Hi,
I bought our Pekenese when she was 8 weeks she is 3 now) and from the time she was tiny has hated cats with a passion...when we got her we had a huge Tom cat that we had for 4 years and she terrorized him until he left us and moved in with our neighbors
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She would stand up on her hind legs and box with him until he could not take it anymore). She loves all other dogs and people showing no signs of aggression with anyone else, be it adults, kids or other dogs! Another thing is I have done everything I know to do and can't get her housebroken...put in dog door, take her out for hours in a fenced area we made for the dogs to play and no matter how long she is out she will wait to come in and the she goes, Arrrrrhhh!! The people I bought her from was dirty and she was so invested with fleas I had to take her to be groomed right away after giving her 4-5 flea dips myself. I know other people with Pekenese
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also have cats, what could be the problem?? I want a cat again put I worry she would kill it. Anyone??
Thanks in advance.
Junie

Hi ((Junie)).

By the way, I was reading your signature line and just want to say congratulations on all of that weight loss! You should be so proud of that!

I wish I knew more about the Pekingnese than I do. I looked at a couple of web sites and they are one of those dogs who are very proud and want to hold reign over everyone else. Apparently they are hard to housebreak.
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It looks like they need daily exercise. I don't know if that would make a difference for you or not.

Here is a link about housebreaking dogs.
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I'm so sorry your poor cat was a target. I had a cat I adored, Sweetie Pie, that was terrorized by the feral cat I took in, Annie. Annie could have cared less about the other pets, but she would NOT leave poor Sweetie Pie alone! One thing I would do is keep a spray water bottle nearby. If she'd go for Sweetie Pie I'd spray her and that breaks them up fast! But you're not supposed to let them see that you are the one doing it!

Good luck with your baby.

all animals including humans are INDIVIDUALS .... some dogs no matter how you try will never like cats ...

This dog is ruling the roost at your home.

Have you ever watched Cesar Milan, The Dog Whisperer?

He shows people how to regain some control over dogs which
become the pack leader in your home. He is on Nat Geo channel (cable).

Some breeds are very dominant personality wise. Sounds like yours is
one of those.

Thanks everyone,
I asked on another forum and someone said to let a big mean dog give her a spanking and said that was how she fixed her cat hating dogs! I am at a loss, she is so passive with other dogs and people to the point of being timid.
I ordered a book on training all breeds by the AKC club so I am hoping that will give me some new ideas. I am also kicking around the idea of crate traing unless its too late.
BTW, thanks for the comment on wt loss, it was nothing I did, just the result of a botched spinal fusion last year. Sigh, if its not one thing its 10.
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Aw, Junie, I understand. Lots of pain = lack of appetite. In the last year I've lost 20 lbs and I think mostly due to more than the normal amount of pain.

Good luck with your furbaby and keep us posted!

Piddles on the carpets and your pretty phloors,
running, loudly barking chasing any cats out the doors!
Flat faced lil bugger, chased a park car late one night,
mistook a it for a cat,...thus began this hatred now's unending fight.


Pekenese can be horribly stubborn yet sweet and loving.
I had one, she was a real champion, gorgeous despite her silly underbite.
Her name was Ling-Ling Yensing. Was multi "buff" colored with white chest..
She could care less about other dogs, cats, kids or whatever as long as she got loved.
That was HER personality. Every dog is different, but some lines tend to be agressive yappers like our Scottish Terriors, some sweet like Labs that rarely bark or bite.

One of our Scotties, Ferggie, was vicious...he bit!
But our other Scottie, Kiltie, Thislte, Butter-Scotch, Maggie, were all very sweet, loved everyone, but Thistle was a barker. Kiltie and Fergie were Butters and Thistles mom/dad.

