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I have a 2 year old cat and now a 3 month old puppy (small breed). The puppy is a hyper-playful puppy and the cat likes to play (she plays tag with my senior dog). Right now, the puppy is about half the size of the cat (when she's fully grown she'll be slightly larger) and when they play (chase and wrestle) she pins the puppy and bites down on her neck and won't let go even if the puppy yelps.
What has me unsure on the one hand is that the puppy ends up crying or yelping just about every other "clinch"; but she comes back to the cat to keep playing (doesn't run away or hide). But still, the play looks so rough to me I just don't know how to gauge.
I never let them play unsupervised and I'm terrified if I ever do that one day my cat will accidentally kill my puppy. How do I know what is too rough? How can I teach the cat to be more gentle?
What has me unsure on the one hand is that the puppy ends up crying or yelping just about every other "clinch"; but she comes back to the cat to keep playing (doesn't run away or hide). But still, the play looks so rough to me I just don't know how to gauge.
I never let them play unsupervised and I'm terrified if I ever do that one day my cat will accidentally kill my puppy. How do I know what is too rough? How can I teach the cat to be more gentle?