Cat Beats Up Pit Bull?

EvelynVogtGamble(Divamanque) wrote:
Steve Touchstone wrote:

On Fri, 13 Jan 2006 11:58:20 -0800, "EvelynVogtGamble(Divamanque)"
wrote:



Marina wrote:


Hehehe. Nikki once scratched a pitbull's nose. He was on a leash,
though, and he didn't get mad at Nikki, he got scared and backed away
from her. Hehehe.

Actually, a really ferocious cat CAN do a lot of damage to a
much larger animal. Fortunately, most domestic cats are
more likely to run - even from dogs much smaller than they
are. However, if it were between one of the smaller WILD
cats the same size as large domestic ones (cervals, etc.),
I'd bet on the cat (they have more formidable weapons).


Back in the 70's, after I left home to join the Army, my family got
Tarheels ( theres a couple fuzzy pix in my Yahoo pet folder
http://tinyurl.com/8gca5 ). Tarheels had one litter before she was
spayed, and became very protective of HER turf. She was known for
terrorizing the neighborhood dogs, and would dash across the street to
chase any sized dog she saw. I don't know if she ever actually fought
with a dog - they all ran when they saw her coming, and she stopped
running once she put them to flight.

A friend of mine had a laid-back marmelade cat who used to
beat up on the neighbor's little miniature poodle, every
once in a while (when its constant yapping got on his nerves
too badly).

Thats exactly how I got Cherokee. The family that had him relinquished
him for beating up their poodle.

Sherry

"EvelynVogtGamble(Divamanque)" wrote:

Actually, a really ferocious cat CAN do a lot of damage to a
much larger animal. Fortunately, most domestic cats are
more likely to run - even from dogs much smaller than they
are. However, if it were between one of the smaller WILD
cats the same size as large domestic ones (cervals, etc.),
I'd bet on the cat (they have more formidable weapons).

I grew up on a farm and we had barn cats. We also had a couple
of 80-lb German Shepherd mixes (ours and the neighbors').
Routinely, if either of those dogs ventured into the barn, it
would be driven out by one of the female cats. We commiserated
with the poor pooches on many a scratched and bloody nose, but
they insisted on repeated tests to see if that rule would be
enforced.

--

Wayne M.

"EvelynVogtGamble(Divamanque)" wrote:

A friend of mine had a laid-back marmelade cat who used to
beat up on the neighbor's little miniature poodle, every
once in a while (when its constant yapping got on his nerves
too badly).

Well, really, can you blame him?

Joyce

wrote:
Arrgh! This is the headline for the teaser on the news page.
Unfortunately, it isn't text, it is a film cliip and this $#@@ dial-up
is too slow, it won't play. I googled news, but nothing came up.
Has anybody heard about this one?
Lori, did you check to see if Bandit was in her bed last night? LOL.

Sherry

Our tortie-point siamese mix beat the living crap out of our Dobie one
time for picking on our Cockapoo. Funniest thing I ever saw - she
weighed 8 lbs soaking wet.
-L.

On 14 Jan 2006 07:41:30 GMT, wrote:

"EvelynVogtGamble(Divamanque)" wrote:

A friend of mine had a laid-back marmelade cat who used to
beat up on the neighbor's little miniature poodle, every
once in a while (when its constant yapping got on his nerves
too badly).

Well, really, can you blame him?

nope ;-)
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wrote:
Arrgh! This is the headline for the teaser on the news page.
Unfortunately, it isn't text, it is a film cliip and this $#@@ dial-up
is too slow, it won't play. I googled news, but nothing came up.
Has anybody heard about this one?
Lori, did you check to see if Bandit was in her bed last night? LOL.

Sherry

My ex-wife has got two Devon Rex cats, Loomis, a neutered male, and his
daughter, Isis. Devon Rex is a quite small breed, but they are strong and
brave.

One day last summer, my ex's neighbor came along with his dog, an English
Setter, about 30 kg (hmmm, 60 pounds?). The dog walked around unleashed
while my ex and the neighbor stood talking for a while. Loomis was out on
the lawn, minding his own business, but also keeping an eye on the dog...
This dog is a very nice dog, without any thoughts of making trouble for
anybody, but after a while he found out he would like to say hello to the
cat on the lawn. Let's just call it a mistake...

