Aggressiveness toward my cat.

[Shadowlands]

Originally Posted by yukidomari

my male (now a little over two) now can do 'leave its' to cats we see while walking, but if i don't 'warn' him to leave it, he will still bolt after them..

We have the same situation with ours

Originally Posted by yukidomari

- Vlcak learns to leave cat alone
- Vlcak learns to be gentle and play to the cat's level
- Vlcak likes to 'play' with the cat (bully it, mostly) with the opportunity rises, but wouldn't seriously hurt it otherwise (sort of like living with a small breed dog and a vlcak)
- It's not safe to keep Vlcak around cat, they must be separated.

Our airedale is definitely a level 3, so whenever she sees the cat first, BJ (virtually 1 year old vlciak) is the same. On his own though he is very gentle towards the cat (who still can't quite work out how to react ). I find if I remain completely calm during their interactions, BJ and the cat will too - any raising of my voice or change in my movements can escalate the excitement level to being a level 3

Originally Posted by tupacs2legs

Hmm, if you have to physically seperate them and the cat is not injured I don't think the dog wants to hurt the cat(I'm not saying the behaviour is a desired one) but think about it.....the cat would be long dead!

I have to agree here