My parents recently adopted a shitbull and it chases my cat and scares her, she spends all day hiding upstairs not chilling with me anymore.
I hate this dog, but I'm not a killer, can I train this out of her? Or should I just leave it in its crate and enjoy the time when they aren't home?
>lol just kill the dog
Wtf is wrong with you jeffrey dahmer motherfuckers on here?
It's not a dog, it's a pitbull.
Get you cat out of there bro. You know the drill.
How old is the dog? If it's a puppy you can pretty easily train it out of this behavior just by clearly showing your disapproval whenever it does this. What I do it I just grab their collar and put them in a submissive position and tell them (in a steady voice) "no, you stop that, do not bother the cats" while maintaining eye contact, but I don't know how big you or the dog are. Another thing I would do is generally spend a lot of time with the dog so you can instantly step in and negatively reinforce aggressive behavior, but if you don't have a good relationship with the dog in the first place it's consequently harder to train it.
Unfortunately, because your cat doesn't like the dog it's hard to show it good behavior by petting them both together and reaffirming good behavior.
I think your best shot is to ask your parents to step in and do a better job training their dog.
Just noticed the cage thing. Does the dog react to the cat when it walks past the cage? Negatively reinforce that behavior (I've never used a spray bottle myself, but I've heard that's the tool to use). You can positively reinforce good behavior by giving it treats when it's calm towards the cat.
>clearly showing your disapproval whenever it does this. What I do it I just grab their collar and put them in a submissive position and tell them (in a steady voice) "no, you stop that, do not bother the cats"
Second this. It will need to be as constant as possible, though. Watch the dog. Even the hint of predatory/chasing desire and you subdue the dog. Get it to understand that you KNOW when it is just THINKING of the cat, and you won't have it.
So the dog is pretty good with me, I enforce rules and give lots of treats, she likes me, and has good manners with me which makes me feel really conflicted about her. So if I'm there to say "leave it" she will, but then she goes right back to the cat, she starts by watching the cat, and then she will slowly approach, then sniff the cat and when the cat runs the chase is on. So obviously I try to catch her early in the cycle.
When she looks at, stalks, or sniffs the cat she gets a stern leave it. If she chases the cat it's timeout (3-5 mins.) If I'm busy with something, and she chases the cat, when I come back she walks herself to timeout, so she knows she shouldn't be doing it, but if she thinks she can get away with it she will.
So the issue is that I can't always be there, and my paren't don't give treats or timeouts, they just kinda shout from the couch, as a result the dog jumps all over them, even takles them, nips them, tears through the house and so on. She's like a different dog. "Eh the kitten has claws, the dog will learn" but my cat doesn't, she just hides.
When my wife got our pitbull as a puppy, everyone in her life that owns pitbulls told her whenever the dog expresses any sort of aggressive behavior to hit him on the snout hard enough to make him yelp. It worked, he isnt remotely aggressive toward anything he was exposed to as a puppy to have a pattern of behavior. I know everyone thinks this is terrible abuse nowadays but it's best not to risk it. You'll have to talk to your mom and make it clear what's needed. If the dog bothers the cat, smack him on the snout with an adequately hard object. I prefer a paper towell holder on the harder end of the spectrum.
Sounds to me like 3-5 minutes timeout isn't enough to discourage her. I can't endorse the snout smacking (never done it myself, maybe it works great), but I think that she's just deciding that a minute of chasing the cat is worth a few minutes in the cage. The angry, sustained eye-contact has been pretty effective for me combined with a long (30 minutes) timeout.
As William S. Burroughs said, "Dogs are the only animals other than Man with a knowledge of right and wrong. So Fluffy knows what to expect when he is dragged whimpering from under the bed where he cowers. He realizes the full extent of his trespass. No other animal would make the connection . Dogs are the only self-righteous animal." They need time to feel shamed and excluded for the lesson to stick.
those vids are so based. I'm gonna watch one now.
It was a shitbrain move to bring a terrier into a home with a cat.
OP just "accidentally" leave a pack of sugar-free gum out where the shitbull can get into it. Problem solved.
You have two options.
>Move out. Bring the cat with you.
>Kill the shitbull before it kills your cat.
What's it gonna be?
Why aren't you disciplining the dog to cut it the fuck out?
Get your cat and hold them near your dog while someone holds the dog. That way they can interact with each other. After a while they will sleep next to each other. Sure they might fight here and there, but that’s normal.
None of that happened.
>shitbul
fuck terriers in general
Stfu bigot
get a pet gate and keep them separated
if you want tips on how to get them to like each other just use google
Unfortunately there is no cure for a shitbull's temperament. The best I can tell you is they make peanut butter flavored rat poison.
This unironically isn't even a breed problem. Generally it's better to raise a dog around cats if you're going ot have them together or to have a dog that is okay with cats as the natural leader over your new dog.
Ultimately here the biggest fucking problem is people getting pets without putting enough thought into it.
>Upend the natural order bro
>Deprive the dog of its purpose (eliminating pest animals)
You can't have a pest as a pet while having an animal bred to be pest control.
>ugh, just let my sweet baby murder whatever he wants whats the big deal!
least deranged pit mommy
>Murder
It's literally vermin, you retarded vegan. Would you say the same about a cat killing a rat? It's the same thing.
Or get the hint and move out. They are no longer accomodating your autistic sissy preferences. You have vermin as a pet. They just got a dog that was originally bred to kill vermin.
