gita ~ I wish we had both found this board two years ago. Then I wouldn't have had to wait for this idea to surface. I rescued a 3-1/2 year old black lab from a kill shelter. To make a long story short, I think his owners fed him and were OK to him and kept him in a kennel but other than that nothing. Plus he hated my cat. He's 5-1/2 years old now and I have not made much headway with the cat issue.

Just the other day, I opened my french doors which have a screen and my four cats were sitting there. Payton was outside (we have an electric fence which does not allow Payton to come up on the stairs to the french doors) and he kept staring. So I thought, why not do this and feed Payton treats while he is looking at the cats so he will associate cats = treats. Of course, now I'll probably have to wait until next spring.