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Most dogs I know do not really care all that much for cats, and the most likely explanation is that the dog thought-processes were in reality more like the following:

I disagree. We were renting for a year in Springfield MO, while my wife was finishing off her Public Health payback. We rented a place with a couple hundred acres adjacent to our landlord at an adjacent ranch. During the time we had a few adopted friends. Both were just fantastic animals. One was a super mouser and the other a collie. They would greet us daily and were very affectionate. We were obviously adopted by them.

One day a pack of wild dogs came after the cat chasing it towards our house. It was something out of the exorcist to see a ranch collie change from a jolly collie to a possessed beast. Full steam into the pack in a wild attack. We learned why the mess of a coat collies have has certain benefits. The collie drew blood and the pack mouths of fur. When it was over the dogs scattered to the wind and the collie came back with a slightly bloody nose. From wild beast to a jolly collie again. The cat was part of his pack. The cat rubbed the dogs and then took off to do a ranch cat thing.

There was real affection and protection there. I was impressed. The collie got a roast from us that night.

Thank you for that story, I quite appreciate it. I love all animals (except rats -don’t get Me started, please) and always quite enjoy hearing about interspecies carings. Wish I had more stories like that to relate to.