Kitty's and Doodles....

Hello! I'm new to doodle kisses and I'm a proud new doodle owner! :) We just brought Sully home with us approx. 1 month ago. He is 1 year old, 65 lb goldendoodle and we absolutely love him! However, we do have one major issue with him. We also have a cat and unfortunately Sully is completely rude to her! Every time he sees the cat he barks and chases and goes ballistic to the point where she needs to hide from him. And he is completely obsessed with trying to find her. In order to keep the peace and to allow our poor cat an opportunity to come out of hiding, we have had to divide the house into "Sully zone" and "Sully free" zone. From all the signs we've seen, I don't feel that he wants to hurt the cat. They have had a couple of face to face greetings and it was alot of hissing and barking until we pulled Sully away so the cat could run. Within the month that we've had Sully, I am trying to make it so that he sees the cat atleast a couple of times a day, and I try to reward calm behavior around the cat.... but most of the time he goes into a frenzy! Any advice on how I should tackle this issue? Thanks in advance! :)

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Permalink Reply by Rosemary (Ro) and Enzo on January 13, 2014 at 3:51pm

Sounds like you have put a lot of time and effort into this! Hopefully, you will be rewarded! Enzo loses it when the cats run...it's that strong prey drive. Although, I am sure, she is playing and means no harm. We have to crack up when she takes off down a hallway chasing one cat and all of a sudden comes running back down the same hallway, being chased herself by another! I swear, they know how to intimidate her....which is good. She is in complete fear of 3 of them. And with good reason! ;)