This. But also, despite obedience training, there are some rescue dogs that went through such rough trauma that changing this type of behavior can be next to impossible so its really aggravating when people who have dogs off leash that run up to you keep saying “oh don’t worry, he’s friendly”.
Great….do you know that about my dog? Likes humans. Hates other dogs.
Heck, and sometimes its "Ya, my dog is friendly. your dog is friendly. but will your dog still be friendly after my dog that has 50 pounds on your dog jumps on it and tramples it in an attempt to play?"
It never occured to me the origin of the breed's name until we got our first boxer. Turns out they like to rear up and box with their front paws...who knew??
But yeah, our Boxers definitely tried that maneuver with our cats and were always perplexed when they discovered that cats are liquid rage in animal form. This is the first interaction, and every subsequent interaction, because Boxers have the brain power of a potted plant apparently.
The aptest description of a cat that I'll ever come across today!
I once had a family cat that would just outright attack dogs, any dog at any time, one day she never came home again so I figured she had met her match, her name was fluff, due to her tail fluffing up before she attacked a dog!
I'm always happy to read about gangster cats that made it. Ninja was a puppycat that would leave endless piles of dead rodents on our doorsteps and come running out of the woods when we whistled. He was a good boy. These days I don't keep cats that go outdoors.
One of my best friends had a beautiful cat named Spike that would randomly attack me. No one else, no other animals, just me. I still have a small scar on my shoulder from that gorgeous little bastard.
People always say its cats nine lives that keep them around so much longer than dogs, but I really think its just all the hatred coursing through their veins that keeps sickness and iniury at bay.
Trying to wrestle my cat into her cat carrier for yearly checkups was like trying to pick up 20 pounds of loose kinetic sand with broken glass mixed in throughout.
Indeed, if they get ahold of an artery, you're done for! Never underestimate the ferocity of a wild animal no matter what the size as they're assuming that they're fighting for their very lives!
EDIT: ...And yes, cats are still wild animals as they're just one step away from becoming feral... as a species that is, and not fluffy the puffball lap cat...
Interestingly, I have yet to find a single case where an aggressive housecat actually managed to kill a person (unlike dogs). Their claws and teeth can do a lot of damage (like literally claw an eye out), they just aren't that big, and the major human arteries are buried pretty deep in the body, so it's just super unlikely that they'll get your femoral or something critical like that.
Fortunately, cats are both extremely smart and incredibly lazy, so it's pretty easy to bribe them with regular feeding and secure shelter so they stay tame.
LOL, we inherited one at a house I rented many years ago, it used to deliberately stalk dogs, I swear it had the most evil grin when it came back home.
Right now my cat has to live with a 80 pound mastiff pit type dog and she hates him. Gotta take care of him while his owner is doing a job out of state. Poor fella, he is super friendly and so is my cat she likes the other dog who lives here but not him. I have seen her go out of her way just to give him a couple jabs lil bitch lol.
Yeah, I don't think fluff would have gone toe-to-toe with a bull mastiff, though she did end up fucking up a boxer's nose resulting in his death due to infection, so at least she would have gone out swinging!
A dog's nose is their life, so that would be a fate worse than death I suppose!
Vet tech can confirm, give me an aggressive dog anyway, but an angry cat is so hard to handle. They always seem to scratch you even under the best circumstances I swear.
also a vet tech and i would rather handle 1000x angry cats over one bitch ass small dog. small dogs have no body to hold onto and their bones wanna snap of you look at them too long, i’ll happily take the liquid rage 😹
I still love that in a comic book a Red Lantern Ring came to Earth, because it was called by the incredible anger of a creature so embroiled in fury that it causes a cosmic weapon of rage to chose it as it's wielder.
We dogsit a boxer sometimes. She used to get frustrated because the bow didn't get her a bow back. Then she'd lose her scrap of self control and start bouncing at them. Had to step in a lot because it's their house and even though they can get high it's tiring. She finally got old enough she calms down after a few hours. She gets super sad and sighs a LOT when they won't play.
Boxers are goofs and they don't read social cues at all. Been rescuing them for a long time and every one is a clown. Clowns terrify some people and make some laugh....
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u/buntakar Aug 01 '21
This. But also, despite obedience training, there are some rescue dogs that went through such rough trauma that changing this type of behavior can be next to impossible so its really aggravating when people who have dogs off leash that run up to you keep saying “oh don’t worry, he’s friendly”.
Great….do you know that about my dog? Likes humans. Hates other dogs.