Battle continues between Corgi and cats, someone's going to lose an eye.....

Please help me save Ferris from certain insanity! Ferris, my 6yr. old Corgi girl, and I moved to NY 5 months ago. We live with my boyfriend and his two cats. To say they don't get along would be an understatement. Ferris is OBSESSED with the cats, especially the little one, Inko. She stalks them, chases them, barks and bites at them. Ferris literally shakes when she sees the cats. I'm very concerned that one (or both) of them is going to get hurt. We have tried the water bottle, giving her a squirt when the madness begins, but it has NEVER bothered her. Being put in the kitchen for a time out seems just fine with her. No amount of verbal correcting turns her attention. Ferris has always been a fun, funny, good little dog. She has always been treated with the utmost love and respect by myself and all who know her, I have never seen this side of her.She is well fed, walked and played with, so I would not think these are the issue. If anyone has ANY ideas on how to stop her from obsessing, please pass them along. No matter how off the wall, I'll give it a whirl. We're all at our wits end with this.....HELP!

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Permalink Reply by Amanda & Tuck on June 18, 2009 at 1:08pm

You have a good point about the body language - I watch them interact and see how they misinterpret each others intentions and it just makes the problem worse. I haven't had any luck either with disciplining the cat - they really are not easily trained. Usually Tucker isn't doing anything wrong - but I have started working on the leave it command this week. So far it works with his treats and his toys and I am trying to get him to listen the same when it comes to the cats. He just loves them though - my brothers old cat isn't bothered by dogs and Tucker just licks and grooms him so I know he doesn't want to hurt my cats. He just needs to give them space so they are comfortable - and then maybe they won't want to hurt him either! At least most of the time there is peace - they actually accepted the dog better than I thought they would. All three will be hanging in the living room at the same time quite often - just want to see a little more progress and no more hissing/swatting.