Hello,
My 7 month old cocker spaniel (show type if relevan) and my cat (6 years) do not get on and their relationship is getting progressively worse.
Ideally, I would want the dog to ignore the cat as I dont think the cat will ever want any kind of friendship with her. Initially my puppy was interested in the cat in a friendly way but the cat is scared of her and now the puppy is older she chases and barks at her.
I hate this as I dont want the cat to be distressed. We try to seperate them as much as possible to prevent this - cat has places the puppy can't go but it is inevitable that their paths cross as the cat wouldn't be able to leave the house otherwise.
Is it too late to be able to do anything about this? I feel i have gone abiut it all wrong. Not sure what to do now. Can anyone help? Thank you.