Kaya is our 7.5 month old black lab and has been at home with us since Oct. She is incessant about chasing and barking at our 2 cats. We make sure that the cats have an escape route when they go face to face with her thinking that the cats will defend themselves and it serves Kaya right if she gets swiped at as she needs to respect their space. When these encounters go on for a bit..we step between the 2 animals and tell her QUIET and when she does we give her a treat. Well that is all well and good until it seems like 3 seconds later she is chasing the other cat....I just really can't stand the barking at them. They have become more tolerable of each other as a threesome but it is still not good. We also reprimand the cats also when they instigate bad behavior towards her...
any advice would be greatly appreciated...
any advice would be greatly appreciated...