🚀 go-pugleaf

                                           Brisbane, Qld.
Hi:



   Two months ago I brought home an 18 month old golden retriever to
replace a dog that had died, as my other dog had lost interest in
everything after losing his old friend and laid around all day
sleeping,and only getting up to eat, (which he still does with great
enthusiasm!)

   OK, so far so good! The dogs now play together and old Sam gets a
bit more out of life than he used to, but; the new dog's first order
of business on arriving here was to chase the cat 20 feet up a tree!

   Fair enough!  That would be fairly typical dog/cat behavior except
that now, two months down the track, he still seems to think that she
is
some sort of exotic food, and spends much of his time looking for her!
I've had to install a new cat door in the window over the freezer so
she can come in and out of the house to be fed up on the freezer,
without putting herself in peril of being sampled by the new dog!
I've started calling the cat PIZZA!

    He is not showing any obvious aggression towards her but his
interest in her could only be described as INTENSE, and knowing how
fast a dog can move in attacking, I don't want her to lose her head in
trying to get them more used to each other.

   He has adjusted to my donkey quite well, and treats her as a
non-event most of the time and even threatens her if he thinks she
might steal his bone 8-), but his fascination with the pussycat
remains as strong as ever!

   He is a 'chaser' and will chase cars, or the donkey if it runs and
I'm certain that the cat would be chased if she decided to run
anywhere if he was in range!

   I had expected that we would have a period of adjustment when I
brought him home, but two months seems like a long enough time to get
used to anything!

   Any suggestions?



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