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03-25-2010, 05:44 PM | #1 |
YT Addict Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: So. Cal
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| Hyper Obsessed with Cat!!! I have posted about this before, but never seemed to get very helpful advice. Most people just said to let them work it out or whatever, but I think this is an unusual situation. For one thing, my cat isn't a normal cat. She's a small persian cat because her mom died when she was born and my mom hand raised her. She doesn't seem to have some normal cat traits (like standing up to a less than 4 pound yorkie) because she didn't have a mama cat to teach her. In a couple days it will be one year since I got Bailey, and I still have to keep her separated from the cat. It is very frustrating, and sad because I can never cuddle up with my cat because Bailey has taken over most of the main living areas. On to Bailey's behavior...she just goes absolutely BONKERS over the cat. If I put the cat down near her or hold the cat when Bailey's around she will relentlessly jump on her, biting at her fur. I know she's trying to play, not fight, but she's so hyper obsessed that it really does hurt and scare the heck out of the cat (and I get scratched to bits if I'm holding her). Eventually the cat gets away and runs to jump over the gate, Bailey chases her all the way, jumping on her and going crazy biting again. Then she sniffs all over where the cat was and will even EAT clumps of cat fur left behind. So HOW can I train this dog to be calm around the cat, or even better, to ignore her? PLEASE, please help!
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03-25-2010, 06:21 PM | #2 |
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| Smokey is like that to except he's 14 lbs. My cousin had two cats and we were living together, one of which was also super tiny (like 3 lbs) and skittish. Smokey scared the daylights out of that cat because he was so overbearing. They did eventually work it out between themselves. I did step in a few times and every time he went after one of the cats, I'd say "No" firmly and squirt him with a water bottle. It worked some. You could maybe try what people have done with a barking problem and try the "pennies in a can" trick. The problem with that is if you have a skittish cat, that will probably scare the heck out of her too. Honestly there isn't a whole lot other than work a lot on obedience with your dog (Bailey, right?). The problem that I found with mixing my two dogs and the two cats was the more I kept them separated, the worse the problem got because every time Smokey saw the cats, he would get so extremely excited and would scare them. The more we brought them together, Smokey would eventually calm down and get less excited all on his own. It was like when keeping them separated, the cats were a these little toys that he only got on special occasions and when they were together more, it was kind of less exciting I guess.
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03-25-2010, 06:41 PM | #3 |
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| Thanks. I totally agree that keeping them separate is probably hurting. I'm not sure I'm able to keep them together either though because if I gave Bailey run of the house she's still peeing on the carpet some, plus she eats the cat food. I have a supersonic dog trainer button, which works pretty well to tell Bailey to calm down, but I don't use it for the cat situation because it does scare the cat even more than the dog.
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03-25-2010, 06:52 PM | #4 |
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| You don't necessarily need to keep them together ALL the time by giving them both run of the house together. Just when your home and are able to pay attention to both of them. Maybe try small increments of time several times a day and work with Bailey to calm down when your cat is around. Bring the cat around her while she is already calm... maybe take her for a nice long walk before you do the introductions, so Bailey will be kind of tired out (hopefully). As she exhibits more and more self control, then you can bring them together for longer periods of time.
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03-28-2010, 07:27 AM | #5 |
Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Statesville,NC,USA
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| cats we have 2 cats age 7yrs lap cats..loving it then we brought Abbey home! Bella tolerates Abbey..by jumping on kitchen counters! sits on my lap when Abbey goes to bed with hubby. Honey..my precious cat..took one look at abbey and rushed upstairs..where she lives now..I have to visit daily...she will not come downstairs..breaks our hearts its been over a year |
03-28-2010, 07:40 AM | #6 |
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| I don't think there's anything you can do about it much, as a lot depends on the cat...but that's just my opinion, based only on my experience. I have two cats...one which accepted the Yorkies, plays with them - initiating the play frequently, eats and sleeps with them and the other...a 18 pound male cat that hated the Yorkies from day one, and after they tried and tried to play with him they've given up and now hate him also. Thus it's a standoff between them...and no one's giving in at this point. Alas, he's banished himself to the downstairs and we only see him at night after the Yorkies have gone to bed -- I feel bad for him and try to give him as much attention as I can, but it's for the better as he could hurt them in a fight and he will attack them if they all get caught unexpectedly on the same level of the house. I do miss him...he loved to take baths and be rocked like a baby, and a lot of other cute things. |
03-28-2010, 07:53 AM | #7 |
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| I don't have a cat but do own a parrot (which flies) and she'll sometimes end up on the floor. I've trained all my 4 dogs to just ignore the parrot when that happens (training was done with their leash on and letting them get just close enough so they could smell her but not hurt her). Boogie, the parrot, was sometimes on the defensive and would try to bite if she thought the dogs would get too inquisitive for her taste. So now, when Boogie flies off, the dogs will go running to her but will stay at a respectful distance. Try teaching Baily with a leash on and see if that would help to at least tolerate each other. Good luck
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03-28-2010, 09:51 AM | #8 |
YT 500 Club Member | I have the same problem with Alfie and our cat, to start with Alfie only wanted to play with Lizzie as his breeder also uns a boarding kennels so he was raised around cats. Lizzie hated him from day one as an intruder onto her turf, so Alfie eventually gave up and now will bark and chase her if she so much as sets foot on ground level. She tollerates Rosie more and will sit near her, but as Liz is a reacue we are still finding out about her likes and dislikes even after 3 years. She isn't too keen on human males either so maybe its just as Alfie is a boy she doesn't like him. |
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