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Re: Is there a way to teach to get along with a ca
Do a search here - this is a pretty common problem, as you might imagine with all these high prey drive dogs! What was recommended to me (here) was that every time Puppy got overly interested in the cat, to have her sit/down, whatever. Eventually, I was told, this would become a default behavior.
We ended up doing a combination of things. a) Crating the dog if we felt the cat wasn't safe b) having Puppy sit whenever she looked at the cat like a meal c) reprimanding her - the *only* time our dog heard "NO!" in her first 8-9 months was if she was looking at the cat like a toy.
Puppy and cat are usually fine now. Cat is apparently part of the pack. Cat gets occasional friendly licks, instead of "are you tasty licks." This, of course, is great for us.
Do a search here - this is a pretty common problem, as you might imagine with all these high prey drive dogs! What was recommended to me (here) was that every time Puppy got overly interested in the cat, to have her sit/down, whatever. Eventually, I was told, this would become a default behavior.
We ended up doing a combination of things. a) Crating the dog if we felt the cat wasn't safe b) having Puppy sit whenever she looked at the cat like a meal c) reprimanding her - the *only* time our dog heard "NO!" in her first 8-9 months was if she was looking at the cat like a toy.

Puppy and cat are usually fine now. Cat is apparently part of the pack. Cat gets occasional friendly licks, instead of "are you tasty licks." This, of course, is great for us.
