i need help introducing my 3 years old cat to my boyfriends 3 year old weimaraner. We just moved in together and the animals hate each other. I have had the cat locked in a room for a week now, only letting him out when the dog is not here. I need help with the situation. I will try anything. Please respond soon. thanks

I dont envy your job at hand.
I have four Weimaraners and a cat but all have been brought up along side each other. Its well known that introducing a Weim at adult hood to a cat they dont know can result in injuries for the cat.
The only thing you can do is to have your dog on the lead in the house and keep hold of him and let the cat come in. I am no behaviourist but you may never get them to like each other. Weims were bred to hunt large game which included wild cats.
Can you take the dogs mind off the cat with a treat and tell him leave. If he does it reward him. Or put the cat in a cage and vice a versa until they are used to each other. We have a house cage for our Weimaraners if we need to put them out of the way for five mins. This may be just what you need to do.
The cat may strike out at the dog and the dog will learn to respect the cat. But this is not always the case.
Why not come into the Weimaraner forum as loads of Weimaraner owners here may be able to help you.
Saying that I am sure tons of people on here can help you. I have owned a Weimaraner that hated cats and nothing I did ever helped. So I am reluctant to say too much as my bitch was a failed hopeless case. Saying that in the end if I was in the room she would never touch him, but the second I went out she attacked and could not help herself. So they just had to be parted.
This is the weimaraner forum address www.weimaraner-forum.org.uk

Nutkin

Hi, if the dog is fine and its the cats that are the problem it might be better to just let them get on with it rather than keep them away from each other. When I introduced my pup to my 2 old and boring cats they loathed her! We kept the dog downstairs so the cats could get away but other than that let them work it out themselves. Whilst I don't think they are ever going to be great mates they do get on ok now and will even sit on the sofa together. I found when I got stressed about it then they would too so I tried to keep calm and not shout when the dog pushed her luck with the cats.

Obviously I wouldn't do this is the dog is the problem, and I'm not really qualified to offer any advise here. What I would say though is stick with it, I've heard of people training ex-racing greyhounds not to chase cats so it can be done.

good luck with it.

I have e mailed you privately with a leaflet on introducing dogs and cats... hope it is of some use to you.

Regards
Lynn