According to Loomis' rules, there are only a few, hand-picked individuals
(in fact, only his daughter) from the animal world who are allowed to use
*his* lawn. This dog was not one of them! Loomis ran up to the dog with all
signs of aggression, and the dog tried to keep the furious cat away with his
paw, but Loomis went straight to the dog's faces with all his claws out.
Poor dog just turned around and ran off the lawn and down the road with
Loomis after him. Loomis chased the dog down to the next block before he was
satisfied and went back home.

The dog's owner called for the dog, but the dog refused to come back as long
as Loomis was out there... The owner had to go down and fetch the dog...

Cats can be dangerous to dogs, because they've got another way to fight that
dogs can't defend themselves from that good.

So now the Setter knows his place in the neighborhood, and Loomis accepts
that it is there, as long as it keeps out from the lawn...

Hans

Wayne Mitchell wrote:

"EvelynVogtGamble(Divamanque)" wrote:


Actually, a really ferocious cat CAN do a lot of damage to a
much larger animal. Fortunately, most domestic cats are
more likely to run - even from dogs much smaller than they
are. However, if it were between one of the smaller WILD
cats the same size as large domestic ones (cervals, etc.),
I'd bet on the cat (they have more formidable weapons).


I grew up on a farm and we had barn cats. We also had a couple
of 80-lb German Shepherd mixes (ours and the neighbors').
Routinely, if either of those dogs ventured into the barn, it
would be driven out by one of the female cats. We commiserated
with the poor pooches on many a scratched and bloody nose, but
they insisted on repeated tests to see if that rule would be
enforced.

I was speaking of more SERIOUS damage - like disemboweling.
A really determined cat can grab a dog around the neck,
hold on and put its hind feet to work on the dog's soft
underbelly. (I read about this in a work of fiction - the
"hero" was a domestic/bob-cat mix who was forced into a
confrontation with a fighting dog - but if you consider the
logistics, it's certainly possible, given a cat with no
option to flee.)

"Hans Schrxder" wrote in message
...
wrote:
Arrgh! This is the headline for the teaser on the news page.
Unfortunately, it isn't text, it is a film cliip and this $#@@ dial-up
is too slow, it won't play. I googled news, but nothing came up.
Has anybody heard about this one?
Lori, did you check to see if Bandit was in her bed last night? LOL.

Sherry

My ex-wife has got two Devon Rex cats, Loomis, a neutered male, and his
daughter, Isis. Devon Rex is a quite small breed, but they are strong and
brave.

One day last summer, my ex's neighbor came along with his dog, an English
Setter, about 30 kg (hmmm, 60 pounds?). The dog walked around unleashed
while my ex and the neighbor stood talking for a while. Loomis was out on
the lawn, minding his own business, but also keeping an eye on the dog...
This dog is a very nice dog, without any thoughts of making trouble for
anybody, but after a while he found out he would like to say hello to the
cat on the lawn. Let's just call it a mistake...

According to Loomis' rules, there are only a few, hand-picked individuals
(in fact, only his daughter) from the animal world who are allowed to use
*his* lawn. This dog was not one of them! Loomis ran up to the dog with
all signs of aggression, and the dog tried to keep the furious cat away
with his paw, but Loomis went straight to the dog's faces with all his
claws out. Poor dog just turned around and ran off the lawn and down the
road with Loomis after him. Loomis chased the dog down to the next block
before he was satisfied and went back home.

The dog's owner called for the dog, but the dog refused to come back as
long as Loomis was out there... The owner had to go down and fetch the
dog...

Cats can be dangerous to dogs, because they've got another way to fight
that dogs can't defend themselves from that good.

So now the Setter knows his place in the neighborhood, and Loomis accepts
that it is there, as long as it keeps out from the lawn...

Hans


Yes we do need to remember we only handle our masters with their consent.
I'm quite convinced that a determined cat could peel a human like a grape if
so inclined.

This is one reason Molly has not yet had a bath. I prefer to believe I
could give her a bath if I needed to.

Jo