika to chase. I have a foster kitten that I am going to keep and Laika is obsessed with him. Plus he is young and he runs everywhere. I have constant high speed chases throughout the house. |
| the sports ones work great 2 fast blows and they stop and come back to me... I use it when we are walking the the bushes.. so they do not get that far.... and they get a trat when they come.
ej |
| I want to start out by saying thank you for the concern, and helpful tips.
Just so everyone knows my kitties do have a safe place they can get to if ever they are face to face with my big furr ball!! I would like to especially thank the guest that left the tip about a whistle. I have been clapping my hands, and yelling like a bafoon to no evail. I am getting a whistle today, wish me luck!! Cassie is about 8 months, I believe if we got her as a young pup the kitties MAY have done a little better adjusting. Though we'll never know now! One of you asked how the cats do when she is in her crate. They do just fine, its like they know she is in there with out having to see her in there. I'm sure it is because it is pleasantly quiet, and the house is not shaking from her playful running. They come out from the gated room purring, rubbing against our legs, like she is not even there! However since I posted this Jupiter, my only boy, (and a mamas boy at that!). Will come out with Cassie very close, and in sight, when she sees him and comes over, he is leary of her, and does not like it when she is standing over him. Though he stays close to the gate, and when he has too much of her pushing him around with that nose 1/2 the size of his head, he slowly goes back under the gate, but he'll stay right there at the opening. Cassie has cornered one of them a couple of times, the 'bratty drama queen of the house' She will hisss all day, puff up and make herself look bigger, but not once have I seen ANY of them swipe at her!! Part of me wishes they would, because I know that is all it would take! |
| How long have you had Cassie? You say you didn't have her when she was a small puppy, so is she a new addition to your house? At 8 months old, she's curious about everything and she will naturally want to play with and herd the cats.
You may want to try allowing the cats around her while you have her on leash and can control her behavior. Then, when you give her the Leave It command (leave the cats alone!), you will be able to enforce it by keeping her by your side. Has Cassie been to any obedience classes yet? If so, consult your trainer. If not, you will definitely want to find one in your area and sign yourself up.  Nothing replaces good old fashioned obedience training.
Welcome to the forum! |
| She has only been with us for about a month. And we start obedience classes in a couple weeks,
We tried 'introducing' each cat to her in a quiet 'controlled' enviroment, I held each cat close to me, and my fiancee held Cassie on the leash, the only one that tottally FLIPPED out was the 'Queen' of the house, she does not like change, or new things, people, DOGS. Though I have noticed 2 of them will come out, not far from the gate while she is rather close, I think they are sick of being in that room!! |
| Don't fret. It takes time for the cats, too, to adjust to the new member of the house. I remember that mine didn't like Beaureguard AT ALL and it took them several months to interact with him even minimally.
He's three years old now and they get along with him just fine as well as with his adopted sister Genevieve. The dogs still like to give chase sometimes, but the cats have learned, for the most part, that if they just lay down, the dogs go away or lie down next to them and lick them.
I have a "pet" room and there is a cat door in the door, so they can come & go as they please. If they want dog free time, they just go in there and climb up on the cat tree and lounge in the sun by the window. So, have hope. It will work itself out. It just takes time & patience.
Glad to hear you're already signed up for classes. That will help tremendously.  |
| We have 3 cats (although only 2 when we got Barney).
Barney was 6 months and already 50+ pounds when we got him. For us, there was a lot of chasing, a lot of hissing and a few nose slaps in the beginning. The loud chasing was more obnoxious than worrisome (although the cats sometimes would knock lamps over in their hurry to escape). We didn't really do anything about it. The cats had plenty of places to go to escape from the dog and they eventually learned to ignore him and that walking by meant the dog didn't get interested enough to chase, so they stopped running by him. The dog still gives little mini chases, but overall they get along. They don't 'like' each other, but they have a mutual avoidance policy. Except the 3rd cat. She loves the dog, and I guess maybe the dog senses that and lets her hang out with him. |
| I have had this problem ever since we got Tucker, which is going on a year ago now (we got him at 6 1/2 weeks old which was last May). He STILL will not leave them alone, although he is calming down little bit. He does hesitate before he chases, like he knows he shouldn't but then he loses self-control and runs away. Zora has smacked him many times (he has a scratch on his nose as we speak) and it has taught him nothing. It doesn't help that when we give her an escape she takes three steps and then stops and looks back like, "well...aren't you going to chase me?".
