Puppies and cats

[JoMichelle]

Hi folks

I have 3 cats (one of them is young, only a year old). I bought a safety gate before we got Winter (10 weeks old now) so the cats could have some sanctuary, and planned to never allow her to chase the cats.

However, my youngest cat seems to find it very amusing to wind Winter up and make her chase her. But then obviously if she gets caught, Winter is too rough and it ends up with the cat hissing and attacking, which does not deter Winter and I have to save the cat.

How can I stop Winter from chasing cats, if the cat is intent on being chased?

Thanks

[MamaTank]

Has Winter learned a "Stop" or "Stay" command yet? When we adopted Caesar, he was a really BAD cat chaser. We knew this going into the adoption and we, too, have a young cat that enjoyed winding up the dogs. My APBT will chase, but she never tries to hurt them. However, Caesar was terrible. He growled loudly, his fur would lift, and I was really worried about the cats. He had some basic training, but he did not know "Leave it". It took me about two weeks, but we got it. Now if Caesar gets wound up (usually because little Willow decides she's feeling frisky) we just tell him to "Leave it" and command him to lay down. He knows it's over and just settles in. And within a few minutes, he and Willow are curled up together on the couch snoozing.

[doggiedad]

i would seperate them when it's to much
for the cat. they're going to work it out.
i've had 5 cats, 1 Shep, chickens in the yard,
a parrot that walked and flew around the house,
a turtle in the yard and everything was fine between
the animals.

[JoMichelle]

Thanks - she's learning stay at the minute. I'm having a few other problems with her so I'm going to put this on hold and keep the cats away from her for now. At least she will stay in sit when I tell her to and hold her if she sees the cat and I get her in time, so I will keep doing this for now until peace is restored lol x

[Oskar der Drachen]

I have a cat that has refused to have anything to do with Bear, even when he was brand new and smaller than the cat.

The household has evolved to a separated house with no contact between the two.

Which is weird because the cat snuggled up the two dogs we had before, sleeping on the same quilt in front of the fire of a cold evening and everything. That's why we anticipated no issues with a new pup.

Oooops. Now a few months on the issue has got to the point where the dog is eager to get to know the cat, but the cat wants no part of it. Cat can hold his own, but from under the bed in our room. I would have hoped for some socialization earlier, and for the cat to take a stand, but no. Cat is getting older and must have gotten much less adaptable.

Cat goes in and out of the house through the cat door and windows to eat, but never into the main rooms anymore. Cat is still friendly, social, and cuddly when Dog is not around.

Is there any way of getting these two together?