Dogs Chasing Cats

By

ILuvDobes

My Dobermans have never shown anything but love and respect for my kitties (they all live indoors) but if they did, I'd stop them in their tracks. Maybe with a dog trainer, whatever would work. I would not tolerate that behavior for one minute.

As one person suggested, maybe a squirt bottle filled with water would discourage the aggressive behavior, but it sounds like a problem to me and this is unfair to the cats.
Jennifer Northern Virginia

By

catastrofy

I use a squirt water bottle to discourage my German shepherd from being aggressive towards my cats. My cats now "rule the roost" and the dog treats them with respect (backs away from them). Doesn't hurt the dog and keeps the cats safe without the dog thinking it was me stopping her from attacking the cats. This way, the dog doesn't think that when I'm not there, she can go after the cats.

By

Beth

You need to let your dog know that you can take away his food at any time, (and give it back of course) so that he not so possessive around it. Agression toward the cats could escalate as the dog gets older toward people too. My family had a dog once who grabbed a kitten for getting too close and broke her neck. My mother was worried about her grandchildren and we wound up finding the dog another home.

By

EGST

Its natural, the cat will learn soon enough to stay away from the dogs stuff!

I have recently acquired a dog who loves to chase my cats. He's a couple years old and generally well behaved. They can fend for themselves, but the problem is that the dog is huge.