Shelties and cats

skstylez said:
yeah, he settled extra well. It only took a few hours and he knew he was living here! There is a lot of cleaning up but now we learned his pooping/peeing pattern (still going to be some accidents!) The only thing we are trying to do is get our cat to open up to him, sometimes she hunches her back when i try to take toby near, Tried a lot of methods. Carried the crate, held toby, used a leash, i am not concerned for the cat toby is very friendly, but i am concerned for the dog plus it stresses our cat out (she hunches her back and shows fangs sometimes, something i haven't seen in a while :P) But we did carry toby right over her head once and she didn't even move a muscle! Any suggestions? Our cat has her claws trimmed but my folks still think it's too dangerous to let em make first contact
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How long have you had Toby now? I know that my cat hated Bentley when we first brought him home. It took about a week and now they're best friends. At first, I wouldn't force too much interaction. Just give treats to both if they get close so they know it's positive.
 
Oh, Toby is beautiful! Meggie was 15 weeks when I got her as well. She was so easy to train. I always attribute that to the fact that she was a little bit older.

When I brought Meggie home I had an 11 year old cat. I wouldn't say they were ever friends, but they always got along well. Being a puppy, Meggie would push her luck sometimes, but Panda obviously knew she was a pup and was more tolerant than I ever could have imagined. He did let her know when enough was enough, but was never agressive with her.

One thing I did was at night I would put Meggie in her crate around 9:00 pm for the night. Panda and I would stay up till about 11:00, so we always had a couple of hours where it was just him and I. He took advantage and sat with me on the couch in peace!
 
corbinam said:
How long have you had Toby now? I know that my cat hated Bentley when we first brought him home. It took about a week and now they're best friends. At first, I wouldn't force too much interaction. Just give treats to both if they get close so they know it's positive.
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see, we are not forcing interaction or anything. Right now we are FORBIDDING natural interaction, we are trying some ways to control it and seperating them after. If we did not hold/leash/crate toby and try to have them interact, toby would just run right near our cat without a second thought. We are just scared that our cat will be extremely violent and stress her out (she had her surgery she is still recovering, oh btw we did remove the cone after just 1 night)
 
skstylez said:
see, we are not forcing interaction or anything. Right now we are FORBIDDING natural interaction, we are trying some ways to control it and seperating them after. If we did not hold/leash/crate toby and try to have them interact, toby would just run right near our cat without a second thought. We are just scared that our cat will be extremely violent and stress her out (she had her surgery she is still recovering, oh btw we did remove the cone after just 1 night)
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uhm.. might be all it takes is to let them meet... depending on your Cat...
My boy kitteh went over, sniffed then smacked Toffee on the nose (no claws) and he NEVER once ran away from the dog... so Toffee never learned to chase him..

I would leave Toby on lead, and let cat investigate if she is brave! They WILL have to meet, in my opinion... make sure it is on YOUR terms before it is on theirs ;)
 
Just make sure your cat has somewhere to escape to - her own little place. If she has a bed she uses regularly then perhaps put a blanket of toby's in her bed (or even get Toby to sit in it for a while (without peeing) so she can get used to his smell. Its better if she can go up to Toby in her own time and when she is ready. But its good to keep Toby away from chasing her - do you have a play pen for him or something you can do a makeshift playpen. Then you can keep him contained and the cat can decide if she wants to go near him.
 
*Caro said:
Just make sure your cat has somewhere to escape to - her own little place. If she has a bed she uses regularly then perhaps put a blanket of toby's in her bed (or even get Toby to sit in it for a while (without peeing) so she can get used to his smell. Its better if she can go up to Toby in her own time and when she is ready. But its good to keep Toby away from chasing her - do you have a play pen for him or something you can do a makeshift playpen. Then you can keep him contained and the cat can decide if she wants to go near him.
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the prob is when he is contained my cat sometimes wants to peak, but Toby wants to say hi and barks/growls (being fenced my cat probably sees that as a threat). Holding our cat will only irritate her more and she is very hard to tie down, so to speak. Im going to just go for it today and try to carry Toby and lay him down beside her, see how far they go before the first swipe is flung (which will no doubt be from the cat, but we shall try)
 
OK, it's official - I DO NOT like stray cats. I could hear Emma barking tonight and went to see what was wrong as she doesn't bark like she was. When I opened the door, she was in a corner of the deck and a large black stray cat was standing on the deck. I have no idea who's it was. I had to chase it down the yard before it would leave. I wish people would not let their cats roam.
 
I honestly do not push the issue here with Bumper,meeting new dogs.Her decision to make herself present I leave to her.With her being blind,she found her own way to introduce herself to Trapp & Jasper.

She has never even once lashed at these two puppies.she does know the house,probably better than all the 3 dogs.So she is capable to getting herself to high ground when its needed for her comfort zone.

I say,just let them be.One day,it will happen on thier terms.And be the best of friends.Bumper is often found on our bed,and Trapp has been her bed buddy for months now.They look forward to the time together.I think he truely senses that she is blind,and shes harmless.Yes she has claws,and I'm sure he knows it~
 
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