Dog kills cat

Sue did send me a rather sad story about one of her rescue dogs.

Hi Bruno
I love this story of yours. This is mine:

(Sue refers to my story about how I taught my Labrador in one week that the cats were and are members of my pack. It seems that I still can teach some people something about how to educate a dog.)

When Billy, one of my rescue dogs, came to live with us it was evident that he did not like cats. I had 2 cats which would sleep indoors at night but were outside in the day. I also fed 5 cats on top of my wall. Billy is a hunter & often catches rabbits, birds etc so we watched him with the cats. The cats seemed to sense that this dog was different from my other 2 dogs so kept their distance.
Last summer when I was away Billy killed the 2 house cats, this was 15 months after him moving in. My husband witnessed one of the killings & it was so quick that before he could shout Billy's name the cat was dead. No more house cats for us. I still feed 3 cats but on my neighbours wall & not on ours!

See you tomorrow
Sue

My comments

This is not a funny story. Certainly not from the cat's point of view.
It is my personal opinion that whoever takes care of a dog has an obligation to educate the dog. Education is only possible when the carer understands the dog and the dog understands the carer. Therefore the carer must learn to correctly interpret the body language of the dog. Education is only possible when the carer treats the dog as a dog and not as a human being. What we are aiming at is that we assume the position of pack leader and we make it clear to the dog(s) that in our pack there are rules, limitations and obligations. One of the rules in my pack is that the dogs accept the cats as members of the pack. The result is a life of harmony and mutual understanding.
I am always willing to teach whoever wants to learn.

Kindest regards from Bruno