Having a hard time maintaining my love affair with Premo, my Chi. I have only had my Chi for 2-3 months. He’s 8 months old. I am having problems with him trying to be the “boss” of my 20 lb Turkish Van cat. The cat is 2 years old. They fight constantly. The cat who used to be loving is now getting mean because of the Chi. Attached is a photo of what I’m talking about. I’m afraid the Chi is going to get hurt. The cat is front declawed and has now become a biter. With regard to food and treats, I try and separate them when they eat, but they both eat part of their food and then check out what each other has. The fighting is really getting to me.
The cat tries to get in my lap, and the Chi chases him away from me. The Chi even growls at my husband when he kisses me goodnight or goodbye. I’ve been trying to train him to sit, down and stay. Premo will only do the commands on the rug, and only if he sees treats. When I tell him to sit, he goes in the down position. If I tell him down, he sits! And he only stays for a few seconds.
Premo came from a family that wasn’t home all day. When he was a puppy, he asked to go outside and potty.
But then the family ignored his wanting to go outside to potty and pottied in the house, under the bed, and anywhere he likes. So I’m having to try to break that bad habit. He doesn’t bark to go out. He will lick my leg to ask to go outside sometimes. You really have to be paying attention to his quirky requests to go out.
Any advice you can give me to keep me sane would be greatly appreciated.
Carmela
