and then there's......
Hercules!
It's not the size of the dog -it's the dog. I have a minature Fox Terrier whom my girls named Hercules and then claimed him as their own. Hercules has a problem with rats, mice, possums and cats which he loves to solve by killing them.
On walks in the fields he brings back mouse and rat bodies and lays them at my feet - all slimy and unchewed. In the forests he'll sniff out and hunt down possums (a truly nasty animal with long claws and muscular legs) and return bloody with the occassional deep scar but with tail held high. I've sewn (needle and thread) some massive wounds especially on the chest caused by the razor claws.
But his penchant is definately lulling cats into a false sense of security and then *bam*. Grabs them by the back or neck and then worries them to death. Big Toms, white Abyssian, ferral - all the same to him 'dead meat'. Yet he won't touch a kitten or young cat, he'll actually play with them and allow them to box and tease him.
My garden is full of birds and reptiles as no cat would dare jump the fence, many people remark on the amount of wildlife in our garden.
So bring your cats around and let Hercules have a play :)
(Jimmyinnz was sprung at work on b3ta on, Sat 26 Apr 2008, 2:32, Reply)