It will kill your cat, and you will be told to leave or sit here and suffer because they no longer want you
If you kill the dog, they will kick you out, straight to jail for 24 months for felony animal cruelty, and never take you back
Your parents plan is obvious. They are tired of you and your cat. They do not respect you. They expect you to leave.
Based. Swap species and the issue is always apparent
“My parents just got a jaguar and it wants to kill my dog”
Maybe they don’t like your dog.
Are you implying the jaguar parents are the sane ones in this example?
Is this bait? I have a good relationship with my parents, a job, and a clear plan to move out, I don't spend my money, and I feed myself + keep the house clean, and am generally helpful. I'm just taking up one of their 5 guest rooms.
I already said I'm not killing the dog, I knew you freaks would suggest it. I just want her to leave my cat the fuck alone, there have been gates set up since the OP. Since then, the dog has peed inside twice, so that is proving less than ideal, but my cat is out playing with me again.
This is my mom's 4th pitbull, the other 3 went back to the shelters, she just thinks they're cute, and tells herself each one will be different, idk. This is the first one she got as a puppy, now she's 5 months old, she's a sweet girl to me, I feel really guilty for hating her, but obviously I love my cat and want her to be comfortable in the house, and don't want to have to follow her around all day as security.
Oh so they’re just incompetent
Move out anyways. I have dogs specifically for cat repellent.
Oh sweetie i'm so sorry dear Monnie escaped from his enclosure and fucking eviscerated your dog, maybe it shouldn't have looked so much like a pest
>My ___ escaped
If YOUR animal is on MY FUCKING PROPERTY, it is the pest. Period. I don't see species beyond disposal concerns.
Dog on my property? Unless it looks like its worth money, is wearing a GPS collar, and is too big to dispose of, i kill it.
Cat? Dead.
Rat? Dead.
Lizard? Dead.
Bird? Dead.
I have killed ~80 dogs in the past 5 years. All of them were pitbulls. My dogs have killed triple digits in cats and other small vermin. Rural life.
This is your wife's monitor lizard. You love her. She will get rid of you before she gets rid of Monnie, and she has the means to pack up and leave.
No one is stupid enough to marry a reptile fag except another reptile fag. They're all freaks who refuse to accept the natural order, ie: serial killers, trannies, homos, and cuckolds.
>guy who supports the 40,000 year long campaign to turn wolves into obedient organic machines
>yapping about the natural order
kek
>fedora tipper tries to sound smart, fails
meant for
You're shooting at stray animals and pets of of betas that are too conflict averse to press charges. Killing someone else's pet even if it's on your property is animal cruelty and punishable by up to 7 years. Obviously you're larping so it doesn't matter.
No it’s actually not
Neither is a dog killing a trespassing cat or a tiger killing a trespassing dog
Ok idc if you like being an incorrect larper as well.
Even in Texas the pet would have to pose a threat, which a house cat does not.
I am an anthropomorphic mouse, like Stuart Little from the 2002 film, Stuart Little 2. You wanna tell me that the cat didn't pose a threat?
>Featured snippet
Nta, but you know nothing. Zero research or experience. Round file post.
more research than the other guy did
the natural order bro
Yeah it's called having a pet, retard.
Cats are the natural prey of basically every canine. The only dogs that won’t ever hurt them are too dumb or small/deformed to hunt for their own food.
Think of it like those people who think their cat is socialized with their parakeet.
But it's natural for them to pee inside, or chew shoes and she doesn't do that, is it really a lost cause? Do I just need to lock her up until I move out "probably 4-5 months away."
>I'm not smart enough to train a dog: the post
It's not my dog, nor did I want a dog, why should I be expected to just know how to train someone else's animal???404sy
Training an animal not to eat its natural prey isn’t going to ever work 100%.
If you're dealing with high prey drive breeds like terriers (which pitbulls are) or sighthounds yeah. But breeds that have had the prey drive bred out are almost always very easily trained to live with cats. I've kept terriers with cats for decades as well so its not like its impossible on that front just takes careful training. Much easier if they're socialized from a young age.
A swat on the nose is the best way for them to learn to leave the cat the fuck alone but only if they get the swat before they're big enough to realize they could just kill the thing.
As to OP question, pitbulls are at the intersection of high prey drive and and singlemindedness. They are by FAR the most dangerous breed (or family of breeds for pitnaggers who want to go UM ACKSHULLY) for cats or any other small animals in your household including toddlers. No training is a guarantee especially if it wasn't done during puppyhood. Your parents are careless idiots for doing this when a cat already lived in the house and I suggest trying to find a new living situation for you and/or your cat if you're not willing to do the needful and kill that subcanine.
Terriers and cats are extremely similar as terriers are the most cat like breed group. You’ll find that sight hounds are a bigger issue than terriers. Anyway they have the same prey (mice and rats) so you don’t see them killing each other.
True of small terriers but I always keep Airedales which are 50 to 80lb dogs. Bigger than pitbulls but they have a more well rounded working mentality. But without being properly socialized they will absolutely chase and potentially kill cats.
It will with exposure as an infant.
None of my half dozen dogs ever messed with my cat during her 20 years.
Granted, the dogs were all herders. And the last puppy did have too much energy giving her kisses.
But my cat would just cuddle up to the dogs.
I miss her......