On Tue, 22 Sep 2009 09:25:19 -0600, "SteveB"
wrote:


"Mary Healey" wrote in message
3.213...
"SteveB" wrote:
I left a $50 donation in addition of the adoption costs for the dog I
got to replace the Corgi.

Thereby embodying the phrase "more money than sense."

Is blood money supposed to impress us?

I'm sorry you weren't following the conversation, either that, or don't
have the synapses to grasp what was said. Some railing bitch asked why I
didn't volunteer time at an animal shelter.

Speaking as that particular "railing bitch," I think I know what I
said, and I didn't ask you why you didn't volunteer, I said that you
_should_ volunteer at a shelter.

I said I made a donation
instead. Shelters would fail if they only had volunteers.

$50? Fifty dollars? So your affection for your Corgi was equivalent
to fifty lousy dollars?

Was it really a donation to help out, or was it blood money, to help
you assuage your guilt about what you had done to your own dog because
of your total failure as a dog owner??

And for the rest of you, or those who don't know what is going on, I put
down a Corgi

....who would not have been put down but for the arrogance and
stubbornness of his loathsome owner. You don't take criticism well,
which makes it impossible for knowledgeable people to help you become
a better dog owner (as post after post has proven). So please stop
trying to blame everyone else for your callousness. _You_ are the
problem here, and until you can find a way to see yourself for what
you are, not only will your miseries continue, but you will remain a
loathsome little man.

wrote in message
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On Tue, 22 Sep 2009 09:25:19 -0600, "SteveB"
wrote:


"Mary Healey" wrote in message
. 43.213...
"SteveB" wrote:
I left a $50 donation in addition of the adoption costs for the dog I
got to replace the Corgi.

Thereby embodying the phrase "more money than sense."

Is blood money supposed to impress us?

I'm sorry you weren't following the conversation, either that, or don't
have the synapses to grasp what was said. Some railing bitch asked why I
didn't volunteer time at an animal shelter.

Speaking as that particular "railing bitch," I think I know what I
said, and I didn't ask you why you didn't volunteer, I said that you
_should_ volunteer at a shelter.

I said I made a donation
instead. Shelters would fail if they only had volunteers.

$50? Fifty dollars? So your affection for your Corgi was equivalent
to fifty lousy dollars?

Was it really a donation to help out, or was it blood money, to help
you assuage your guilt about what you had done to your own dog because
of your total failure as a dog owner??

And for the rest of you, or those who don't know what is going on, I put
down a Corgi

...who would not have been put down but for the arrogance and
stubbornness of his loathsome owner. You don't take criticism well,
which makes it impossible for knowledgeable people to help you become
a better dog owner (as post after post has proven). So please stop
trying to blame everyone else for your callousness. _You_ are the
problem here, and until you can find a way to see yourself for what
you are, not only will your miseries continue, but you will remain a
loathsome little man.

Sorry. I reject all your claims as invalid.

Have any kind of day you want.

Steve

SteveB wrote:
wrote in message
news
On Mon, 21 Sep 2009 10:00:59 -0600, "SteveB"
wrote:

"Janet Boss" wrote in message
...
In article ,
"SteveB" wrote:

What I'd do, any way.
I really hope there isn't anyone reading who would listen to this
asshole/troll. A Dachshund can kill a cat in very short order. I'd
work on finding the cat a permanent home elsewhere.

--
Janet Boss
www.bestfriendsdogobedience.com
Yeah, and keep a killer dog around. So, next time, it can kill a
neighbor's
cat. Or a kitten who wanders in. Or some puppy. A dog who is being
trained that if you don't like something, you kill it, and there's no
punishment. You guys are really out of touch. Keep a psycho dog around,
and then let them get face to face with a toddler in the family. "But it
really wasn't Frieda's fault. Little Johnny shouldn't have been down on
the
floor with the dog. It's Johnny's fault."

Every dachshund I've seen is a biter. You know what happens to biters?
I'd
find another home for the psycho doxie or make fertilizer out of it.

