Hello pet lovers of the world! This post is part rant, part advice begging.
I’ll cut straight to the chase. I recently adopted a little Maine coon (MC) mix kitten, and I’m trying to get her comfortable in the house. My roommate (RM) has a 1.5 year old Shih Tzu (ST) and my patience is officially worn thin. He is insanely hyper active and has no concept of personal boundaries and is the neediest dog I have ever met. If you close him in RM’s room for being bad or obnoxious, he will bark until you let him out, whether that’s a few minutes or a few hours. And of course his bark is high pitched enough to pierce your ear drums.
I will admit I’ve never been a fan of small dogs, and homeboy is just affirming those feelings more and more everyday.
My cat is only 10 weeks old, so she is still very tiny and still trying to understand the world. The dog is twice her size (lol until she grows even more) and he just wants to be her friend. That i understand. He’s very nice and I could never imagine him displaying any aggressive behavior, but he is just too crazy for her right now. The first few times she met him, she hissed at him, especially since he was lunging to get close to her. Today she was hanging out with me while I was putting away groceries, and somehow ST knocked down the baby gate that we use to section off the house and he ran into the kitchen and trapped her in a corner and was barking at her. MC put her ears back, hissed and swatted at his face but he didn’t really back down. I didn’t give it time to play out cause I was running over there to get him back. I put him in RM’s room for the next few hours and she instantly relaxed. But of course the entire time he was blocked off, he was barking non stop.
I know as she gets bigger, she’ll get better at defending herself and what not, and that maybe he’ll learn to chill the fuck out. But RM thinks ST is being cute and “awwww he just wants to play,” “look she’s even curious so it’s okay,” “awwww he’s just overwhelmed, poor baby.” She has already had to arrange for a special trainer to come weekly and try and teach him to chill out, but I don’t think it’s working. Her constant coddling is leading to my kitten not feeling relaxed or safe. While I’m gone, i keep her closed in my room, but ST will sit outside my door and bark and whine and carry on cause he isn’t involved. I don’t want her to be stressed out and I feel like I can’t discipline her ST cause he is crazy and won’t listen to any instruction. I don’t want her to be out and about in the house cause i know even if she found a high up spot to watch, ST would bark and shriek at her all day long.
What do I do / how do i move forward? I know there’s an adjustment period, but I’m feeling stressed from it and so is my cat. Any tips on making a Shih Tzu calm down and let a cat have her space?
Thanks so much!
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from Pets https://www.reddit.com/r/Pets/comments/ag394k/my_roommates_dog_is_being_a_little_shih_tzu/
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