First day home with my puppy and I already probably established a fear imprint! I feel like such a bad dog owner!
I have 4 cats (as my usernames says- I made it specifically to seek help for this)
My 8 week old puppy walked up to the biggest meanest cat we have (who has always hated dogs) earlier, and I wasn't fast enough to pull him away before my cat swatted at him and hissed.
It was very traumatizing. He started whining really really loudly, and flopped onto his back and ugh. It was bad.
Please, please help. None of my cats really feel comfortable around dogs, but I don't think any of the others will try to attack him except this one horrible cat (personally I hate this cat, but it's my moms)
So should I just reintroduce him to the nice cats ASAP? How do I help him recover?
I have 4 cats (as my usernames says- I made it specifically to seek help for this)
My 8 week old puppy walked up to the biggest meanest cat we have (who has always hated dogs) earlier, and I wasn't fast enough to pull him away before my cat swatted at him and hissed.
It was very traumatizing. He started whining really really loudly, and flopped onto his back and ugh. It was bad.
Please, please help. None of my cats really feel comfortable around dogs, but I don't think any of the others will try to attack him except this one horrible cat (personally I hate this cat, but it's my moms)
So should I just reintroduce him to the nice cats ASAP? How do I help him recover?