Steve

You are a loathsome and ignorant man, and maybe the last person on
earth to be offering anyone advice on canines. Without using a
micrometer, the difference between you and a Michael Vick would be
impossible to measure.

Tell that to my dogs


You mean the dead one? We can't tell that to
him....he's dead, remember? You killed him
because you didn't want to train him in all
the months leading up to the crisis.

Remember when many of us tried to suggest you
get a handle on that dog MONTHS ago? You
called us control freaks.

Then you killed your dog.

and my cat. I only wish I was as great as they think I
am. BTW, I don't agree that fighting dogs on purpose is acceptable.
Letting them establish their own dominance ladder is okay as long as it
doesn't go to the point where one is killed or seriously injured.

What you suggested would VERY likely lead to
maiming or killing in most situations.

It was stupid and deadly advice.

SteveB wrote:
"Mary Healey" wrote in message
.213...
"SteveB" wrote:
I left a $50 donation in addition of the adoption costs for the dog I
got to replace the Corgi.
Thereby embodying the phrase "more money than sense."

Is blood money supposed to impress us?

I'm sorry you weren't following the conversation, either that, or don't
have the synapses to grasp what was said. Some railing bitch asked why I
didn't volunteer time at an animal shelter. I said I made a donation
instead. Shelters would fail if they only had volunteers.

Did you get it that time, Sparky?

No?

And for the rest of you, or those who don't know what is going on, I put
down a Corgi who had bitten six people, myself four or five times, the last
taking two months to heal and very nearly breaking a finger. He sent one
person to the emergency room. He was unable to be trusted around my
grandchildren.

All the above means is that you lied through
your teeth when folks were asking about your
dog's behavior many months ago.

So, you lie, you refuse help, and then when
you kill your dog, its everyone else's fault.

Aren't you special?


He would not play with children, and had to be isolated
whenever any came over, sometimes up to eight children. His answer to most
situations was aggression and vicious hard biting. I wrote in and asked for
some help, and got lectured on a previous issue, but very little help with
what to do with the dog.


The help you got would have actually gone a
LONG way towards dealing with this very issue.

But you thought that paying too much
attention to your dogs habits was only for
control freaks.

So your dog got dead instead.

Your fault.


A Corgi rescue center in my state refused to take
him. A shelter would have euthanized him because of his history of biting,
and I wasn't going to lie so that someone would find out the hard way he was
a biter.

Why not? You lied here when folks were trying
to find out about his behavior in order to
help you.

But you were too busy (ironically) biting the
hand that was trying to feed you to actually
take any advice.

So, rather than being bitten again, I put him down. Hard to do
after nearly seven years, but I was thinking of it yesterday, and at least
now, the kids can play with the new dog and I don't have to worry. And I
don't have to put up with his snarling and biting when I just want him to
get out of the bathroom so I can mop, which was typical of our
confrontations. He pissed everywhere, and now it's nice not to have the
carpets cleaned every month and smelling skanky mall dog **** while I'm
eating. He had a dog door, and was let out, or the door was open, as we
live on a ranch.


He was bullying your large dog, biting and
snapping at your grandchildren, and pissing
all over your house. Wow.

And yet when asked, YOU said he was perfectly
well behaved. Just a few months ago you said
this. Many folks were asking why he was
getting away with bullying your bigger dog,
and you laughed it off and said he was "fine"
in all other ways and you simply wanted to
build a trough so your big dog wouldn't get
attacked over dinner.

My my, how the story changes.

I got a small tan terrier mix dog about a year old at the pound. She is a
doll, and seems to come every day and get in my lap and say, "Oh, thank you
thank you thank you for getting me out of that terrible place." She follows
orders pretty well, and hasn't growled or snapped yet. She likes to come
and watch TV with me, but falls asleep before the commercials. Very
different from a dog that I was afraid of and everyone else just tolerated.


Well, your capacity for ignoring budding
problems had YEARS to create a bad situation
with the corgi.

There's still plenty of time for you to ruin,
and then kill, this sweet little dog too.

I guess I could have let him bite one of the kids.

Or you could have just managed and trained him.

I'd assume that never occurred to you, except
that many of us repeatedly made that very
suggestion....so I know it was brought to
your attention as an option.

