We have a very small dog (my daughter's Chihuahua) and several cats. The dog is "of very little brain," so she doesn't concern me, but the cats have bothered me for decades (through several iterations). My gut feeling is that cats look at their "owners" as meat on the hoof. If they could figure out a way to get us down, we'd be lunch.
I think that's what all the running under our feet is about. They're obviously trying to trip us and get us to break our necks.
C'mon, you know it's true!
When a dog licks you it's kissing you.
When a cat licks you it's tasting you.
That depends. Are you treating the cats as retarded dependents, or as adult people?
My cat attacks solicitors, but not normal visitors or neighbors. Still trying to figure out how he knows who's who.
I bred 'em for 15 years, and I know. My favorite boy probably would have eaten me LAST.