Cats sitting with two big dogs

[Robk12]

Hi there I have a question i thought i would throw out here. I have a Rottweiler and Doberman that are fairly high in prey drive. My girlfriend has us cat sitting her moms two cats, i said this is probably not wise but who listens to me. I said the only way it would work is complete isolation i have the cats living in our bedroom on the 2nd floor and the dogs are now restricted to 1st floor and there is a baby gate at the stairs to stop any possible break ins or outs.

The problem every time the dogs hear the cats they get fixated on whats upstairs and I think the dogs may be pissed off that their access to the highest elevation and some of their resting spots has been taken away as well. We have 6 days left and I'm not sure what the best way to make them calm.

Should i ignore it and allow them to get stimulated in prey drive and without drive satisfaction will they begin to ignore that specific stimuli? i don't want to diminish their prey drive for tug work as i have spent a long time developing it.

Should I engage them in a game of tug if i can to redirect their prey drive and satisfy it in positive way?

Should i do crate introductions?

Finding another sitter is an option too... but it would mean a lot to my girlfriend if she was able to be with them for the week

thanks for any help

Rob

[Robk12]

It's all good I solved the problem...

God bless the "leave it" command!

Rob