Then either my LEO
daughter or SIL would have taken him out and put an end to him. But rather
than put the kids through that trauma and scarring, I just did it myself.
There are some lovely sunflowers over his grave, and the simple marker he
earned.

What he earned was a better owner than you.

So, some of the keep a dog at any price people here have taken offense at
me.


I'm not now, nor have I EVER been a "keep a
dog at any price".

But what a handy way to absolve yourself of
responsibility!

You did nothing but lie about your dog and
attack anyone that made suggestions to you
about how to manage an intense little dog.
Take responsibility for yourself already.

I did what I did, and I didn't like it. I would have liked less to
take one of the kids to the ER, or to have to go there myself. I take
coumadin, and getting bitten by a dog is a bloody mess in my house for me.

That would be fine....if those had always
been the only two choices.

You made sure none of the workable choices
that involved NOT killing your dog ever got made.

I like it that each person gets to choose what they want to do with THEIR
pet.

Including kill it because they're too lazy to
train it. Yup, you have that right.

And I have the right to call you a moron, an
asshole and a pretty bad person.

It will soon be time to put the Lab down because of lymph node infection and
immune system issues. Or should I just keep giving her pain pills and let
her suffer so that I can "enjoy" her company no matter what the cost or the
pain involved for her?


Total red herring.

Your corgi died because you never took
action. And when people tried to suggest that
action was needed, you launched major attacks
on those that made suggestions.

And now your dog is dead.

I know my answer, but I don't care about yours. I
saw Marley and Me, a sad dog story, and I got from that the dog will let me
know when it is time. So far, she's on prednisone, and not 100%, but still
functioning and having a decent quality of life.

HTH, but I doubt it, for those who would put up with a dangerous dog with a
bad history and have it around very small children.



Actually, the only help you provide with
every post is as an example of what NEVER to do.

SteveB wrote:
wrote in message
...
On Tue, 22 Sep 2009 09:25:19 -0600, "SteveB"
wrote:

"Mary Healey" wrote in message
.213...
"SteveB" wrote:
I left a $50 donation in addition of the adoption costs for the dog I
got to replace the Corgi.
Thereby embodying the phrase "more money than sense."

Is blood money supposed to impress us?

I'm sorry you weren't following the conversation, either that, or don't
have the synapses to grasp what was said. Some railing bitch asked why I
didn't volunteer time at an animal shelter.
Speaking as that particular "railing bitch," I think I know what I
said, and I didn't ask you why you didn't volunteer, I said that you
_should_ volunteer at a shelter.

I said I made a donation
instead. Shelters would fail if they only had volunteers.
$50? Fifty dollars? So your affection for your Corgi was equivalent
to fifty lousy dollars?

Was it really a donation to help out, or was it blood money, to help
you assuage your guilt about what you had done to your own dog because
of your total failure as a dog owner??

And for the rest of you, or those who don't know what is going on, I put
down a Corgi
...who would not have been put down but for the arrogance and
stubbornness of his loathsome owner. You don't take criticism well,
which makes it impossible for knowledgeable people to help you become
a better dog owner (as post after post has proven). So please stop
trying to blame everyone else for your callousness. _You_ are the
problem here, and until you can find a way to see yourself for what
you are, not only will your miseries continue, but you will remain a
loathsome little man.

Sorry. I reject all your claims as invalid.



And yet the history is there for all to see.

She nailed it.

"Tara Green" wrote in message
...
SteveB wrote:
"Mary Healey" wrote in message
.213...
"SteveB" wrote:
I left a $50 donation in addition of the adoption costs for the dog I
got to replace the Corgi.
Thereby embodying the phrase "more money than sense."

Is blood money supposed to impress us?

I'm sorry you weren't following the conversation, either that, or don't
have the synapses to grasp what was said. Some railing bitch asked why I
didn't volunteer time at an animal shelter. I said I made a donation
instead. Shelters would fail if they only had volunteers.

Did you get it that time, Sparky?

No?

