Re: [pyrnet] Pyr won't let cats eat

[Jack & Charlotte Perry <pyreau@erols.com>]

My Pyrs have always been very tolerant of cats, kids and all small animals,
but I have heard of a couple of "cat killer" Pyrs.  If I were you, I would
make every effort to show your dog that growling and chasing cats is not
acceptable behavior. Usually, once a Pyr understands that the cat is "one of
the family" they learn to get along.  My Pyrs even adopt wild barn cats that
we can't get near.
Charlotte

llamamama wrote:

> It was subtle at first.  The 50lb puppy would  go berserk when I fed the
> cats on the counter, barking and jumping up.  He graduated to chasing
> the cats  when I was giving the dogs treats.    It's gotten worse.
> I taught him right away to sit patiently while I give the toy poodle the
> treat first, then he gets his.  Now, if he even see's a cat 30 feet away
> he goes after them.  Yesterday, growling, he caught one.  I got there
> about the same time and pulled him off.  The cat was covered in saliva.
> He sounds and looks deadly serious.
> With an eerie look in his eyes,  he keeps looking nervously at whatever
> cat is around.  He looks at me, then the cat, back and forth and back
> and forth.  Each time he looks at the cat I tell him no, for all the
> good it does.  He then charges the cat growling.  Where on earth is this
> behaviour coming from?  The cats don't even want what he's getting and
> he normally likes the cats.  He never tries to take from or snap at the
> toy poodle.  Can anybody give me some insight into this?  Is this
> "normal" behaviour or have I got a serious problem child?
> I had a doberman before who wouldn't dream of hurting a cat or anything
> else.  A cat could stick her face in her food, even raw meat, and she
> learned the only thing to do was eat faster. Thank you, Inga
>
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