I have a rescue Doberman that has lived with us for three years now and I have failed to successfully teach her to not chase our three cats. She doesn't chase them all the time--like when she's about to go on a walk or be fed. During these moments, she totally ignors them. The cats have learned when it is relatively safe to walk by her. Therefore, instances of her chasing the cats does not happen every day. I understand that using an e-collar is an effective tool to training a dog to leave cats alone. Unfortunately, I can't sit around with my finger on the button waiting for an occasion to come up, since they only happen once in a while. Can somebody suggest a way where I can correctly set up my dog to have an attitude adjustment about the cats?
Kitty, Is she really trying to harm the cats or is it just a game?
My dogs chase the cats but it is a game that both the dogs and the cats like to play. The dogs are usually the ones that get scratched across the nose. The only time I ever make them stop is if two dogs team up against one cat. That's when the game gets dangerous for the cat. It has been my experience that cats stay away from a serious dog.
Well I'm not sure just HOW serious my dog is about actually getting the cats as opposed to just chasing them. Sometimes when she chases one under the bed, she makes such ferocious noises that it makes my hair stand up on end. More than once, she has gotten a bloody nose for her efforts but she doesn't seem to care. I will see her suddenly look hard at a cat and try to stalk it before charging. She seems to try to make the biggest fuss to get the cats to run at times and others she's almost like a snake about to strike. I worry that if she were to corner a cat that in her zeal, she would grab it and perhaps kill it. I know the cats don't like it. It's no game for them.
I can't sit around with my finger on the button waiting for an occasion to come up, since they only happen once in a while.
From what I've gathered, the point is for you to set-up the circumstance in which the dog is likely to engage the cat, and then administer the correction at the appropriate time. Luckily, animals don't understand the complexity of "sting" operations.
Do a key word search on this site for "crittering". Much has been said about it.
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