How can I stop my dog and cat from playing?

Question

My dog and cat are best friends and love to play, but my dog is a pit bull and sometimes she bites the cat gently during play, but I want it to stop. I am worried the dog might bite my cat too hard and hurt him seriously. Is there anything I can do to stop them from playing together? Anything harmless I can spray on the cat to make him taste really bad to the dog?

Besides keeping them in separate rooms 24/7. They love to just sit together and that is okay, but the playing scares me.

LOL, I do not think my dog is dangerous, I was just worried about the size difference, and I never in my dreams thought my dog and cat would become so close.

Answer 1

Why stop their play? If he hasn't hurt the cat for this long why worry so much. I'd be just as concerned for the dog getting an eye scratched out and blinding her. Our kitten (8 mo.)and our Pomeranian/Papillion mix (11 mo), both rescues) love to play together too. The dog bites the kitten's legs and he will claw the pup back. They wrestle around and chase each other all over the house. Maybe both of mine get along so well since they were both abandoned.
I wouldn't try to break up their frienship up. Hopefully your pitt is voice trained with commands in case something were to ever happen. I've seen 2 pitts trying to be broke up by the owner and it wasn't pretty. I also have a mixed breed with pitt in him. He's very powerful for only 45 pounds too. He no longer resembles a pitt since he got older (4yr. now), but as a 2 month old pup, I had a vet tech trainee refuse to come back in our room citing "he wasn't going back in the room with that pitt". I heard the vet tell him he's only a baby and only part pitt, he was told to get in there with us. He was a rescued from a rig & big equipment lot, the last of 5 pups (rest were run over). We grabbed him to save his life. He's got some noticable behavior and temperament of a pitt with a bit of aggression mixed with brute strength. He also is like him mom a beautiful spaniel (can't remember exact breed) that he's fairly friendly.

I believe it would be harmful to the pitt especially to keep them from their play, just supervise them at play.

Answer 2

I don't think that there is anything wrong with them playing. My brother has pits and a yorkie that play together all of the time. If things get a little too rough the cat will let him know. If you try to keep them from playing they will think that it is wrong that they get along. It will be fine. They are like kids and just want to play. If you are that worried about it only let them be around each other when you or someone else can supervise.

Answer 3

Gently using his mouth to play with the cat is not a sign of aggression. If the cat is not injured and the dog is careful, there is no reason not to allow them to play while supervised. Pit bulls are often aggressive toward other dogs, but a well-socialized pit bull should not be a danger to his kitty friend. I would not leave any small animal alone and unsupervised with a large dog, regardless of breed.

Answer 4

i have pit bull that plays with my cats as well. As long as you are there monitoring them you should be OK. Most products that would make the cat taste bitter could have an adverse reaction. The cat could taste it as well and quit grooming itself. If your dog is gently nipping it knows bite inhibition. If they are as close as they sound if your dog got to rough the cat would yelp and freak out the dog which is what normally would happen say between puppies.

Answer 5

A dog should be trained on how to eat, walk with you, not to bark, potty training and sleep on its place etc. You can teach anything to your puppy, dogs get trained easily with some good instructions. If you want some good training tips visit https://tr.im/ZN0Vs

If properly trained, they should also understand whistle and gesture equivalents for all the relevant commands, e.g. short whistle or finger raised sit, long whistle or flat hand lay down, and so on.

It's important that they also get gestures and whistles as voice may not be sufficient over long distances and under certain circumstances.

Answer 6

if they are having fun just let them play ,if he gets to hard with your cat he will get the bad end of a set of claws ,mine do this all the time and i have rottweilers,the cat will go off on the dogs for getting to rough

Answer 7

If you tell your pitt it's wrong to play, he might get the wrong idea about other things that aren't actually wrong. Has he ever hurt the cat? Perhaps just ensure his obedience at all times, and keep them seperate when you're not there.

Answer 8

The bites are "play bites," and aren't hard enough to break the skin or cause any sort of damage. It's not an aggressive behavior, it doesn't get out-of-hand, and they know how hard they're biting.

Answer 9

Unless you have declawed your cat (which is BARBARIC!!!!), the cat will let the dog know if he goes too far.
And while all dogs can be killers, all cats are also very smart, and will flee and hide when necessary.
I wouldn't worry about it.

Answer 10

SImple. Tell them no. When they start to play say "nono" and seperate them. Just curious . . what do you have a pit bull if you're afraid that it is dangerous?