Talk About Your Pets

[rocky822]

I'm having trouble with my pets and I'm hoping someone here can offer some advice.

We just adopted a dog - Border Collie, mix. And, we have an indoor/outdoor cat who's pretty tough. I read that because Border Collie's are herders, you have to immediately teach them that they cannot herd the cat. So, the first day whenever the cat came into the dog's sight, we made the dog sit. Seemed to be working fine.

Well, the next day we were outside and the cat took the dog unaware and pounced at him. Border Collie's have a high startle reflex, and she took off running with the cat chasing her. Since then the cat hides in places so she can pounce at the dog again. The dog is terrified - geesh! I had to literally drag her into the house after she saw the cat come in.

If anyone has any suggestions on how to make the cat stop terrorizing the dog, I'd really appreciate it.