How To Prevent Your Dog From Chasing Your Cat
Is your brand-new puppy growing up now and realizing how much fun it is to chase your cat
? Many people who have a cat will eventually get a new puppy. Although in the beginning, the new puppy is fun and adorable, many of them grow up to be cat chasers.When this happens chaos often fills the household. It is a dogs natural instinct to chase things in your house cat often becomes the target. Usually, no amount of yelling and scolding will stop the behavior. You may be ill to curb it when you are present and able to stop it at that point, but as soon as you leave the room or the house the chasing begins.
Depending on the breed of the dog, this obnoxious behavior of the puppy can be extremely hard to stop. One of the best ways is also one of the most controversial ways. Although many cats will stand up for themselves and fight the dog and teach him or her a lesson they sometimes will ever forget, many will not and resolve to running and hiding from the dog.
This controversial method we speak of is using a shock collar. These electronic collars are controlled by remote control while the receiving unit fits around the dog's neck with two electrodes touching the dogs skin. The remote control device can be set to send shocks of varying degrees. The idea is not to actually hurt the dog. The color should only be used to get the dogs attention in as severe of possible way without actually hurting them. We never want to shock the dog to the point that he or she yelps; that is simply too strong of shock.
Depending upon the breed of the dog, how heavy his or her coat is, in the pain tolerance of the individual puppy, different settings may be required for different dogs. If in the learning process the dog does yelp once or twice upon raising the settings, it won't be the end of the world. Simply adjust the setting down to minimize the shock.
Once the specific level is found for your puppy simply attach the caller and allow the dog to interact with the cat. When you see the chase beginning to start, even before it begins actually, zap the dog once with a remote control. This should get his attention away from the cat and calm him or her down. This must be repeated over and over every time the chase is about to begin. Do this only for a few hours the first day. And then the next day put the collar back on and repeat the process again. Eventually the pets will learn that his thoughts of chasing the cat always end up with a small amount of pain around his neck.
You may be wondering what happens when the caller is not on the dog. If the dog associates the pain with the caller, there are what are called dummy collars which can be purchased which mimics the feel of the real caller. This can take the dog out in believing that he is wearing the caller that offers the pain. But ideally, the goal is to teach the dog that the mere thought of chasing the cat is what causes the pain.
Unless your dog is particularly stubborn, usually the cat chasing can be stopped within a matter of days or weeks. Although it may end temporarily, the dog would usually revert back to his old ways in a few days without experiencing any shocks. For this reason, it will be necessary to repeat this process numerous times in the coming months.
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