Dennis Jones Webboard User Reg: 06-13-2004
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To keep the dog focused on the cat, have the cat pop the dog in the behind with the whip, that will stop that spinning crap. Make the dog give you a few good barks then let him have the bite......
oh shoot read your question wrong....
You're doing good with the redirection with treats I would also add toy or ball and lots of play. you have be more rewarding than the cat
Reg: 11-04-2008
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I find that a moving redirection works better - walking backwards with a treat or obedience etc.
Asking the dog to sit and watch a treat is too hard at this stage in her training. Like Dennis said you have to be far more interesting.
Ahh. The lunge and spin technique. My dogs always did that when they couldn't get a cat (or a squirrel for that matter). It must have something to do with frustration. Cats (and squirrels) are cagey and always get away. I agree with others: you need to be more fun than the cat and want to stay and engage. Play tug, give really nice treats and ignore that cat by getting farther away from it. Believe me you can't offend a cat. And the dog will think you love her more.
Nothing in the WORLD is more exciting for Dom than a running cat. Not any toy or any treat and that's saying a lot because he would turn himself green with purple polkadots just for a food reward. Food and toys only worked when he was a young little pup and now that he's a maturing, forget about it. I really wish that redirection would have been an long term option but his prey drive is waaaaay too high to resist a flying kitty.
We had to get out the prong and put him in a down for cat exercises. Now he does his best to look the other way when he sees them coming. Even so, some days when they go running by him at kitty warp speed, I see his eye twitch a little bit like he's daydreaming about the day he gets to eat kitty.
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