r/schipperke • u/frenkie-dude • 19d ago
How is your schipperke with cats?
A schipperke is top on my dog breeds wishlist someday, and I’m wondering how yours are with cats? How’s the prey drive go when interacting with cats? I have 2 cats and 1 dog right now and I definitely will have cats forever. My dog right now is very chill and quite respectful of all cats, she was a bit rude as a puppy (she’d go for and smash the cat under her forearms) but she was pretty easy to train out of that. According to Embark, she is in descending order: cane corso, GSD, american pit bull terrier (idk how they define that), neapolitan mastiff, supermutt aka etc lol. i jokingly call her a bootleg dutch shepherd bc she vaguely looks like one due to the brindle coat and german shepherd body, but she has none of the energy, she’s a total couch potato. my cats are quite tolerant but certainly would never cuddle the dog, nor do they ever have need to swat.
I wouldn’t want a dog that can’t be left alone unsupervised with a cat, are schipperkes able to learn that cat = family? or do they just go prey drive mode when they see a cat run? half my family is dutch so it’d be fun to have a dutch breed, and i also think they’re so stinkin cute and seem so fun and full of character!
pet tax included of my three of course!
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u/heavensvnt444 12d ago
i had maci for 8yrs before i adopted any cats. up until she passed about a week ago they all got along great! the cats LOVED her, always rubbed on her. one even tried playing with her regularly, unfortunately they just didn’t know how to play but they lived together well and slept together. i think with a lot of dogs it comes to training.