My mom also had a Pekenese, different blood lines, but full pedigree'd Pekenese...they named him Rambo...fitting!
He chased cats, roamed the "hood", barked non stop...everyone glad when he went bye bye for good!...Bad Rambo!...was a real stinker!
He "hiked" his leg on the chairs and bedskirts, was only marking his territory, afterall, he was an intact male.
They should have whacked his 2 balls off long before he started this nasty habit.
If you don't have them nutered/spayed, they can become agressive and territorial. Can also lead to infections, diseases...good argument for doing this early.
Animals have STD's like humans do...unprotected sex and they've got it!
My vets recommended crating when animals get naughty with using our floors for a toilet.
Princess our cat often pee'd on our bed, or clothing piled up for wash...
it took hours to clean up the mess.
Because she's a very sweet cat we couldn't just toss her outside to get eaten by the coyotes that lurk our back woods.
So I followed 2 vets advice, kept her 24/7 in a kennel crate.
This forced her to use the litter box every piddle/poo.
After one week of this she was trained.
If you're set on getting a cat, I'd kennel both.
1st keep them seperated from even seeing eachother.
Put both in seperate crates, covered with sheets or large material.
Just want them to be able to smell eachother.
Do this a few days, then remove the covers.
Now they can see one another, get used to seeing as well as smell.
I'd keep this up minimum 1 week...2 weeks would be ideal.
This will also train your dog, as you let out for potty breaks, take them on a lead to where you want them to do the "job".
After this, I'd then allow the cat out to roam around your dogs territory!
Pretty soon your doggie will get used to a cat roaming around its home.
On 3rd or 4th week, let your dog out on short leash, watch his reaction for being territorial and agressive.
If she continues this agression, then crate for another week, and so on till she gets it thru her head that she cannot be agressive towards ANY creature.

Who ever gave the advice to allow a big dog injure, scare/intimidate your dog is very cruel, mean and down right rediculous!
This would only start a phobia IF your little dog survived a vicious attack by a bullying dog.
I hope that person was joking...if not, I'd be afraid of someone suggesting this.
Intimidation and Violence is wrong, will never cure mis-behaving.
Buttons2 adopted/rescued a big dog, Rags.
He'd been brutelly mamnd, nearly died from the attack by agressive dogs.
He's got serious emotional issues when he should be confident.
Strange dogs scare him now.

Would you change a bad habit of speeding or sloppy driving if a cop pulled you over, then beat you up? NO WAY! You'd only fear any cop after this and continue speeding after you regain your confidence in driving.
But anytime you see law enforcement, you'd drive as careful as one can so won't get pulled over...but once out of veiw, you go back to old driving habits unless you have a cop following you the rest of your life.
I'm sure you don't want to play "Cop".
But try what I've suggested for short time, I'm sure will work on breaking both habits.
Look on Craigs List for a used crate, they sell these at PetCo or PetSmart for under $100 for big one, less for smaller ones.
I have both sizes. If you're in my area, be happy to share with ya.
The spray water bottle is what our vet uses for naughty behavior.
I do this to my cats anytime they reach for the screen door latch...they want to get out, but coyotes waiting out back wearing dinner bibs, licking their chops...yum yum...Tabby Taffey, Persian Patties, Siamese Sushi, Fur-baby feast! I hate this part of living out in the country...we've lost too many this way...so my cats must never get out, even in the daytime...is when we lost Mittie, the best kitty ever.
Good luck with this...its not going to be easy.
I'm pretty sure this will work out, but be prepared to find another home for your new kitty if your Peke doesn't stop this naughty-ness!
I don't know how old your doggie is...just says 3...is that 3 months or is that 3 years?...hope is months because if 3 years, the pee'ing bad habit will take longer to break.
Has she been spayed yet?
You just must make sure she doesn't go back to peeing after you've trained with crating a few weeks.
Good luck, cheryl

Thanks for the good advice, I have picked up 1 crate so far and I am gonna start working with a animal behaviorist with her and he says if he can't fix her I pay nothing. It was a big mean cat that was suggested to me, and not sure if it was a joke or not (he was not the advice giver btw it in fact came from craigslist before they flagged my post and removed it for asking for advice, beats me, I felt I said nothing out of line) but I am gonna give the guy a try, and she is 3 years and possibly pregnant (she sort of got with my sis's mini schnauzer by mistake...we will know by the end of the month, and I kind of hope she has a little boy baby since hubby's poor old mini schnauzer is getting up there in years then plan to have her fixed. I would never endanger any animal and thats why I am willing to go to this trouble and expense because I miss having a cat in the house and we are both suffering from empty nest syndrome and have plenty of room. We will see
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Thanks everyone!