"We got cute lil' pitties".
Im on my third recued pitty something couch cushion over two decades. Simply Bad dog owners exist with every bread. We have a couple of older kittens with claws play with a our puppies and the puppies are never interested in a cat again, they rather snuggle with the humans. A motivated out of control jack rustle on genetic drive and a cat just takes longer for the cat to not live. There is a reason why cats reproduce so quickly in near wild conditions, everything bigger is a threat, everything smaller is kitty lunch. CATS are not apex predators, they are not hunting companions, they are not happy go lucky like a dog, a long life ends in slow walking and hiding out for near a decade. They are friends to lesbians and old maids. They barely can be household members, they get away with their shit only because it is contained to a box and very limited fraction are good at mouse and rat control. They are attached to human society, not a member of it.