Apparently Sergeant Shlock and my dog have something in common.
He's a great dog, really. It's just that he's a country dog, and there's just no explaining to him the difference between squirrels and cats. Everybody's happy when you catch the squirrel!
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That my three cats have survived my three dogs for many years is a constant source of amazement to me. The cats live outside. We normally put them up at night, to delay the day when a coyote eats them. On mornings after they've refused to go in, I try to give them warning before setting the dogs loose first thing. They understand that each of the dogs is safe enough alone, but that they'd better head for the trees when there are two or more together.
There's a fence to minimize the possibility the dogs will eat anyone else's cat. I wouldn't like that, and besides the dog might get shot.
We have fences around the pastures, and none of our neighbors own cats (in part because they all own dogs).
Still, I once tried to introduce a cat to the household as a gift to my wife who likes cats. So does the dog, it turns out, in a different way.
Feral cats raised to be stealthy and run like hell before strangers get in range, generally can't be caught by bigger slower dogs.
However, there are domesticated cats that either don't know how to use their claws or don't know when to run, that lets dogs and humans get into the danger zone of range and lose range control.
Family dogs won't accept cats as above or below them in hierarchy until the pack does.
Semi feral cats that were born and raised outside, get confused when they get inside the door and I close off a few connecting doors. They try to backtrack thinking that's the fastest way out, then get confused and walk in circles for a bit, and then go out the front door where there is light. Animals that don't have an escape plan mapped, will have issues evading larger predators. Especially if the plan falls through.
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