And for the rest of you, or those who don't know what is going on, I put
down a Corgi who had bitten six people, myself four or five times, the
last taking two months to heal and very nearly breaking a finger. He
sent one person to the emergency room. He was unable to be trusted
around my grandchildren.

All the above means is that you lied through your teeth when folks were
asking about your dog's behavior many months ago.

So, you lie, you refuse help, and then when you kill your dog, its
everyone else's fault.

Aren't you special?


He would not play with children, and had to be isolated whenever any came
over, sometimes up to eight children. His answer to most situations was
aggression and vicious hard biting. I wrote in and asked for some help,
and got lectured on a previous issue, but very little help with what to
do with the dog.


The help you got would have actually gone a LONG way towards dealing with
this very issue.

But you thought that paying too much attention to your dogs habits was
only for control freaks.

So your dog got dead instead.

Your fault.


A Corgi rescue center in my state refused to take him. A shelter would
have euthanized him because of his history of biting, and I wasn't going
to lie so that someone would find out the hard way he was a biter.

Why not? You lied here when folks were trying to find out about his
behavior in order to help you.

But you were too busy (ironically) biting the hand that was trying to feed
you to actually take any advice.

So, rather than being bitten again, I put him down. Hard to do after
nearly seven years, but I was thinking of it yesterday, and at least now,
the kids can play with the new dog and I don't have to worry. And I
don't have to put up with his snarling and biting when I just want him to
get out of the bathroom so I can mop, which was typical of our
confrontations. He pissed everywhere, and now it's nice not to have the
carpets cleaned every month and smelling skanky mall dog **** while I'm
eating. He had a dog door, and was let out, or the door was open, as we
live on a ranch.


He was bullying your large dog, biting and snapping at your grandchildren,
and pissing all over your house. Wow.

And yet when asked, YOU said he was perfectly well behaved. Just a few
months ago you said this. Many folks were asking why he was getting away
with bullying your bigger dog, and you laughed it off and said he was
"fine" in all other ways and you simply wanted to build a trough so your
big dog wouldn't get attacked over dinner.

My my, how the story changes.

I got a small tan terrier mix dog about a year old at the pound. She is
a doll, and seems to come every day and get in my lap and say, "Oh, thank
you thank you thank you for getting me out of that terrible place." She
follows orders pretty well, and hasn't growled or snapped yet. She likes
to come and watch TV with me, but falls asleep before the commercials.
Very different from a dog that I was afraid of and everyone else just
tolerated.


Well, your capacity for ignoring budding problems had YEARS to create a
bad situation with the corgi.

There's still plenty of time for you to ruin, and then kill, this sweet
little dog too.

I guess I could have let him bite one of the kids.

Or you could have just managed and trained him.

I'd assume that never occurred to you, except that many of us repeatedly
made that very suggestion....so I know it was brought to your attention as
an option.

Then either my LEO daughter or SIL would have taken him out and put an
end to him. But rather than put the kids through that trauma and
scarring, I just did it myself. There are some lovely sunflowers over his
grave, and the simple marker he earned.

What he earned was a better owner than you.

So, some of the keep a dog at any price people here have taken offense at
me.


I'm not now, nor have I EVER been a "keep a dog at any price".

But what a handy way to absolve yourself of responsibility!

You did nothing but lie about your dog and attack anyone that made
suggestions to you about how to manage an intense little dog. Take
responsibility for yourself already.

I did what I did, and I didn't like it. I would have liked less to take
one of the kids to the ER, or to have to go there myself. I take
coumadin, and getting bitten by a dog is a bloody mess in my house for
me.

That would be fine....if those had always been the only two choices.

You made sure none of the workable choices that involved NOT killing your
dog ever got made.

I like it that each person gets to choose what they want to do with THEIR
pet.

Including kill it because they're too lazy to train it. Yup, you have that
right.

And I have the right to call you a moron, an asshole and a pretty bad
person.

It will soon be time to put the Lab down because of lymph node infection
and immune system issues. Or should I just keep giving her pain pills
and let her suffer so that I can "enjoy" her company no matter what the
cost or the pain involved for her?


Total red herring.