With Tucker, I'm not sure this will ever end!! |
| hahaha, Tucker and Winston could be twins, at least when it comes to chasing cats. Our cat, Kooper does the same thing, he walks away and then will look back and be like "hello can't you see i'm walking away, my bushy tail waving back and forth?" I let them chase eachother, because Kooper will chase Winston right back! I have read that the cat has to show its dominace to the dog, saying i have my limits do don't cross them. Winston has learned that when Kooper growls or gives him a swipe than thats it. But i will step in if i feel like its getting to much, or its driving me crazy! I kind of figure they have to live with eachother so get used to it! hehehe. |
Beaureguard's Mom wrote: You may want to try allowing the cats around her while you have her on leash and can control her behavior. Then, when you give her the Leave It command (leave the cats alone!), you will be able to enforce it by keeping her by your side.
Luna and Tonks are REALLY good at their "Leave it!" command. Needless to say, we get alot of pracitce. However in a situation as exciting as chasing the cats, obeying thier commands can be difficult. And with the cats hissing and growling, "leave it!" isn't working. The whole situation is too exciteable. |
| Hi,
I live in a household of 9 cats and 3 dogs. Have had over 30 cats and kittens in my home as well in the last year, as I foster for three different rescues. The fosters are kept in a seperate room but once they feel comfortable I bring the dogs (one at a time) to get them used to one another. Panda and Ole Blue are gentle and docile with kitties and I actually use them to get cats used to dogs as this makes them more adoptable. Many people visit the SPCA and may specifically ask for a cat that is used to dogs as many people have both in their homes. It kinda works both ways as I've even had some cats that are obviously frightened of dogs and have never been around them. They hiss and spat while Ole Blue and Panda just lay down and ignore them. The cats learn not to fear them. However, would be different situation if the dogs barked or gave chase. It's a dogs natural instinct to chase things that run so catch 22, if cats didn't run, dogs wouldn't chase. It's easier to train the dogs than the cats  Once kitties feel comfortable they stop running and thus dogs don't give chase.
Merlin (the youngest) occasionally wants to round them up , much to the annoyance of the cats. The best advice I can give you besides the baby gates which you are already doing is " LEAVE IT". They teach this in obedience - usually something enticing nearby which pup wants to explore while other classes I've been in have other dogs or people walk around. Pup is leashed and sitting down and if they attempt to look - owner firmly says "Leave it!" and pup eventually learns what leave it means. Takes a bit of practice but it works. (I use it with Ole Blue on our walks when he becomes agitated if another dog approaches - "Leave it" in my home means don't touch or ignore). I also use it with Merlin if attempts to start digging a hole and it does work! Your pup just wants to play thus the whinning and attempts to get at kitties. The cats on the other hand see him as potential danger or annoying and stay clear of him. Cats are pretty smart too as sometimes you'll see they are the antagonizers. LG one of mine seemed to take great pleasure in tormenting Merlin as a pup (what I mean by this is swiping at his tail but with her claws not drawn) and then jumping up high so he couldn't get her. Then bouncing around and jumping up again. Out of all the cats in the household - she's the only one Merlin chases..payback. They have a love/hate relationship as when he finally corners her she rolls around and rubs herself against him and he kisses her. That hussy! Good luck with your pup and the cats. Trust me it doesn't last forever - the do eventually learn to if not love each other at least tolerate one another. Marianne |
Mom of 3 wrote: One scraped nose is all it took for my dogs to learn that Zoey was to be respected. And it carried over to Talley - the dogs are terrifed of her. HAHAHA yeah, scraped noses made both my cats win respect from the other three beasts... |
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