Darrell
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We have recentley adopted a young cat.
Sadly tonight whilst my wife was putting out some leftover food for the dog, the little cat wanted to have some as well. Our 7 month old dog grabbed the cat in it's jaws and basically shook it to pieces. The cat died in front of us about 10 mins after.
The dog ( Dave ) is a cross between a German Shepherd and a Golden Retriever and as I mentioned before is 7 months old. He is quite well trained and loves to chase our cats around the garden ( we have a 4 year old cat as well ) nipping at them and generally pushing them about. Up until now they seemed to give as much as they got and appeared to put Dave in his place.
Both cats even slept on top of Dave during the night, to which he didn't seem to object. Sometimes the cats come in the house which we don't allow Dave to do.
We have a 5 year old daughter who loves to play with Dave and sometimes he will pull at her clothes when she tries to get into the car or is just playing in the garden. As soon as my wife or myself tell the dog to stop he obeys straight away.
The problem is that now that Dave has done this to the little cat, is there a chance that he may do it to the older cat or worse still try to attack my daughter. If she runs into the garden with a sandwich or some crisps could the dog lose it and go for her?.
When my daughter wakes up tommorow she will ask where the new cat is, this we can handle and at the moment Dave is attached to the fence with his lead. We told him off, eg "bad boy" etc etc. I really don't know what to do with him right this minute.
To help clarify anything, the dog had been fed about 1 hour before this happened and has been on a long walk and on the beach for around 3 hours today.
Thanks.
Darrell
Sadly tonight whilst my wife was putting out some leftover food for the dog, the little cat wanted to have some as well. Our 7 month old dog grabbed the cat in it's jaws and basically shook it to pieces. The cat died in front of us about 10 mins after.
The dog ( Dave ) is a cross between a German Shepherd and a Golden Retriever and as I mentioned before is 7 months old. He is quite well trained and loves to chase our cats around the garden ( we have a 4 year old cat as well ) nipping at them and generally pushing them about. Up until now they seemed to give as much as they got and appeared to put Dave in his place.
Both cats even slept on top of Dave during the night, to which he didn't seem to object. Sometimes the cats come in the house which we don't allow Dave to do.
We have a 5 year old daughter who loves to play with Dave and sometimes he will pull at her clothes when she tries to get into the car or is just playing in the garden. As soon as my wife or myself tell the dog to stop he obeys straight away.
The problem is that now that Dave has done this to the little cat, is there a chance that he may do it to the older cat or worse still try to attack my daughter. If she runs into the garden with a sandwich or some crisps could the dog lose it and go for her?.
When my daughter wakes up tommorow she will ask where the new cat is, this we can handle and at the moment Dave is attached to the fence with his lead. We told him off, eg "bad boy" etc etc. I really don't know what to do with him right this minute.
To help clarify anything, the dog had been fed about 1 hour before this happened and has been on a long walk and on the beach for around 3 hours today.
Thanks.
Darrell