Tonight,
my oh so good spayed 6 yr old chow/akita bitch did an amazingly bad thing.
I visited my mother, whom bitch has known for many years, we visit often, even live here from time to time.
Mom has a Maine coon queen, spayed, my bitch has known the cat almost as long as my mom, but should be no issue because my bitch also knew MY meezer queen for two years prior(unspayed, breeding, kitten raising hellcat). Bitch has also spent 2 years with my half-meezer cat before a former roomate begged me out of him. Those two would play like two dogs.
Tonight I was busy somewhere in the house and I heard a commotion from the living room. I came in at a high rate of speed when I heard my mom (who is past 65) yelling at my dog.
I entered the living room and saw my bitch with the Maine Coon in her mouth. I began to tell my bitch my opinion of this, and she wilted, opened her jaws, and I saw the mouthfuls of fur there. The cat ran.
The cat is, thank goodness, uninjured. This has never been a cat to take a licking. (A large and "handy" breed generally). Mom says the cat was asleep in her rocking chair when my bitch more or less siezed it.
Has my poochie begun the sad decline of old age insanity at 6? What happened here? Princess is my pooh bear, and 4 years ago took my mother under her special guardianship after a couple bad guys broke into my house during my mom's first visit to see me after getting princess (she was then 2).
I am wanting to tie the weird cat attack to Princess' peculiar role with my mom, but I don't know. I am very unhappy. I was hoping one day to get another retired queen for my house-but this bodes poorly.

Alex, this is only my opinion and I am by no means an expert in the field of canine prey drive.
It has been said by many knowledgable folks on this board that no matter how long you keep a cat and dog together, one day the dog may view your cat as prey and a tragedy occur. I have heard this happening in cat/dog pairs that have lived together peacefully for over six years without trouble. Then one day....injured/dead feline. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/frown.gif" alt="" />
My only house dog that is loose full time with my four cats is my Corgi bitch......and the cats keep her in line. When my GSD is out in the house, you never even see one of the cats.
Glad no permanent harm was done to your mom's cat.

Oh poop, Will. That stinks.
So this means no more kitties in my house?
Poop. Man. Uncool.

Not necessarily never, just not to be left unattended. You can crate train cats too. Ask Cindy! <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />

Be careful with cats that reach out to swat though. One of the cats in the shelter ended up being 3 legged because a dog grabbed it as it was being walked by. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/frown.gif" alt="" /> A vet tech adopted her and she is named Tripod now.

Cool name for the cat!

Alex,
Maybe you could file a restraining order against the dog on behalf of the cat....
( little attorney humor, there)

Who cares, cats suck ass. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/laugh.gif" alt="" />

They suck what? Don't make me have to moderate your ---.

Check your mail tiger. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/laugh.gif" alt="" />

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Originally posted by Deanna Thompson:
Not necessarily never, just not to be left unattended. You can crate train cats too. Ask Cindy! <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />

Be careful with cats that reach out to swat though. One of the cats in the shelter ended up being 3 legged because a dog grabbed it as it was being walked by. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/frown.gif" alt="" /> A vet tech adopted her and she is named Tripod now.

Yep Alex,
I do have a crate trained cat.....Sting (he is so cool, blue eyes, handsome, can you tell who my favorite musician is ??) Anyway, I rescued him when he was nothing more than a pipsqueak and none of my dogs had ever seen a cat. So I set up a big crate with Litterbox, bed and all the kitty amenities. He is 1 1/2 years old now and just like the dogs, when i get ready for work he heads to his crate.....he runs in and sits, I give a treat. He is working out his relationships with all the dogs but still I would never leave him un attended with any of the big dogs. They play and wrestle in the living room but since my GSD and Mal have killed squirrels I know it's not beyone the realm of possibility that the cat could run and that prey drive would kick in and chomp........like Will, my corgi is the only dog I trust 24/7 with him. He bosses her around (she's a wuss) <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/laugh.gif" alt="" />

Canine cognitive dysfunction is not just a problem of old age, and there are medications that can help the dog. If she continues to do other strange things it might be worth looking into.

Just a FYI for everyone reading the thread.