To all cat and Yorkie owners
 

can you offer any advice. We got our 7 week old Yuriy Ivanovich 5/6 days ago and he has settled in far better than I could ever imagine (except for eating which is now improving). Our problem is Timmy, our 6 year neutered Balinese male. He has always been a house cat but has had a go at any large dogs passing our ground floor apt:eek:
Yuriy has his metal crate and the run of a small indoor patio with a small barrier to prevent him trying out the rest of our apt until he has been fully innoculated, wormed and settled. Timmy is obviously jealous of the new 'un and near to Yuriy we use a small leash so he cannot attack. We thought, stupidly, that the cat would start to ignore puppy but, no. Vet suggested taking Yuriy,s blanket to Timmy to get him used to the smell etc. Nothing!
Suggetions please on anything further we can do? No way are we at the panic or desperate stage, and won,t ever be but would like to see some dropping in hostility. Yuriy is of course doing:p to Timmy. Over to you:D

First...:welcome4: to YT!!
I have the opposite problem. We have had our cat FOREVER!! BIG Maine Coon...He would just smell the pups when we first brought them home(got them 2 yrs apart). HE didn't mind the pups....It's them that don't like him! How long have you had the pup? I'm sure with time the cat will get used to him...I would try what your vet had suggested. Does your cat have claws? Does the cat actually go after the pup to hurt him?
Good Luck!

Wow...I'm not quite sure what to tell you. I have three cats, all of whom we rescued from outside. The last was 4 weeks old when Momma decided she didn't want him anymore. I dropper fed him for a little bit before I weaned him. Needless to say, he was the baby of the house. Fast forward to Dec. 3rd and insert new 12 week old puppy, Sophie. Ironically, the spoiled cat (Lucas) is the only one that bothers with Sophie. My other two cats...Lil' Boy (male)....will tolerate Sophie, but mostly stays out of her way. My female, Smokey, will have absolutely nothing to do with Sophie and actually has moved herself to our basement (remodeled) and stays there except for at night, when Sophie is in bed with us. This breaks my heart, but there is not much I can do about it. Lucas and Sophie will wrestle and nip each other as if they were litter mates. There's three cats with three different reactions. I wish I had better advice other than to begin to let them spend some time together, supervised, of course. And only if your cat is declawed. If not...I think I'd be a bit nervous too. Good luck!

Thanks for replying. Firstly, declawing is illegal here in Spain along with several other European countries. So that is not an issue here.
I have as I said not let the two in immediate contact but, close enough for the cat to have himself ready to pounce and spitting fiercely at the pup! The cat has no fear whatsoever and to be frank, hastn,t much time for some humans as well. So we have created a bit of a problem for ourselves, some would say, but life is never easy and we certainly never take the easy options so, unless someone on here come up with a serious contender for "Good Idea of the Day" on this one, we shall just have to play it bit by bit ouselves and hope for the best!:D

Well now...I learned something new. I didn't know that it was illegal to declaw in some other countries. Hmmm..sounds as if you do have a sticky one on your hands. I believe your course of action of "bit by bit" is probably about as good as it's gonna get. Shy of caging one whilst the other is out and about and then vice versa.

Just a thought, and anyone correct me if I'm wrong, but could the cat be establishing who is dominant, as dogs do with each other? Does your cat physically attack the puppy or only looks aggressive? Unless the cat is actually hurting the pup, I would let the cat establish the heirarcy (of the animals, not humans included of course) and go from there. If I have totally missed the boat here, sorry!!

Oopps, I missed the "spitting fiercely at the puppy". Okay, now I'm at a loss too.... :confused:

No, you're not missing the boat. You may be on to something. I do have three cats and one is clearly the boss, one is submissive and one just kind of floats along, blissfully unaware. :) I'm just worried for them though as cats can be downright nasty.

Yep, we call the "throwing spit balls" in our house. ;)

That is funny! Too bad the cat cannot be declawed, I also did not realize that laws were different across the world. Unless the cat is actually making the pup cry out, I would let them have a little time close to each other several times a day and see if they start to realize they are "stuck" with each other then maybe at least kitty will not be interested in puppy anymore.

We had the opposit the cat loved the dog the dog was terrified of the cat. It took a few months but now they play.

Hey Guys, Thanks for taking the trouble to reply. For all the reasons I,ve mentioned before no actual contact has been made because I,ve not allowed. Cat certainly believes his own superiority and sees pup as a threat to his position. To-day I,m even trying putting the scent of pup,s pee and poop close up to him. It is very early days and, as I,ve said before there are no panics here since pup is being restricted to his area in the apt and this will continue until such time as all veterinary matters have been dealt with.
Anyway I will continue to look forward to any other suggestions.
On the question of declawing some on here may find one Vet,s opinion which is pretty much the concencus of opinion over here.
DECLAWING: What You Need to Know

Give it time. My cat grew up with a dog in the house, but when it went from 1 dog to 4 dogs, she took a couple months to adjust to the situation. In time, Timmy will warm up to the little fuzzbutt, but until then just keep an eye on them and don't force them to be friends. My roommate learned that the hard way. :rolleyes:

My cat has only scratched the doberman to put her in her place. It only took one scratch for the dog to learn the cats boundaries.

NO Declawing necessary!!!!
www.softpaws.com

We bought a new couch & Kevin didn't want Duncan tearing it up so he looked up declawing but was appaled at what it was so he did some research.....Duncan now wears SoftPaws. They are caps that you glues on the nails & they work perfectly. Check them out!

I had bought these for Lucas when he was a kitten. I never did use them. I just kept him trimmed up until her was big enough (4 lbs) to get neutered and declawed. I only declaw the front paws. I leave the back paw nails intact.

My friend uses these on her cats claws but they don't always stay on.

cats/dogs
 

when we brought Abbey into our home of 2 female 6yr cats..all hell broke loose! Abbey is constantly chasing them..she just wants to play but they wont. one cat jumps on anything high..the other stays under a bed upstairs and comes out when abbeys in bed. its sa as I miss my cats..have a gate on stairs so abbey cant go up to chase!

My son has a big dog and his g/f just moved in with him who has a cat. For the first week or 2 we kept the dog over here untill the cat got adjusted and just gradually started having the dog around the outside of the house (he lives next door to us). So the cat could just watch the dog through the window hissing and growling. Then they started keeping the dog in a seperate room at night to where now they are able to be in the same room. Still some distance but the dog knows how close he can get. He's pretty cautious about the cat. Cat still does a little hissing but not as much. It does just take time. The good thing about yorkies is that they're fast. I have 2 cats that were here before Roxie and now all is fine. Cat #1 plays with Roxie all the time but Cat #2 won't play with either of them. Cat #2 is just more timid. They all have this thing with body language and just know when not to approach. It's like they know each others moods and don't mess with one that's too tired or grouchy at the moment to play. Out of the 3 though Roxie thinks she's boss!! If one of the cats tries to jump onto the bed when we're in it she will chase them off. For some reason they run lol! She also plays referee when the 2 cats fight. This does scare me but she will get right in the middle of them and they stop lol!!