We once had a AKC registered pure bred Collie. Came from a line of grand national champions. . . her registered name was "Ivorie's Golden Inverness," but we called her "Sadie." We got her for the price of having her spaded from the guy who paid over $1000 for her as a puppy intending to show her, because her ears bent backwards instead of forwards. They had so inbred her line for conformity to the "standard" there wasn't enough room in her narrow skull for brains.
That lovely Collie would walk, no slink, around three sides of a yard or room, to avoid our cats. She was terrified of cats. If one would walk into the room, she'd jump over me lying on the couch and cower behind me, shivering. She was a good dog too.
One of the cats Sadie was afraid of was a huge Maine Coon named Shadrack. Shadrack was perhaps the smartest cat I've ever known. He had taught himself to use our toilet. He would even flush it when finished. VERY smart cat.
Shamrock and our neighbor Howard had a war going on. Howard did not want Shadrack in his yard, he was a DAWG man. . . and Shadrack was determined to irritate Howard by visiting Howard's flower beds. Howard was eternally chasing Shadrack out of his rose beds. One fine day it escalated. Howard came out to find Shadrack lying among the roses, sunning himself. Howard came charging out, yelling "GET OUT OF MY YARD, YOU DAMN CAT! SCAT!"
Shadrack took him at his word. . . and ran to Howard's prized Super Beetle Volkswagen Bug, jumped up on top of it. . . a stared at Howard. He then proceeded to lay a lovely pile of odiferous cat turds on top of the car's vinyl top!
Good thing we moved to a new home shortly after that.
The cat attacks the dog ,grabs him by the neck and bites the hell out of the poor guy.The cat pesters the dog when he sleeps,will get in the dog’s bed and the dog barks and pulls his bed around trying to get the cat out.
So,the cat gets away with plenty ,but then when the dog has had enough of the cat,well then all hell breaks loose and there is a tussle and cat then takes off.No one is injured it really is a lot of snarling and snapping.
Dog does good.