I have a Small terrier X and a cat
Cat here first but both same age, same size as each other
Dog and cat have had a couple of small/no injury bust ups - always started by the dog. Dog seemingly cannot handle cat type movements and is easily triggered into chasing and herding the cat. Cat holds her own and has lightly scratched dog once or twice on the nose, the dog doesn’t get too close anymore as has realised claws, but still goes into chase mode
I keep them apart quite well and have a system where if they are together I am present and very instructive to dog not to react. Cat has high places to go and my system is one upstairs one down and dog restricted to the opposite floor to the cat. I also always use the back door though the back garden to the house as our front door opens onto a cul de sac road and have a baby gate up inside. Dog is never let off lead as he will chase things like cats at high speed
DC are teenagers but quite dippy about this system - the altercations have only ever happened when DD15 has been in the room with them both, such as leaving the baby gate open and she panics and not manage it well, usually results in an around the house chase
Today DD15 used the front door to come into the house when the baby gate was open (she left it open) and the dog saw a strange cat out the front and legged it like the speed of lightening down the road. She wasn’t careful about coming into the door, opening slowly or using her feet to block the dog, she just opened the door wide
We got him back thank god (a lot of yelling!) before anything awful happened. I want to be fuming at DD but she was quite shaken up by it. I just don’t know how to get through to her how to be more responsible about this and THINK about her actions. She’s always been this way, dippy and quite thoughtless although she is lovely and sweet girl, it’s not intentional - but it could have been awful consequences
I don’t think I can train a 6yo dog not to chase cats. I was cross with them both!
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Terrier chasing cats - and DD15
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PookieDo · 10/11/2019 13:48
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