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elegy wrote:
i know it's not uncommon for a dog to be ok with "their" cats and not other cats, but why is that? Same reason some dogs are okay with dogs in the home, but not other dogs. Or okay with children in the home, but not strange children. The ones at home are seen as pack members. And that's why socialization is so much more than just living with a cat, or another dog, or a baby in the house. Canine Action Dog Trainer http://www.canineaction.com My Kids, My Students, My Life: http://hometown.aol.com/dfrntdrums/m...age/index.html |
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elegy wrote:
i know it's not uncommon for a dog to be ok with "their" cats and not other cats, but why is that? Same reason some dogs are okay with dogs in the home, but not other dogs. Or okay with children in the home, but not strange children. The ones at home are seen as pack members. And that's why socialization is so much more than just living with a cat, or another dog, or a baby in the house. Canine Action Dog Trainer http://www.canineaction.com My Kids, My Students, My Life: http://hometown.aol.com/dfrntdrums/m...age/index.html |
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elegy wrote:
i know it's not uncommon for a dog to be ok with "their" cats and not other cats, but why is that? Same reason some dogs are okay with dogs in the home, but not other dogs. Or okay with children in the home, but not strange children. The ones at home are seen as pack members. And that's why socialization is so much more than just living with a cat, or another dog, or a baby in the house. Canine Action Dog Trainer http://www.canineaction.com My Kids, My Students, My Life: http://hometown.aol.com/dfrntdrums/m...age/index.html |
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"elegy" wrote in message ... luce lives with four cats and they are fine together. she'll chase them sometimes, but i'm pretty certain she'd never intentionally hurt them (given normal circumstances). they sleep in bed together. she licks them, they look disgusted, it's all good. yesterday she almost got a cat in the backyard. she took off after it and i know if she'd gotten it she would have killed it. she was 100% prey drive and she couldn't even hear me yelling for her. she got the cat cornered between a stack of boards and the fence and the cat ripped luce's face up pretty good (thankfully missing her eyes!!) before i could get her out of the woodpile. she was totally intent on eating that cat. i also can't let her off-leash in my parents' house because she goes insane wanting to get after my mom's cats. she's not playing there, either. i know it's not uncommon for a dog to be ok with "their" cats and not other cats, but why is that? be very careful, if your cats get outside, or smell funny, or do something unexpected, she may decide they're prey too. -kelly |
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"elegy" wrote in message ... luce lives with four cats and they are fine together. she'll chase them sometimes, but i'm pretty certain she'd never intentionally hurt them (given normal circumstances). they sleep in bed together. she licks them, they look disgusted, it's all good. yesterday she almost got a cat in the backyard. she took off after it and i know if she'd gotten it she would have killed it. she was 100% prey drive and she couldn't even hear me yelling for her. she got the cat cornered between a stack of boards and the fence and the cat ripped luce's face up pretty good (thankfully missing her eyes!!) before i could get her out of the woodpile. she was totally intent on eating that cat. i also can't let her off-leash in my parents' house because she goes insane wanting to get after my mom's cats. she's not playing there, either. i know it's not uncommon for a dog to be ok with "their" cats and not other cats, but why is that? be very careful, if your cats get outside, or smell funny, or do something unexpected, she may decide they're prey too. -kelly |
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"elegy" wrote in message ... luce lives with four cats and they are fine together. she'll chase them sometimes, but i'm pretty certain she'd never intentionally hurt them (given normal circumstances). they sleep in bed together. she licks them, they look disgusted, it's all good. yesterday she almost got a cat in the backyard. she took off after it and i know if she'd gotten it she would have killed it. she was 100% prey drive and she couldn't even hear me yelling for her. she got the cat cornered between a stack of boards and the fence and the cat ripped luce's face up pretty good (thankfully missing her eyes!!) before i could get her out of the woodpile. she was totally intent on eating that cat. i also can't let her off-leash in my parents' house because she goes insane wanting to get after my mom's cats. she's not playing there, either. i know it's not uncommon for a dog to be ok with "their" cats and not other cats, but why is that? be very careful, if your cats get outside, or smell funny, or do something unexpected, she may decide they're prey too. -kelly |
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"elegy" wrote in message ... luce lives with four cats and they are fine together. she'll chase them sometimes, but i'm pretty certain she'd never intentionally hurt them (given normal circumstances). they sleep in bed together. she licks them, they look disgusted, it's all good. yesterday she almost got a cat in the backyard. she took off after it and i know if she'd gotten it she would have killed it. she was 100% prey drive and she couldn't even hear me yelling for her. she got the cat cornered between a stack of boards and the fence and the cat ripped luce's face up pretty good (thankfully missing her eyes!!) before i could get her out of the woodpile. she was totally intent on eating that cat. i also can't let her off-leash in my parents' house because she goes insane wanting to get after my mom's cats. she's not playing there, either. i know it's not uncommon for a dog to be ok with "their" cats and not other cats, but why is that? be very careful, if your cats get outside, or smell funny, or do something unexpected, she may decide they're prey too. -kelly |
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On Sat, 9 Oct 2004 14:53:21 -0700, "culprit"
wrote: be very careful, if your cats get outside, or smell funny, or do something unexpected, she may decide they're prey too. I have a dalmatian who gets snarky with strange dogs. In all honesty, she feels mightily put upon to have even familiar dogs sharing the same world with her, but she gets along fine with the other dogs in the house because she knows she has to. At one point, I took in a rescue dog that had long hair that had become pretty matted. Diva got used to the dog and was okay with her being in the yard until I took her to the groomers and got her hair cut short rather than put her through hours of detangling. Diva acted like she'd never seen her before and was ready to chase her off like any strange dog. When she got close enough to sniff her butt, everything was fine, though. -- Paula "The smell of burning rubber chickens and singed roller-skating chimps will teach a man to hate." ---swt |
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On Sat, 9 Oct 2004 14:53:21 -0700, "culprit"
wrote: be very careful, if your cats get outside, or smell funny, or do something unexpected, she may decide they're prey too. I have a dalmatian who gets snarky with strange dogs. In all honesty, she feels mightily put upon to have even familiar dogs sharing the same world with her, but she gets along fine with the other dogs in the house because she knows she has to. At one point, I took in a rescue dog that had long hair that had become pretty matted. Diva got used to the dog and was okay with her being in the yard until I took her to the groomers and got her hair cut short rather than put her through hours of detangling. Diva acted like she'd never seen her before and was ready to chase her off like any strange dog. When she got close enough to sniff her butt, everything was fine, though. -- Paula "The smell of burning rubber chickens and singed roller-skating chimps will teach a man to hate." ---swt |
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