Are GSD known for chasing cat? - Page 1

I have a cat who was once on the heavy side but since I've had my 5 month old puppy my poor cat has went form heavy to nothing but bones.  I was wondering if Shepherds are known for chasing or just not liking cats in general.

YES! Every single GSD I've ever had chased/s cats.  I have never had a cat harmed, and if the cats wouldn't run, there would be less chasing.  : )  The important thing is to give your cat safe zones such as tall cat trees, a room the dog is not allowed to enter, etc.  Additionally, really exercise your dog and give your dog plenty of things to do that don't involve the cat.  GSDs and cats can live together very, very well, but it needs to be set up right for everyone to remain happy.  It's most likely that your puppy is just trying to play with your cat, not really harm it.  

Yes, GSDs (as most any dog) will chase cats, particularly if the cat runs.  Like tedebear says, give your cat it's own places where it can get away from your puppy.  Teach your pup that it is not allowed to pester, chase, bother the cat in any way.  Not allowed to take the cat's toys, not allowed to touch any of the cat's stuff.  Basically make sure your pup knows that it's ranked below the cat. 

This is what I did for my dogs back when I had cats.  My cats were allowed to do anything and everything they wanted over the dogs.  If the cats wanted to eat the dog's food they could, if they wanted to sleep on the dog's bed they could, if they wanted to swat the dog, they could.  But my dogs were not allowed to bother the cats or the cats' stuff in any way.  If the cats were drinking from the dogs water bowl or checking out the dogs' food then the dogs were made to patiently wait until the cats moved on.   My dogs were very quick to differentiate cats from other animals.  Because they learned that cats were gods in our house, they completely ignored strange cats outside our home too.  My GSDs go wild over squirrels, rabbits, groundhogs, etc (and they've killed all those creatures too) but they completely ignore cats.   My oldest male grew up with kittens, he adores kittens above all else. 

Depends on the dog and the cat.  I have two cats and when I introduced a new puppy they sniffed noses and one cat then walked away and ignored the pup while the other stuck him in the nose and ear.  14 months later and the dog loves the cat who walked away but has never forgotten the one who jabbed him.  He chases him at every opportunity!

I often wonder what one of my GSDs will actually do to a cat if she caught one. I think chasing after is not the same as killing.

I've been trying to figure out how to make my pup leave the cat alone without spanking him because I don't believe in spanking since that make them either more aggressive or scary. Conan will walk over to Graycee and jump up just to see her run. When I tell him no don't mess with Graycee then when I leave the room he goes after her big time. Hey EuroShepherd you have any suggestions on how I should go about training him not to mess with Grayee.

About 20 years ago I had a Female, she just got a puppies. my friends gave me an almost 2 month old kitten. I ve brought carefully face to face this kitten to my Female while she was feeding puppies, right when I brought this Kitten home. 
Female was ok with this kitten, she actually licked him (kitten). so I've place the kitten just beside puppies, and I was surprized, Female Dog actualy was licking a kitten and was trying to bring him to herself.
 in a day or two this kitten was treated as her own puppy, puppies while growing was treating a kitten as a member of same pack. Good Experience.

Today I have 2 GSD, one is 2 years old, and a Female 6 month Old.
One of the guy from my work his Cat had kittens, 3 left, so he wanted to take them to the shelter. me and my wife wanted to adopt one only, but we decided to take 2 of them, so could save at least 2. well nice kittens!
My dogs in the the house most of the time, they dont bark at kittens, but they jump on the safeguard door when they see kittens are running around, LOL looks nice but annoying sometime. anyways it is been a month since kittens are with us, so any time soon I am going slowly introduce them a little closer, I hope it will work.

anyways, I guess female Dog when she had puppies and see a Kitten maybe she feelt a kitten is young... I dont know.. maybe Dog personality.

I had a rescue GSD that killed a cat before I adopted him. He killed several rabbits in the backyard. The rabbits learned to run on the other side of the fence! So I don't take a chance with my mals now and am very viligent when walking them in my cat infested neighborhood. One of my mals killed a rabbit while walking in a horse pasture once.

For me....... My dogs are not allowed to terrorize other animals, (now if they go out the back door smell or spot a rabbit or criiter, sometimes you can't help when the prey drive kicks in) If I have the two animals they must live together nicely. My pair of Chows I had cats, I'm at work but tomorrow I'll try and find the picture. My Chows would be laying down and the kitten would "jump" them and attach to their face like the "alien" looking for a host and you know kitten claws, but just attach and bite. The male, Ky-Lin, would just lay there like "Oh brother, not again" with this kitten attached to his face going to town. When I first moved to MD and the Chows were at my familiy's house until I found a place that allowed dogs a neighbor's kitten climbed over the fence and came into our yard. It was not a pretty sight.

Now, my male, Reiker, was around cats and kittens and the kittens would crawl up in his fore paws and sleep "protected".
I honestly couldn't say one way or the other how the two girls would be but I would think in time they would be okay with/around cats or kittens.