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Hey! So I recently moved in a couple months ago and the owner and other roommate already had two dog rescues. Charlie was rescued as a baby a couple years ago and Zazu was rescued as a baby as well a little bit after that. So the problem I'm having is with Charlie's stalking and peeing and Zazu's stalking and aggressiveness. Charlie seems to be able to go outside by himself (theres a doggy door) to bark at other dogs and stuff, but he chooses to pee inside in random places. No biggy. Charlie's owner goes to the door and makes charlie go outside when they can. Zazu is pretty aggressive with barking at anything that comes even close to the house or other animals, but doesn't have pee troubles.
So what happened was about a month and a half ago I brought home a kitten. Charlie became obsessed and we had to use his No command a lot to stop him from chasing and licking her when she was just walking around. Zazu is aggressive with her and has tried to bite her tail and wrestle her when she gets into where they hang out. I feel like the owner might've been encouraging this bad behavior by feeding Zazu treats to try to subdue him when he gets aggressive. I've also seen them tear up the trash bag that contained her litter when I set it in the kitchen for a second to fetch something from the other room before I took it out. What I've tried to do every week or so is have a calm environment and have another introduction and additionally let her roam if Zazu isn't in the room. This last time though, Zazu really went for it trying to attack her, and now Charlie and Zazu will stalk outside my door where she's stays for the majority of the day and sniff and Zazu will attack the door if she's even close to it.
I've had to leave the room to direct them away from it because they will be doing that for up to an hour late into the night, like 11:30pm. I noticed a wet spot in front of my room yesterday but I chalked it up to someone who just used the shower from the bathroom. Today I was out in the kitchen with Charlie and I was cooking food. I pointed to his half full food bowl because he was watching me cook, and then he just went over to my folded up utility wagon I keep beside the couch and just stared straight at me while he sprayed it. I was floored! The audacity?
What can I do to stop these aggressive and weird behaviors? I've tried to let them eat next to each other through the doors and letting them sniff things that she often sleeps on, but nothing is working. I'm honestly thinking of moving in the future because it stresses me and the cat out.
So what happened was about a month and a half ago I brought home a kitten. Charlie became obsessed and we had to use his No command a lot to stop him from chasing and licking her when she was just walking around. Zazu is aggressive with her and has tried to bite her tail and wrestle her when she gets into where they hang out. I feel like the owner might've been encouraging this bad behavior by feeding Zazu treats to try to subdue him when he gets aggressive. I've also seen them tear up the trash bag that contained her litter when I set it in the kitchen for a second to fetch something from the other room before I took it out. What I've tried to do every week or so is have a calm environment and have another introduction and additionally let her roam if Zazu isn't in the room. This last time though, Zazu really went for it trying to attack her, and now Charlie and Zazu will stalk outside my door where she's stays for the majority of the day and sniff and Zazu will attack the door if she's even close to it.
I've had to leave the room to direct them away from it because they will be doing that for up to an hour late into the night, like 11:30pm. I noticed a wet spot in front of my room yesterday but I chalked it up to someone who just used the shower from the bathroom. Today I was out in the kitchen with Charlie and I was cooking food. I pointed to his half full food bowl because he was watching me cook, and then he just went over to my folded up utility wagon I keep beside the couch and just stared straight at me while he sprayed it. I was floored! The audacity?
What can I do to stop these aggressive and weird behaviors? I've tried to let them eat next to each other through the doors and letting them sniff things that she often sleeps on, but nothing is working. I'm honestly thinking of moving in the future because it stresses me and the cat out.