Your corgi died because you never took action. And when people tried to
suggest that action was needed, you launched major attacks on those that
made suggestions.

And now your dog is dead.

I know my answer, but I don't care about yours. I saw Marley and Me, a
sad dog story, and I got from that the dog will let me know when it is
time. So far, she's on prednisone, and not 100%, but still functioning
and having a decent quality of life.

HTH, but I doubt it, for those who would put up with a dangerous dog with
a bad history and have it around very small children.



Actually, the only help you provide with every post is as an example of
what NEVER to do.

I'm afraid you have the time line skewed. I asked for help, and was
lectured and corrected by self-aggrandizing snobs. I did away with the dog
when I realized he was and would always be a threat to any children around
him.

Case closed.

Good bye.

SteveB wrote:
"Tara Green" wrote in message
...
SteveB wrote:
"Mary Healey" wrote in message
.213...
"SteveB" wrote:
I left a $50 donation in addition of the adoption costs for the dog I
got to replace the Corgi.
Thereby embodying the phrase "more money than sense."

Is blood money supposed to impress us?

I'm sorry you weren't following the conversation, either that, or don't
have the synapses to grasp what was said. Some railing bitch asked why I
didn't volunteer time at an animal shelter. I said I made a donation
instead. Shelters would fail if they only had volunteers.

Did you get it that time, Sparky?

No?

And for the rest of you, or those who don't know what is going on, I put
down a Corgi who had bitten six people, myself four or five times, the
last taking two months to heal and very nearly breaking a finger. He
sent one person to the emergency room. He was unable to be trusted
around my grandchildren.
All the above means is that you lied through your teeth when folks were
asking about your dog's behavior many months ago.

So, you lie, you refuse help, and then when you kill your dog, its
everyone else's fault.

Aren't you special?


He would not play with children, and had to be isolated whenever any came
over, sometimes up to eight children. His answer to most situations was
aggression and vicious hard biting. I wrote in and asked for some help,
and got lectured on a previous issue, but very little help with what to
do with the dog.

The help you got would have actually gone a LONG way towards dealing with
this very issue.

But you thought that paying too much attention to your dogs habits was
only for control freaks.

So your dog got dead instead.

Your fault.


A Corgi rescue center in my state refused to take him. A shelter would
have euthanized him because of his history of biting, and I wasn't going
to lie so that someone would find out the hard way he was a biter.
Why not? You lied here when folks were trying to find out about his
behavior in order to help you.

But you were too busy (ironically) biting the hand that was trying to feed
you to actually take any advice.

So, rather than being bitten again, I put him down. Hard to do after
nearly seven years, but I was thinking of it yesterday, and at least now,
the kids can play with the new dog and I don't have to worry. And I
don't have to put up with his snarling and biting when I just want him to
get out of the bathroom so I can mop, which was typical of our
confrontations. He pissed everywhere, and now it's nice not to have the
carpets cleaned every month and smelling skanky mall dog **** while I'm
eating. He had a dog door, and was let out, or the door was open, as we
live on a ranch.

He was bullying your large dog, biting and snapping at your grandchildren,
and pissing all over your house. Wow.

And yet when asked, YOU said he was perfectly well behaved. Just a few
months ago you said this. Many folks were asking why he was getting away
with bullying your bigger dog, and you laughed it off and said he was
"fine" in all other ways and you simply wanted to build a trough so your
big dog wouldn't get attacked over dinner.

My my, how the story changes.

I got a small tan terrier mix dog about a year old at the pound. She is
a doll, and seems to come every day and get in my lap and say, "Oh, thank
you thank you thank you for getting me out of that terrible place." She
follows orders pretty well, and hasn't growled or snapped yet. She likes
to come and watch TV with me, but falls asleep before the commercials.
Very different from a dog that I was afraid of and everyone else just
tolerated.

Well, your capacity for ignoring budding problems had YEARS to create a
bad situation with the corgi.

There's still plenty of time for you to ruin, and then kill, this sweet
little dog too.

I guess I could have let him bite one of the kids.
Or you could have just managed and trained him.

I'd assume that never occurred to you, except that many of us repeatedly
made that very suggestion....so I know it was brought to your attention as
an option.

