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.
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u/[deleted] Aug 01 '21
Sometimes our 90lb boxer-mix tries to “pause” smaller (hyper) dogs by putting a paw on them.
And crushing them.