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My heart is breaking...
14 years ago
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We took my 10 year old rat terrier from my parents because he has issues.... I've had him for two weeks now. He was doing great until he met our friend's cat. He was traumatized by a cat when he was a puppy and hates them. He didn't attack her but he barks and wines. In a 10 minute encounter he spent 6 or 7 hours barking and whimpering because he thought the cat hurt me my mate his brother and our friend who all live in our friends house now. It is his cat, she's very social but because of my dog she's confined to the upstairs while everyone else is downstairs. I called my mom to see if she would mind taking him back but they are in an even tighter spot and already might have to move from their house and get rid of their other dog...
I love Patch soo soo much... I picked him from the shelter I gave him his name...He's my dog... my puppy... and unless a miracle happens I'll have to send him to a shelter which will put him down... He doesn't like men, and he howl barks a lot. He hates cats. I just... I don't know what to do.. he only has a few years left and I wanted to give him the best... spoil him with good dog food and treats and walks and toys.. and now.. I'm losing him...
I just don't know what to do....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=spGpcLgBqFk
We took my 10 year old rat terrier from my parents because he has issues.... I've had him for two weeks now. He was doing great until he met our friend's cat. He was traumatized by a cat when he was a puppy and hates them. He didn't attack her but he barks and wines. In a 10 minute encounter he spent 6 or 7 hours barking and whimpering because he thought the cat hurt me my mate his brother and our friend who all live in our friends house now. It is his cat, she's very social but because of my dog she's confined to the upstairs while everyone else is downstairs. I called my mom to see if she would mind taking him back but they are in an even tighter spot and already might have to move from their house and get rid of their other dog...
I love Patch soo soo much... I picked him from the shelter I gave him his name...He's my dog... my puppy... and unless a miracle happens I'll have to send him to a shelter which will put him down... He doesn't like men, and he howl barks a lot. He hates cats. I just... I don't know what to do.. he only has a few years left and I wanted to give him the best... spoil him with good dog food and treats and walks and toys.. and now.. I'm losing him...
I just don't know what to do....
Xylophagous
~xylophagous
You would have to try very hard to train this out of him, but if he means so much it might be worth a shot. You need to desensitize him towards the cat. I'm not a trainer so I might not have professional advice but what I think would help is slowly introducing them nad giving him treats when he is calm. Like maybe start working with him on sits, lay downs, stays and such (if he knows them) and then have someone carry the cat into the same room but far away, keep working with him, try to get him to focus on you and keep calm. If he freaks out try to get in control of him by giving commands and making him follow through with them (tell him to sit and if he is too wound up, push him into a sit then treat). It harder when its an older problem vs training a puppy obviously. But just try to give him treats any time he is around the cat and behaving. If he is too uncontrollable next to the cat you might have to just get your dogs focus (no commands just a check in from your dog ) and give a treat. Obviously the more he is around the cat and gets treats the more he will associate the cat with getting attention and treats.
Emma_Light_Heart
~emmalightheart
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I'll have to give that a try.. but he's a very old dog and I just don't know if he'll be able to shake this behavior.... But thank you for the idea I'll be sure to at least try.
