Comments on: How do you keep a cat from attacking a puppy?

By: nikki_06au

nikki_06au — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 01:10:31 +0000

When the cat starts being rough with the dog, tell it NO! and take it away, and put it in a crate or room alone with food, water and litter. Give it time out!

By: Andy P

Andy P — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 11:36:38 +0000

Get rid of the cat, keep the dog.

By: Moma Dancer

Moma Dancer — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 02:58:50 +0000

The only thing I know to do to cure this (and it works - seen this scenario 3 times in my life.) to do nothing. Let them work it out. If the puppy gets scratched the puppy will get to a point where she’s had enough and strike back. The ‘little growl’ becomes a pinning to the floor and a mean growl to let the cat know he can’t do that anymore. The cat then has learned it’s limits just like it would with members of it’s own litter. The cat is probably kindly letting the dog know “Hey, I was here first. This is my house and you need to learn who runs the roost.” Setting the limits for the dog. It is true there may be blood shed but it won’t go on forever don’t worry. They are animals you can’t reason with them but they will know when enough is enough.

By: chang z

chang z — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 23:50:09 +0000

thats normal, just let them fight it out. The cat cant do to much damage without its front claws. Eventually they will outgrow it

By: my_zander

my_zander — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 20:19:33 +0000

as the puppy get older it should be okay. I have a small dog and a cat and they go at it like that too. The cat will get on top of the dog and the dog will bark and chase after her. They do it all the time.

By: Sam

Sam — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 21:53:05 +0000

Spray it with water every time it does. And, it is not typically since normally there would be a mother dog to scare the cat away.