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Skriven 2010-05-28 12:29:52 av Nancy Backus (1:261/1381.0)
  Kommentar till text 38284 av Janis Kracht (1:261/38)
Ärende: Re: stuff 056
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-=> Quoting Janis Kracht to Nancy Backus on 26 May 10  08:56:40 <=-

 >> It definitely seems to be related to "cat running".. if the cat takes
 >> off, the puppies think it's a great game, and get in on the chase :(
 >> Several scoldings going on over that, you can be sure!
 > Hmmm....  teach the kitties to stop, turn around and swat, if the
 > puppies start after them?  ;)

 JK> I've tried that.  Some of them do it -the heftier ones (grin).. Lulu
 JK> and Lizzy do it.. Lola and Leo don't.  It's Leo I feel bad about,
 JK> because he's such a sweetie and is so used to sleeping all over Toby..
 JK> At night, when everyone's sleeping there's no trouble though, so
 JK> that's good. 

Maybe Lola and Leo don't really mind the chase that much?  The other
alternative could be to teach the kitties to just veer off to somewhere
safe if the "game" is too much...  They usually figure that one out on
their own, but it might not hurt to reinforce it... ;)

 >> Yep, that's just what I did.  I left one cat box in the dining room
 >> where the 4 had been.  So far so good :)
 > Maybe you could train the puppies to use it in bad weather too...?  ;)

 JK> hahahahahaha I don't think so.  They are more apt to um.... try to
 JK> 'help' me by cleaning it out (Yuck!)  I just try to keep them away
 JK> from it :) 

Hmmm...  ok, maybe that wouldn't work after all..  ;)

ttyl      neb

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