Help with dog chasing cat....... - Page 2

MY CAT , chase's the dog's ,??? no fear ,  or brain's ? but I've no solution ,..squirt bottle , could help ,  new distinctive punishment for the dog ?  bring in the dog n put out the cat,  yakkitty yak ,...good luck .

The dog has to be corrected like a child would be..and if phooey doesn't do it  , it is time for hard zapping no matter how you do it... remember one correction   one praise... do not do 20 corrections and no results....


one big correction no result    you correction was not hurtful enough   2nd correction  no result....you are not hard enough...by the third correction... no result       time for  a   hard   e  collar and put cat in room and walk her past cat on lease  the minute she heads for the cat    zapp her......walk out of room   return the same path and if she starts for the cat  do not say one word     zap her again.....bring her back to a fuss and proceed out of room   put dog in crate to think about what just happened...do this for 5 days straight and I believe you will have the problem solved...if not     keep them seperated.....

Put the dog outside during the day and lock the cat up at night.....it is your duty to win the battle...and Hanny must submit to some harsh correction..This is a dog who has had plenty of harsh training so do not give her any breaks....she knows how to be corrected you just have to do it...    you already have let her get by with it....snatch her head off one time and then do the   e collar if she won't change her ways.......Here is a funny example of ALPHA:  This is the LAUGH FOR The day

 

From a useless verbal correctioon to an e-collar? Ugh. Do what blkred said, keep her a leash and training collar until she lays off.

She is a hard slavokia dog not a pet...she is not responding to normal corrections...E collars are meant for an older dog that will not follow normal corrections...if you are opposed to a slight e collar than just let the cat and dog fight it out...some dogs will not  respond to a   training collar and a leash..    Cat chasing is one of the hardest problems to solve with a 6 year old german shepherd.

She has been doing all the above till now and nothing is working...time for a harder amount of pressure so what else besides a    2 x 4   do you suggest.????

SITA'S smart enough  to know , IT'S NOT  the punishment ,..IT'S the insult of being corrected /punished ,..squirt bottle ,..?

It is not Sita who is doing this..it is Hanny.. Sita has been raised with the cat...

Hanny is new to the house and she is a kennel dog imported that has not ever seen a cat evidentually....

Another member of our database imported a 2 yr old male from Germany and she has spent hundreds of dollars with this trainer , that trainer and even went up to Steve Millers with her dog and got his suggestions , which were the best and the dog still chases the three cats..

One trainer came in her home , with chains .,,,and the object was to let the male dog out with cat in a kennel in the big den..when the dog headed for the cat   she threw the chains at the dog  and the noise was suppose to stop the dog...

I almost lost my coffee all over the computor board the morning that she called me and told me this trainer, who charged them a hefty  fee, was doing the    CHAIN METHOD..       iT DIDN'T WORK EITHER.

Two years later, the cats are in the basement and the dog is upstairs...when the dog goes with husband to work , they let the cats out...The dog and cat take turns with the family...The three cats are very precious to this family and their kids...One of their  requests when they purchased the new gsd ,,,,,,was......it must like cats.....well, someone said the dog did...but obviously it must have been a stuffed one...

YR

It sounds like the dog is trying to get to know the cat.  You have stated that the dog has not tried to bite the cat and is just sniffing at the cat, which leads me to believe the dog is investigating.  The more you try to prevent them from coming together the more you are encouraging the negative behaviour.  Kind of like telling a child no they can't play in the sink, the more you say no the more they will try.  I would suggest bringing them together in a controlled environment and letting them get to know one another under supervision.  We introduced a kitten into our household several months ago with 2 dogs who are from long lines of cat killers, we used the technique of introduction in a controlled environment and now the dogs and cat are the best of friends.  You may have to bring them together several times before you can let them interact freely but over time they will come to understand that both belong there and that they need to make the best of it.  In time the thrill of the chase will wear off since the dog will already know that it will not find anything new with the cat.

it's not gonna be so easy as that .Please !! your gonna have dead cats .harsh punishment is called for ,like yellow rose says A 2X4<< METAPHORICAL SPEAKING .once the dog has the desire its gonna be hard to stop .Especially when unsupervised.Extreme measures should be used to stop this .

"MY CAT , chase's the dog's ,??? no fear , or brain's ? but I've no solution ,..squirt bottle , could help , new distinctive punishment for the dog ? bring in the dog n put out the cat, yakkitty yak ,...good luck ."


That's nothing my brother in law cat chases me, and my dog out of the house lol, that cat is nuts. I mean he is like attack cat guard cat whatever you want to call it but when he is after you, you know he means business, normaly I would not run, but he is attached to the cat and since he is my brother in law we are not really on good terms so I don't want to be the one to teach his cat how to fly through the window lol I don't think this would improve are relationship lol.

And yes you are right is not fair for the cat or the dog, keep them separated, I would not zap the dog for acting on his instinct shit that would be my instinct too (but only because I don't like cats) lol.

Sitasmom,
You will not be able to change the nature of the dog, Hanny is going to chase the cat.  The dog may stop while in your presence, but if you leave these two together unsupervised you will have a dead cat.  In the next few months you will see the dog's real temperament. 

YR, I don't think this is really a hard dog.  But, letting them fight it out is really bad advice.  If it was one of my dogs the cat would be done in a few seconds, I don't care how tough the cat is.  Most dogs won't follow through, mine will and would quickly finish the cat.  I suppose that Hanny will also kill this cat when given the right chance. 

She will call off very easily with fooey, but I seem to have to repeat the command 20 times a day


Well, I guess if you need to repeat the command 20 times a day you are just nagging the poor dog.  Do you think if you have to repeat a command 2. 5, 10 or 20 times it's not working......

Guess I could get some batteries and do the e-collar thing. It's worked in the past, though I was looking for another way.

Do the ecollar thing??? Go out and get some batteries???  What kind of e collar are you using that you need to get batteries for?   I know you won't listen to my advice but you lack the skill and experience necessary to use an ecollar properly.  Don't let the dog near the cat, ever!  For the cat's sake separate them and spare the poor old cat.  You do not have the control over this dog and the dog can never be trusted alone.  Sorry, but you also lack the ability to train this behavior out of the dog. 

Sorry for the cat, it's just a matter of time. 

Jim