Then either my LEO daughter or SIL would have taken him out and put an
end to him. But rather than put the kids through that trauma and
scarring, I just did it myself. There are some lovely sunflowers over his
grave, and the simple marker he earned.
What he earned was a better owner than you.

So, some of the keep a dog at any price people here have taken offense at
me.

I'm not now, nor have I EVER been a "keep a dog at any price".

But what a handy way to absolve yourself of responsibility!

You did nothing but lie about your dog and attack anyone that made
suggestions to you about how to manage an intense little dog. Take
responsibility for yourself already.

I did what I did, and I didn't like it. I would have liked less to take
one of the kids to the ER, or to have to go there myself. I take
coumadin, and getting bitten by a dog is a bloody mess in my house for
me.
That would be fine....if those had always been the only two choices.

You made sure none of the workable choices that involved NOT killing your
dog ever got made.

I like it that each person gets to choose what they want to do with THEIR
pet.
Including kill it because they're too lazy to train it. Yup, you have that
right.

And I have the right to call you a moron, an asshole and a pretty bad
person.

It will soon be time to put the Lab down because of lymph node infection
and immune system issues. Or should I just keep giving her pain pills
and let her suffer so that I can "enjoy" her company no matter what the
cost or the pain involved for her?

Total red herring.

Your corgi died because you never took action. And when people tried to
suggest that action was needed, you launched major attacks on those that
made suggestions.

And now your dog is dead.

I know my answer, but I don't care about yours. I saw Marley and Me, a
sad dog story, and I got from that the dog will let me know when it is
time. So far, she's on prednisone, and not 100%, but still functioning
and having a decent quality of life.

HTH, but I doubt it, for those who would put up with a dangerous dog with
a bad history and have it around very small children.


Actually, the only help you provide with every post is as an example of
what NEVER to do.

I'm afraid you have the time line skewed. I asked for help, and was
lectured and corrected by self-aggrandizing snobs.

Some of those "snobs" offered you real advice
as well. You chose to ignore that part and
wrestle in the mud rather than actually solve
your dog's problem.


I did away with the dog
when I realized he was and would always be a threat to any children around
him.

LONG after most of us knew things were
already a problem and trying to get you to
see that dog training isn't about being a
"control freak" but about solving and
preventing problems and....yup....saving
dog's lives.

Case closed.


It sure is for your poor corgi.

On Tue, 22 Sep 2009 21:18:13 -0600, "SteveB"
wrote:


I'm afraid you have the time line skewed. I asked for help, and was
lectured and corrected by self-aggrandizing snobs. I did away with the dog
when I realized he was and would always be a threat to any children around
him.

Case closed.

Good bye.

We can only hope that you mean the "good bye" this time. But to set
the record straight, the last bite occurred when you put a leash on
the dog to "take him" to a spot where he had "sprayed" in another
room. You didn't mention what you intended to do when you got him
there, but it doesn't take a rocket scientist to know that harsh
corrections can turn dogs into defensive biters.

That post where you "asked for help" displayed a shocking lack of
knowledge of dog behavior. Dogs don't spray, cats do. Dogs pee, or
they mark, but they don't spray. You don't find something a dog has
done minutes, hours or days before and drag him to that spot to
correct him. Besides all that, you have NEVER accepted any advice
given to you in anything approaching a gracious or even neutral
mannter. Why you ever bother asking is beyond me, because it's clear
you don't intend to do anything differently.

"SteveB" wrote in message
...

"sighthounds & siberians" wrote in message
...
On Sun, 20 Sep 2009 16:40:42 -0600, "SteveB"
wrote:


"Phyllis Stone" wrote in message
...
we have a little dachshund who was rescued and near death. We have had
him
about 6 yrs. and love him dearly. Recently a cat has 'adopted' us. This
is
a sweet female yellow tabby. She is very afraid of Zip (the dog). with
good reason. He hates her and cry-barks everytime he sees her. I would
like this cat to be welcome in our home as I think she needs us. Is
there
a way or a trick or something I can do to make them at least tolerate
each
other? I pet her outside and come in and pet him so he can have her
scent
on him. So far I am making no progress. Does anyone have a suggestion?

