Kistler
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Hi, My neighbor has a new cat and a Yorkshire terrier that is a coupe of years old. The dog chews on the cat's head. This bothers me. Does it bother you?
I don't know what I can do about it; the neighbor is a single lady that lives two-doors down.
Being a cat lover  I would not allow this. Our car weighs about 12 lbs. and the dog about 5.5 lbs. The cat takes no prisoners
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Code2High
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A better question is, does it bother the cat? If it doesn't bother the cat, then I'd suggest you let it go. If it does, that might be another matter.
Still, keep in mind that in a family, what an outsider sees during a short visit may not be the whole picture. If the cat and dog get along reasonably well and the cat is not being terrorized, just annoyed, I wouldn't fuss... Adolescent animals are a pain in the rear, regardless of species, and the other animals in the house are apt to deal with a certain amount of irritation until the teenager grows up. That's just the way it is. A typical cat is more than a match for a typical Yorkie, so if the cat really gets tired of it, limits will be enforced even if the owner refuses to enforce them.
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Code2High wrote:A better question is, does it bother the cat? If it doesn't bother the cat, then I'd suggest you let it go.
Yep.
My former neighbor used to have a cat who would jump into our (fenced) back yard to play with my dogs. It was pretty routine for one of my dogs to have the cat's whole head in his mouth, but he never hurt his little buddy. And the cat obviously liked it, since he jumped in there voluntarily.
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If the cat really "takes no prisoners", I'd sit back and watch the show. There's nothing funnier than the worlds fastest cat slap to a dog that never even saw it coming.
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Kistler
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It is my 12 pound cat that "takes no prisoners". The neighbor's cat is about 8 mos. old and must weight about 1 pound.
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My mother-in-law has a miniature poodle and a long haired calico cat. The cat lays on her back and squalls at the top of her lungs while the dog grabs a mouthful of fur and drags the cat around the wood floor. The cat never swats the dog, and that is one tough cat.
Her other cat jumps up on the table and knocks a piece of string down to the floor. The dog drags the string around the floor while the cat pounces on the end of the string. The dog is watching back over his shoulder to be sure the cat is keeping up.
The Yorkie and the new cat are playing. If either didn't like it, they'd let everyone know.
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Kistler
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OK, I feel better. Guess I don't have enough to worry about. IF there were "murderous" behavior going on I don't know what I'd do about it.
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I agree that the cat would make it known if he didn't like it. Some cats' best friends are dogs. My coon cat used to sleep with our dogs and only drink out of their water dish. Our new dog didn't realize what a good friend she could have had and rubbed our coon cat the wrong way when she was introduced into the house. Now the cat will have nothing to do with the dog.
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Kistler
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My cat is The Prince He also drinks the dog's water. I thought is was because he needed a "taster" in case someone was going to poison him.
Good to know that another cat drinks out of the dog's water dish. I give my cat water in his own dish just in case but he never drinks it.
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Code2High
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A two year old Yorkie is NOT a match for an 8 month old cat. Trust me, if the cat didn't want its head chewed, it wouldn't get chewed... so yeah, you can relax.
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