That is not as easy as it sounds. Some cats just don't take to dogs, especially teeny bouncy ones. I think she found a good temp solution Sheila
_____ From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Melanie Ayers Sent: Thursday, March 01, 2007 12:58 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Chihuahuas] Concerned /13 wk male This is not teaching your puppy how to behave. It's just like those human parents who give the already heavy child sweet snacks just to keep them out of their way. Teach your puppy how to act with the cats. Not how to stay out of their way. shane fox wrote: > Hi Melissa (and all), > > I just joined the group. My name is Shane and I have a 14wk old chi too. > She's a Toy at about 3 lbs. I also have 5 cats. When I first got her a > couple of weeks ago, she was chasing after the cats. They were all quite > p.o.'d with her (and me). I then found some urine "spray" on a wall - > which > indicated to me that one of the cats was really mad about our new > addition, > so what I did was give her her own little corner in my apartment, > where when > I am home, she is on a 5 foot leash that is attached to something so > she has > a 5 foot parameter of space to romp around, play with her toys, wee > and poo > on her wee pad and go into her crate which is near by. This way, the cats > have the rest of the house to relax and not "deal" with her puppy > behavior, > and she can have her space to do her own thing. Since I've been doing > this, > my cat's have not sprayed, so I know they are feeling better about her > presence. The cats can still approach her when they want, but she cannot > approach them out of her parameter. This really works well... Try it. No > need to give the puppy away. > > Shane > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:Chihuahuas%40yahoogroups.com> ups.com <mailto:Chihuahuas%40yahoogroups.com> > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:Chihuahuas%40yahoogroups.com> ups.com > <mailto:Chihuahuas%40yahoogroups.com>] On > Behalf Of Melissa > Sent: Wednesday, February 28, 2007 8:17 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:Chihuahuas%40yahoogroups.com> ups.com <mailto:Chihuahuas%40yahoogroups.com> > Subject: [Chihuahuas] Concerned > > We have a 13 week old male and he is very aggressive. We also have > cats and > tonight he got too rough and was pulling fur out of one of the cats > and she > was limping for a minute but stopped. She (she) snuggled up next to my > husband to get away from him. Is there anything we can do? We really don't > want to find him a new home. >
