I adopted a puppy and a week later took in a mother cat and her kittens. The puppy has grown up with them around, and has always been fine with them up till now. He's 6 months old, and is going through adolescence
There've been 2 incidents in the last 2 days that are worrying me. The first was when the dog was in his bed, feeling unwell (tummy upset). The kittens came up to him, as they have done a hundred times before, but he chased them - not playful as he sometimes does, he really went for them and was snarling and growling. I put it down to him feeling sick, but yesterday I was carrying a plate of food (meat) and one of the kittens ran up to my leg and the dog did the same aggressive chase - he was defending the food, which wasn't even his...
I've been watching them together since, and they're fine again, but I'm worried about when the next time will be. I want to nip this in the bud, does anyone know what I should be doing with the puppy to stop this?
There've been 2 incidents in the last 2 days that are worrying me. The first was when the dog was in his bed, feeling unwell (tummy upset). The kittens came up to him, as they have done a hundred times before, but he chased them - not playful as he sometimes does, he really went for them and was snarling and growling. I put it down to him feeling sick, but yesterday I was carrying a plate of food (meat) and one of the kittens ran up to my leg and the dog did the same aggressive chase - he was defending the food, which wasn't even his...
I've been watching them together since, and they're fine again, but I'm worried about when the next time will be. I want to nip this in the bud, does anyone know what I should be doing with the puppy to stop this?