Lock the together in a room where neither can jump off the floor. They
will
establish their own dominance. For three dogs I have had, all they had
to
do was catch the cat, and they were cured of their dominance issues.
After
that, they coexisted peaceably. If you do not want to do the small room
thing, just let them have at each other, and the doxie will probably
learn
to leave the cat alone.

What I'd do, any way.

Good Lord. It's one thing to kill your own dog because you're too
stupid and lazy to train them It's quite another to give advice to
other people that is quite likely to result in the deaths of their
animals. Are you aware of what dachshunds are bred for? A dog that
was bred to take on badgers can take on a cat.

To the OP: we have a doxie that has co-existed with cats, but
although he didn't like them initially, he never went after them or
displayed any behavior that made me think he would harm them. I don't
know what you mean by your dog "cry-barking". Is he lunging at her or
trying to get at her? Dachshunds like to have everything in their
worlds exactly the way they want it, and he may just be jealous of the
interloper. On the other hand, if he's thinking of her as prey and/or
behaving aggressively, it would be best to find the cat another home.

Nah. Just wait and come home one day to find the house redecorated with
cat guts.

Steve

I don`t have a clue whats right or wrong or how to change their attitudes.
We have a border collie and after a couple of years inherited a cat.
So because the house we have is quite large we thought to give it a go and
let the cat stay on condition if it didnt work out the cat we would try and
re home.
Well for the first couple of weeks the house wasn`t big enough, I really
thought we would have a death on our hands, after around 3 weeks they put up
with each other (take into account the cat could get out of the way of the
dog if necessary) after about 4 weeks they could stay in the same room
(their choice) ......
Then after about 6 weeks (in winter) I found the cat sleeping with the dog
in his basket!
After about 8 weeks the dogs basket belonged to the cat and the dog slept on
the floor :-)
They get on good now but the cat ocassionaly takes a swipe but does not have
his claws extended, I suppose just saying ` i am boss`
They are now left together in the same room un supervised and for hours at a
time. In fact on a few ocassions when I take the dog for a walk the cat
stalks us hiding in the bushes....sooo funny to see.

Anyhow for whats its worth thats how I dealt with it rightly or wrongly, but
it did work out in the end.

"SS" wrote in message
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I don`t have a clue whats right or wrong or how to change their attitudes.
We have a border collie and after a couple of years inherited a cat.
So because the house we have is quite large we thought to give it a go and
let the cat stay on condition if it didnt work out the cat we would try
and re home.
Well for the first couple of weeks the house wasn`t big enough, I really
thought we would have a death on our hands, after around 3 weeks they put
up with each other (take into account the cat could get out of the way of
the dog if necessary) after about 4 weeks they could stay in the same room
(their choice) ......
Then after about 6 weeks (in winter) I found the cat sleeping with the dog
in his basket!
After about 8 weeks the dogs basket belonged to the cat and the dog slept
on the floor :-)
They get on good now but the cat ocassionaly takes a swipe but does not
have his claws extended, I suppose just saying ` i am boss`
They are now left together in the same room un supervised and for hours at
a time. In fact on a few ocassions when I take the dog for a walk the cat
stalks us hiding in the bushes....sooo funny to see.

Anyhow for whats its worth thats how I dealt with it rightly or wrongly,
but it did work out in the end.

That's almost how we did it here too. Kiba is now 2 and a half, but Spyder
is no closer to loving him than she was on Day 1. I joke that she is
plotting his doom daily, but I'm not sure that joke is really that far off.
She will ambush him when he walks by, but so far has never actually hurt
him. She has whapped him on the head hard enough I saw the little birdies
and stars circling his head, but he's convinced that she will be his best
friend, maybe tomorrow. He respects the hell out of her, she resents him,
and I don't allow her to abuse him too much. It's an uneasy truce, but it
works for us. And I have no idea how to convince
The-Queen-of-All-She-Surveys that this annoying little pup is actually
going to stay and be welcome. So life goes on...
--
Phyrie
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