Molly Huff Webboard User Reg: 12-16-2014
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I did not mean I let her get beat up... I not a *new* dog owner and have succesful trained many many dogs for all sorts of things without ever hitting or hurting an animal...but she is a working dog and she doesn't seem to care if a cat hits or hisses...she will,just continue at it...I have been leashing her an making sure she is properly mentally stimulated and exercised and monitor her every move...I just wanted some guidance in how to make sure she ignores the cats presence...thank you all for helping me so far
Duane Hull Webboard User Reg: 09-23-2011
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I think what some posters are trying to point out is that your "high drive working puppy" may be incapable of ignoring the cats. Mine is. IMHO, a more realistic goal would be indifference to the cats, which pbly will not come naturally for this dog. This arrangement will likely require constant management.
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Sorry if you perceived anything as hostile. As far as I'm concerned, I was trying to be the opposite of hostile. I thought a couple of folks posted pretty good advice. The others can be dismissed as a fact of life on social media.
Oh Peter, don't be silly, this young lady can train her puppy not to kill her cats --- in the house, anyway---it is just no big deal.
I'd reward for ignoring the cat, train in the presence of the cat etc. Just don't make over or pet the cats yourself while the puppy is around, that would be taunting. Just act like they are plants, to be ignored. Any you MEAN IT.
I'd feed the cats on the counter and put the cat box someplace the puppy doesn't go.
Molly Huff Webboard User Reg: 12-16-2014
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Yeah the cats boxes and foods are already put in other rooms unavailable to the dogs and they have plenty of places to get up off the floor...this was stuff I already did prior to ever getting a puppy...my cats are used to having space to themselves away from our dogs...thank you for all the feedback so far the puppy is responding well to being on leash in the house and I am rewarding her every time she is near to a cat and ignore it and correcting her gently when she shows interest...I managed to get her to enjoy a chew toy while a cat sat nearby.
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Yes, Molly, this can be accomplished. Continue to leash the pup when around the cats. Your goal is, like Betty mentioned, to ignore the cats, reward for ignoring. I train with the cats around. Train the cats not to encroach on the dogs space too, Cats can be good at that, I like to keep things fair.
Also, I use a variation of this game, but using a tug to teach the dog to leave the moving tug then get rewarded with a game of tug after. You can set up maybe a high value toy for reward, with a lesser value toy being thrown. If the puppy ignores the object being thrown, then they get to play with the higher value toy.
An alternate behavior is required for that exercise, usually a sit, so the puppy has something to do "instead" of chasing the ball.
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Quote: Peter Cavallaro
I can't read this thread any more, I think I will throw up.
Then don't read it and certainly don't respond to some perceived mistreatment. If the rest of the board is still calmly responding to the OP the odds are pretty good that you've misconstrued something AGAIN.
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I am rewarding her every time she is near to a cat and ignore it and correcting her gently when she shows interest...I managed to get her to enjoy a chew toy while a cat sat nearby.
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