MerryPoppins
<font color=coral>I posted around Woo Hooty time<b
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I have a neutered male cat named Cricket. He is three years old and a real sweetie. We think that he actually thinks he is a dog, since he is never around cats and he grew up with our dogs.
Here is the problem. He is larger than my smallest dog, Holly. She is very timid and shy while Cricket is outgoing (to say the least). They actually like each other a lot and sometimes even play together. BUT, Cricket loves to terrorize Holly at times. He hides and jumps out at her. He grabs her and rolls her over on the floor when she isn't expecting it. He knows the dogs ring a bell when they want to go out, so he rings it to make them come running and zap! He also knows that when we call them they will come, so he hides when we call them. He is just a devil.
I have a couple of water pistols. I've been using them to squirt him when he does this to her. It helps. He's even learned to react to "I'm getting the gun", but if I don't follow up with a squirt he goes right back to his old ways.
Sometimes Holly shakes when I ask her if she wants to go outside. She knows that if she comes to me he might jump her. Any other ideas of how I could discourage this behavior? I don't think he is trying to be mean. He does the same things to our other dog, but she just blows him off. If only Holly could learn to do that. Sigh.
Any ideas?
Here is the problem. He is larger than my smallest dog, Holly. She is very timid and shy while Cricket is outgoing (to say the least). They actually like each other a lot and sometimes even play together. BUT, Cricket loves to terrorize Holly at times. He hides and jumps out at her. He grabs her and rolls her over on the floor when she isn't expecting it. He knows the dogs ring a bell when they want to go out, so he rings it to make them come running and zap! He also knows that when we call them they will come, so he hides when we call them. He is just a devil.
I have a couple of water pistols. I've been using them to squirt him when he does this to her. It helps. He's even learned to react to "I'm getting the gun", but if I don't follow up with a squirt he goes right back to his old ways.
Sometimes Holly shakes when I ask her if she wants to go outside. She knows that if she comes to me he might jump her. Any other ideas of how I could discourage this behavior? I don't think he is trying to be mean. He does the same things to our other dog, but she just blows him off. If only Holly could learn to do that. Sigh.
Any ideas?