Cats And Dogs

[friedgreentomato]

Colin is settling in well now but as of yet there has been no interaction as such with the girls!!

On the rare occassion that they have been in the same room, the cats have stared at Colin and turned around and left the room, I have given them their own room which has access to the outside and of course they have upstairs as the dog is not allowed up there.

Do I need to do anything else.

My stepmother reckons that once it turns cold and we light the fire that the fire will do its magic!!

Any opinions?

[ummmm]

I think your s-mum could be right. You know how fickle cats are.

[Barmaid]

I'd let them work it out in their own time. Inevitably, the cats will become the boss of the dog. Make sure you train the dog NOT to chase the cats though.

A friend of mine often visits with his aged collie. The cats were initially quite put out and did a disappearing act. Now they have sussed that a) she is quite harmless and b) she goes away again so they treat her with the disdain that as a dog she deserves.

[friedgreentomato]

He has made a half arsed attempt to chase them but gives up very quickly!!

I am worried that the girls may feel pushed out so I try to ensure they get lots of cuddles at bed time!

[wolf63]

I think that if you were going to have problems it would be now that you would be having them. Colin is still young, bouncy and annoyingly enthusiastic about everything. The cats will just think Ŵťƒ is that thing.

I saw a wee dog at the vet yesterday - his name was Hugo and he was like a teddy bear.

[FredPuli43]

When he tries to chase them , they probably don't respond in a way which he finds satisfactory. They don't run at full pelt squealing, for a start! If they did, he'd find the whole game much more entertaining and do it again, and be hard to stop. One of mine took great delight in chasing the horses. If she could get them to full gallop, she was delighted. That stopped when they got wise to it. They ignored her, but then walked slowly towards her. She ran straight back to me, and didn't try it again!

[wolf63]

My last dog was a cat chaser until the day that the cat stopped running away from him and turned and ran towards him. The Snag then stood behind me barking at the cat. He was a GSD/Lab cross with a bit of psychopath added into the mix.

[friedgreentomato]

tbh, I think it would be better if they did turn around and swipe at him!!

growing up everytime we introduced a new dog or cat that is what happened problem over!

[wolf63]

dogs, like men, need to be reminded of their place in the pecking order.

I think that Frankie is pregnant ~ it is either that or he is getting fat around his belly.

[friedgreentomato]

Lol poor Frankie!!

Smokey has been scared off my his girlfriend Miss Kitty!!, he brings her for dinner, she sees him off and stays with us!!

Luckily he has loads of other places to go to!

[wolf63]

Smokey? I thought that yours were all girls.

Frankie says that he isn't a greedy fat pig like me but it is his steroids that are giving him the munchies. He managed to pee under (under!) the litter tray - it was bad enough when it was up the wall.

[friedgreentomato]

Smokey is our outside cat he is the village stray but adopted us 3 years ago! I thought he was gone but he is back today - fickle so and so

[wolf63]

Ah - you are as bad as that other lady from your city. She now has a ginger kitten. Her mum was too old for a kitten (and mum's cat objected) and she didn't think her two would like a kitten in the house. She handed it into the animal shelter on Saturday and was so upset that she went back for it on Sunday. Her cats have accepted it without problem.

There is also Guinness the feral tom which is another story altogether.............