She is a complete wuss but is trading on the fearsome reputation of our now-deceased 14 pound Blue Point male Attack Siamese. He was a dog fighter of astounding power and skill, and had all the dogs in the neighborhood in a state of total subjection (other than two chocolate labs from across the street that were too stupid to stop when their noses got tattooed). He beat up Shelley when she was a young dog, and she went in total fear of him and consequently of Nifi as well. So Nifi bullies Shelley shamelessly, but not Ruby. When Ruby catches Nifi unawares, though, all she does is lick her all over, which grosses the cat out completely but does her no harm.
Ash does not lick, fortunately. Wednesday and Shannon give her a sniff sometimes, but they only come in contact when they happen to all want to use the stairs at the same time.
Here’s Wednesday now, taking advantage of James’s and Vlad’s naptime to have a snack. The byos upset her much more than the dog!