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girlsknowbest in catfu_dogfu

Dogs with high prey drives...

Jan 02, 2010 19:54

It's me again...

Okay, I'm trying to think of a way to phrase this as a debate but honestly, this is the most active pet community on LJ right now and I got some excellent advice on my last post.

We start training on 1/10 and I did verify that it was positive reinforcement (thanks to what y'all taught me here).

Anyway, I am still struggling to get my ( Read more... )

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breakableheart January 3 2010, 02:04:53 UTC

How old is your dog?

girlsknowbest January 3 2010, 02:47:08 UTC

not sure where my original comment went off to, but she is about 2.

breakableheart January 3 2010, 03:04:52 UTC

You might (or might not) enjoy the book "Animals In Translation" by Temple Grandin. I'm not totally convinced she is the know all and be all of animal behavior, but she offers some pretty compelling discussion of instinctive behavior and trainablility.

audacian January 3 2010, 02:08:53 UTC

My dog is exactly the same way - huge, huge prey drive and loves to chase my cats. What has worked for us is redirection - as soon as she goes for one of the cats, we say NO! really loud and then when she runs to us we treat her ( ... )

girlsknowbest January 3 2010, 02:23:05 UTC

we have been giving our cat the guest room ( ... )

amazonvera January 3 2010, 02:21:10 UTC

I think it's possible for some dogs to truly just not be okay with cats ever, no matter what you do, but I think those dogs are rare.

girlsknowbest January 3 2010, 02:30:50 UTC

Can you look into the soul of my dog and tell me if you think she has any hope:

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thexphial January 3 2010, 03:21:06 UTC

Aww, she is adorable. She looks really high energy, too.

girlsknowbest January 3 2010, 03:29:45 UTC

She is when she is outside, no doubt. Inside she is perfect. She just chills and just wants to cuddle. Well, except for when we come home from being out...she is super excited for a few minutes there.

She is great with my kids, no complaints on anything except her outside-wanting-the-cats-or-to-run-like-the-wind behavior.

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thexphial January 3 2010, 03:19:06 UTC

My mother had a dachshund who had a very high prey drive, she would bark at and chase EVERYTHING. She adjusted to the cat, but it took several weeks of the cat bopping her nose and climbing way up out of reach. Those were some stressful weeks, but training the dog helped a lot, as did the cat scratching her a few times. I know it's possible for most dogs to learn to deal with at least family cats, the dachshund still went after strange cats.

faceless_bride January 3 2010, 04:15:04 UTC

More anecdata, but our dog was adopted from a shelter when he was two. They said that he had been brought in because his previous owner couldn't get him to get along with an existing dog in the household ( ... )