Ive already gotten great advice here. Puppy is now 18wks old/10lbs. Cats show no aggression towards the puppy (that has been much easier than getting them used to a new cat).
When the puppy is calm the cats come around, puppy isn't as interested in them than she is any other object in the house. But when the puppy in energetic, which is more often than not when she's awake, she barks and runs at fast moving objects, That includes a cat jumping onto the couch at thier normal relaxed speed. Puppy skitters towards them to investigate,they jump away to a higher surface puppy can't barks, cats spook and run out of the room, don't cone back for hours.
TLDR:
Those who raised small breed dogs in a home with cats, at what age were the finally comfortable with each other unsuperviHOW?
Do I wait til she responds to "leave it" 100% of the time?
Just jerk her back with the leash til she learns chasing a cat will get her restrained?
Something else?
Is their any point trying to get the cats to not run from the puppy, if so how?
When the puppy is calm the cats come around, puppy isn't as interested in them than she is any other object in the house. But when the puppy in energetic, which is more often than not when she's awake, she barks and runs at fast moving objects, That includes a cat jumping onto the couch at thier normal relaxed speed. Puppy skitters towards them to investigate,they jump away to a higher surface puppy can't barks, cats spook and run out of the room, don't cone back for hours.
TLDR:
Those who raised small breed dogs in a home with cats, at what age were the finally comfortable with each other unsuperviHOW?
Do I wait til she responds to "leave it" 100% of the time?
Just jerk her back with the leash til she learns chasing a cat will get her restrained?
Something else?
Is their any point trying to get the cats to not run from the puppy, if so how?