> It’s fake.
Then you’ve never seen a cat take on a dog before. It’s classic cat tactics. Race in fast, kick the dog off balance with the hind feet, then go for the kill. In this case the dog ran though.
Two of our dogs, a Golden Retriever and a Cavalier King Charles Spaniel are terrified of our Himalayan cat. The Cavalier is afraid to pass her in the hall and the Golden gets past her as quickly as he can with tail tucked and shoulders scrunched, slouching to protect his nose and head. She has swatted him before.The Cavalier just sits and barks for us to come rescue him. She’s swatted him in the past as well.
The cat recognizes her power and does she ever abuse it. Sometimes she bops them while other times she rubs lovingly all over them just to see them cringe in anticipation of the swat, which she doesn’t always deliver. Gotta keep them guessing, ;) We tell them they could take her, but they’re cowards, especially the 80lb Golden.