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My Siamese Cat Likes To Bite When Playing Or Trying To Get Attention, How Teach Him To Stop?
Posted on February 8th, 2010 8 commentsI wouldn’t suggest hitting them. Their bones are fragile. Everytime he does this put him down and don’t play with him. When he comes back to play ignore him. He will soon learn that he needs to quit biting.
He also may not realize how hard he is biting. He just wants to play so he’s getting excited.Siamese Cats Attention, Bite, Likes, Playing, Siamese Cats, Stop, Teach, Trying, When -
My Dog Keeps Playing With The Cat – The Cat Is Very Tolerant But We Don’t Want Things To Go Too Far?
Posted on November 25th, 2009 5 commentsWe have 3 cats and a 4 month old Bichon Frise. Two of the cats want nothing to do with the dog and just stay out of the way, swat him if he tries to come near them. The other cat is a Ragdoll who has a high tolerance for pain and doesn’t react to much (she hates being brushed but I can grab her by the scruff and brush her without more than a scratch or two). The puppy loves charging at her, climbing on her etc which she doesn’t seem to either love or hate. He does start to go too far and start mouthing her, snapping at her, trying to bite her ears or grab her side if she squirms away which is all clearly not ok.
He likes to cut her off if she tries to escape and overall treats her the same way he would another puppy.
My husband and I disagree with how to best address this. He thinks the dog should not be allowed to interact at all with the cat. I think that we should wait until she protests his behavior, then back her up and reprimand/correct him.
I don’t think its prey drive – just playfulness and him not knowing when enough is enough. I don’t want to separate them and have the dog not ever know how to interact with the cat. His puppy exuberance makes it easy for him to get overexcited while playing but I know if he can learn how to get along well with the cat now, the better it will be.
Any links or knowledge or the breed that will help us decide the best way to correct this situation? I’m really looking for some backup for my point of view but will listen to sound advice that supports my husband as long as the the breed of the dog is taken into consideration (a Bichon does not have the same aggression/prey drive of a hunting breed).