The problem of massive dogs being beaten senseless by tiny little cats is a disgrace, and nobody is taking it seriously.

I am...

You know there is a pets forum where these will get moved to and no-one there will get they are a spoof.

I like spoofs if they make me laugh, this one should get sent to room 101 (also known as chatter ).

Glad someone is. I'm sick of people making excuses for these violent kittens! Just because they're cute and fluffy!

I frequent the Pets forum, if this thread ends up there I'll explain it.

Or maybe I'll just let them think I'm a complete loon who really IS worried about cat - dog violence.


Now look here Ms/Mr twitchy curtains, this is SERIOUS ISSUE!!!!!

In today's paper there was a dog that got beaten up by a squirrel. Don't limit your 'violence against dogs' to just cats.

But if they fought each other who would win, the squirrel or the cat?
As Harry Hill would say.....there's only one way to find out.....FIIGHHTTT

My poor dog completely agrees that this is an issue that needs to be taken seriously!

Unfortunately for him, his owner is usually too busy crying with laughter at the sight of her large border collie running like hell through the house while the cat chases him, launches himself at him and hangs off his arse (you know like when a lion launches itself at the hindquarters of a wildebeest to bring down it's prey?)

Never underestimate the power of a feline.

My late fathers dogs would disagree. My father last dog, a Lhasa Apso use to head butt cats, then stand their wagging it's tail, and when my mother got her dog they formed a tag team tormenting cats.

Before that we had a Chihauhua that was attacked by a cat as a pup, but learned to hate them and enjoyed chasing them given the chance, even taking lumps of fur out of them.

Our dog also has to suffer the wrath of our cat, Ozzie(our dog) is usually scared to walk past Zeus(cat) if Zeus is in the way. Usually if he does walk past him, he will get an instant whack to the nose with claws, or his tail will be the victim( It really doesn't help when he wags it, but he never realises)

When Zeusy was a kitten, he had a habit of running under ozzie, and grabbing onto his chest and hanging upside down with his claws in him with Ozzie going a bit crazy...But we soon stopped Zeus doing that, we thought that was a bit too much lol.

My cat, Rosie has just ambushed my dog, Danny, she was hiding in the bath, so when I got up, he run up to say good morning, only to be dived on and chased back downstairs.

This is an escalation of warfare on Rosie's part, she usually confines her ambushes to jumping out at him behind the sofa, or whacking him from the dining chair and then watching while he searches all round to see when it came from

She also likes to lay across doorways, so he can't get past, and just happens to roll or stretch in every direction he tries to go.

I'm sure she loves him really

I love watching the interactions between cats & dogs (provided there's no fear/violence involved!). My 2 cats & 2 dogs have mistaken each other's body language several times but they are now learning that wagging tails on dogs do not equal swishing tails on cats.

When my cats come running into the house & the first thing they do is go over to whichever dog is closest & rub noses & brush all round the dog's body. Both dogs sit extremely still & look at me as if to say "why's this cat on the end of my nose"!!!

The only problem I have is that the cats can be quite inhibitied with their indoor games when the dogs are around & I notice it more at the moment because the cats are less willing to go outside in the cold wet weather. If the cats start playing the dogs want to join in & 2 lumbering, excited labradors are a bit much for the cats to cope with. But Barney looks very pleased with himself when he manages to grab a tiny catnip-stuffed mouse & very gently carry it around the house.

I certainly don't allow any violence between cats & dogs ~ probably because I reckon the dogs would come off worse!

Don't forget mental cruelty - just as bad as physical violence.

Sitting there, not running when the dog* wants a chase. Rubbing up against him then hissing as soon as he tries to join in the game. Running past just to jump somewhere he can't reach, forcing him to bark in that silly whiney 'it's a cat, Mum! Mum, its a CAT', making him forget his 'enough' and 'bed' commands due to the emotional trauma of it all. Sitting on the outside window sill while the dog frantically tries to work out what glass is and how to get through it.

Until it is the dog - the victim in all of this - that has to be imprisoned - on a lead tied to a human and 're-educated'. The cats get off scot free in almost all cases.


It's a cruel, cruel world



*Only Hansel - the others have learned not bother the cats. And learned very quickly.

.

Unfortunately (or luckily) my cats aren't clever enough to practice mental cruelty & the dogs aren't bright enough to recognise mental cruelty if it jumped up & bit them on the bum!

The cats are quickly learning that the bedrooms, landing & stairway are great areas for chase, leaping at imaginary birds, rolling themselves up in the bedspread & hiding behind the wardrobes. It sounds like a herd of elephants playing rugby but the dogs have managed to ignore the elephants provided that they don't see them

Made me laugh, though my 6 month kitten now weighs 8Lb, and her big step brother is 16Lb at 18 months, and still growing. We don't have much trouble from marauding dogs for some reason.

Come on, those dogs are clearly asking for it Cats rule

In my dog's case that really is the truth lol. He winds the cat up mercilessly until the cat finally flips and chases him. You'd think for all the intelligence a collie is meant to have, that he'd have realised by now after 2 years that he'll always come off worst. The cat can be a little devil though. He hides behind the chair I keep one of the water bowls next to and often when Barney goes to get a drink he'll leap out and give chase.

Truth be told the pair of them love it though, I hate to think what they'll be like if anything happens to either of them. Barney pines for the cat when he's not around and Frodo (the cat) actually sits by the front door and waits whenever we take the dog out. They curl up on the sofa together too. (only when they think I'm not around)

I think when cats and dogs are living together, a cat beating up on a dog is like when a wife beats up on her husband. Reverse spousal abuse.
No one expects it and the poor dog/husband just has to take it like a man. Too ashamed to admit that the cat bests him. Poor guy.

My dog and cat live in a state of truceland. However if one were to cull more attention from me than the other, they are right there claiming what is rightfully theirs. Me.

I just swat them both away and grumble.