I dont know what to do???

[lizbud]

King was good with cats inside, but outside cats were still fair game to him. (And this is a dog who loved everything under the sun and refused to kill... almost everything. I think he would have only chased the outside cats, but i never gave him the chance for me to find out.)

It is very sad that this happened with your cat. but it is also very
unfair to put the "blame" on the dog for acting according to his nature.
Yes, they are our pets, but they are animals & will act according to their
natures. My dogs get along very well with my 5 indoor cats, but if one of
the cats would venture outside (especially if the cat were to run across
the yard) the dogs would chase & try to catch that cat. It would
break my heart to lose a cat like that, but I would be the one responsible,
not the dog or the cat.

My youngest cat, Joey, got out the back door once when I was letting the
dogs out into the backyard. cat saw the dogs approach & started to run.
Maggie had already reached Joey & tumbled him head over heels before I
could reach him. I did manage to get both dogs inside & then retrieved
Joey off the 6ft fence. No harm, no foul, that time, but it could very well
have ended entirely different.

[Catty1]

Maggie - most of all, forgive yourself. Duke and Loki were such good buddies...there was NO way in a MILLION years you could have thought this would happen.

Losing trust in a beloved dog like Duke is hard.

Please do forgive yourself: 'It's not my fault; I didn't plan this, Duke didn't plan this. No way could I think this ever would have happened. It was a horrible and tragic accident.'

And even if you could have predicted it - there was nothing you could have done, it was too fast. HUGS!

You are a WONDERFUL FURBABY MOM. YOU ARE. ALWAYS REMEMBER THAT.

HUGS again, and prayers.

[Randi]

I'm not sure what you should do about this, but for now, keep them seperated! Someone mentioned a dog trainer - that sounds like a good idea. Could it be that Duke is jealous of you cuddling with the cats?

Not all dogs get a chance though. One time when Fister was little, a dog was in lose in the yard, I don't remember what breed the dog was, but it was a fairly big one. Fister's mom had this dog cornered in no time. She was a tough lady!

I'm so sorry what happened!


((((hugs))))

[critter crazy]

Thanks everyone. Today has been rough, but I no longer blame Duke. After the shock of what happened yesteray wore off, I realized that he was just being a dog, and it was not his fault. I love my dog. Things happen, that are well beyond our control, and we just have to accept that. Duke is and will forever be my big goofy boy.

[Jadapit]

I'm so, so sorry about your precious Loki.

I'm glad you feling a little better today. Is you son doing better today?

[critter crazy]

I'm so, so sorry about your precious Loki.

I'm glad you feling a little better today. Is you son doing better today?

he was better this morning, but he has been at Summer school all day, so we will see how he is once he gets back home.

[jennielynn1970]

he was better this morning, but he has been at Summer school all day, so we will see how he is once he gets back home.

Awe... poor kid. It's probably tough for him to concentrate at summer school with what happened yesterday.

It's still so unimaginable about sweet little Loki. Play hard at the Bridge, baby boy.

[critter crazy]

Awe... poor kid. It's probably tough for him to concentrate at summer school with what happened yesterday.

It's still so unimaginable about sweet little Loki. Play hard at the Bridge, baby boy.

I felt having him at school would help take his mind off of what happened. I know I am wishing I had to work today, but I have been keeping myself busy. and Mocha has been making me laugh alot today! She is such a goober!