Originally posted by mpoier
I have a dog and two cats. They pretty much keep to themselves and will occassionally play. Sometimes I want them to be closer, but I just can't punish my dog physically to get him to do what I want.....I guess I'm not sure what you meant by punish them physically..... can you elaborate?
Well, of course it would be ridiculous to PUNISH your dog for not being "close" to your cat. I was talking about punishing my dog for trying to KILL my cat. And in the case of that kind of behaviour, yes, I meant that I physically hit my dog to make it clear that the cat is a protected member of the pack and strictly off-limits.