We got a male Silkie a couple of years ago from a relative who wanted to get rid of him but didn't want to send him to the pound. No known behavioral issues, she had multiple animals and had to get rid of some of them. Anyway we hadn't had any animals since 2014 when our last animal passed away (a cat) so we agreed to take the dog in. When I say "we" I mean my wife agreed and I went along with it despite reservations.
We got a male Silkie a couple of years ago from a relative who wanted to get rid of him but didn't want to send him to the pound. No known behavioral issues, she had multiple animals and had to get rid of some of them. Anyway we hadn't had any animals since 2014 when our last animal passed away (a cat) so we agreed to take the dog in. When I say "we" I mean my wife agreed and I went along with it despite reservations. We've not had any behavioral issues from the dog until last October, when a cat was waiting at our back door when we got back from a trip. We think the cat was possibly abandoned by someone (we live in the country and some people go to a rural area to abandon animals) The cat definitely acts like it's used to being an indoor cat and around people, not a feral cat. We put up notices at the nearest stores, contacted the local shelter and animal control, etc. to try to find if anyone had lost a cat. He didn't have a collar, and eventually we decided that since he wouldn't leave anyway and was very friendly decided to keep him. We took him to the vet, the vet checked for a microchip (none) and except for being a little underweight was otherwise healthy. The cat is using a litter box, not scratching furniture, not marking territory and not running off for a female cat (he's been fixed) The cat is not the problem, which is why I'm posting this question in the dog forum.
The dog has no problem with the cat merely being in the house but is insanely jealous of the cat getting any attention from either one of us. If the dog is playing with my wife and the cat comes over to me, the dog will leave my wife to growl and bark at the cat. Same thing if I'm petting the dog and the cat is by my wife. He doesn't get up in the cat's face after the first time he tried that and the cat hit him, but he still barks and is clearly upset. If I yell loud enough at him to stop barking he then starts whining. The cat probably sleeps 20 hrs a day (sarcasm) and doesn't even try to get human attn. all the time when he is awake, but the few times he does try, if the dog see's it the dog can't stand it. If one of us is playing fetch with the dog and his ball, the cat doesn't seem to care, but if we throw the cat toy for the cat to fetch and the dog sees this the dog interferes or tries to. Sometimes if we're on the couch watching TV, if we pile stuff up high between us and the dog is with my wife or I, the other person can pet the cat without the dog seeing it and going crazy. We had hoped after 4 months the dog would get over it and it has gotten a little better, but the problem still exists. Anyone got any suggestions?
We got a male Silkie a couple of years ago from a relative who wanted to get rid of him but didn't want to send him to the pound. No known behavioral issues, she had multiple animals and had to get rid of some of them. Anyway we hadn't had any animals since 2014 when our last animal passed away (a cat) so we agreed to take the dog in. When I say "we" I mean my wife agreed and I went along with it despite reservations. We've not had any behavioral issues from the dog until last October, when a cat was waiting at our back door when we got back from a trip. We think the cat was possibly abandoned by someone (we live in the country and some people go to a rural area to abandon animals) The cat definitely acts like it's used to being an indoor cat and around people, not a feral cat. We put up notices at the nearest stores, contacted the local shelter and animal control, etc. to try to find if anyone had lost a cat. He didn't have a collar, and eventually we decided that since he wouldn't leave anyway and was very friendly decided to keep him. We took him to the vet, the vet checked for a microchip (none) and except for being a little underweight was otherwise healthy. The cat is using a litter box, not scratching furniture, not marking territory and not running off for a female cat (he's been fixed) The cat is not the problem, which is why I'm posting this question in the dog forum.
The dog has no problem with the cat merely being in the house but is insanely jealous of the cat getting any attention from either one of us. If the dog is playing with my wife and the cat comes over to me, the dog will leave my wife to growl and bark at the cat. Same thing if I'm petting the dog and the cat is by my wife. He doesn't get up in the cat's face after the first time he tried that and the cat hit him, but he still barks and is clearly upset. If I yell loud enough at him to stop barking he then starts whining. The cat probably sleeps 20 hrs a day (sarcasm) and doesn't even try to get human attn. all the time when he is awake, but the few times he does try, if the dog see's it the dog can't stand it. If one of us is playing fetch with the dog and his ball, the cat doesn't seem to care, but if we throw the cat toy for the cat to fetch and the dog sees this the dog interferes or tries to. Sometimes if we're on the couch watching TV, if we pile stuff up high between us and the dog is with my wife or I, the other person can pet the cat without the dog seeing it and going crazy. We had hoped after 4 months the dog would get over it and it has gotten a little better, but the problem still exists. Anyone got any suggestions?