My cat is 5 years old and has lived with my corgi for the past 4 years (since she was a puppy). They get along great for the most part and coexist peacefully. We got a new female 6 week old kitten 2 weeks ago. My cat loves our new kitten and cleans her and plays with her. My dog is nervous of her and mostly just ignores her. However twice in the past 2 days when my dog is around and he is with the kitten he has circled my dog with his ears back. My dog gets on edge and today they went after each other. No one got hurt but if my dog wanted to she could seriously hurt him or vise versa. I was worried about messing up the dynamic bringing in a new kitten and up until now it has gone well. I know about dog behaviour but cats I have no idea how to curb this behaviour.
My cat has always been quite bonded with my dog. We moved into a new house about 6 weeks ago and prior to that we lived with my parents. During covid my sister moved home with her dog and there was an incident where my dog and her dog got into a scuffle over a toy and my cat went after her dog to protect my dog. So I am a bit surprised by this behaviour towards our dog. Any tips on what to do? They are always with us when we are home and luckily this happened when I was 2 feet away. When we aren't home the dog is baby gated in our room and at the moment the kitten goes in a huge dog kennel. I am thinking I'll have to shut the door from now on since the cat can jump the gate.
My cat has always been quite bonded with my dog. We moved into a new house about 6 weeks ago and prior to that we lived with my parents. During covid my sister moved home with her dog and there was an incident where my dog and her dog got into a scuffle over a toy and my cat went after her dog to protect my dog. So I am a bit surprised by this behaviour towards our dog. Any tips on what to do? They are always with us when we are home and luckily this happened when I was 2 feet away. When we aren't home the dog is baby gated in our room and at the moment the kitten goes in a huge dog kennel. I am thinking I'll have to shut the door from now on since the cat can jump the gate.