My Gracie was raised around cats but she can get all wound up and want to play with them. The cat I have that grew up with Gracie will still wrestle with her sometimes. The cat is about twice the size of Gracie but Gracie is not concerned. She gets all wound up when she feels she may be losing the wrestling match and starts barking a lot. It's really funny to watch. If it goes on too long I'll break it up because the barking starts to get to be a bit too much. The cat could hurt Gracie if she wanted to but they really are good buds. Gracie also is very protective of her toys and if a cat gets too close to one of her toys she will growl and nudge the cat away from her property. She's kind of obsessive about her toys.
If your guy is not used to being around cats you may need to teach him some cat manners but he should do fine after you establish some ground rules. Gracie also gets kind of crazy with her toys and shakes the daylights out of them when she is in one of her wacky moods. I think it is a terrier trait. Someone posted a video of some terriers killing rats in a barn the other day and they shook those rats just like Gracie shakes her toys. I don't think your dog is doing anything but playing and other than a quick chase he won't hurt your kitty. |