I didn’t know that cats do this kind of thing.
The cat recognized the extreme aggression of that bad dog and reacted. I have a sweet little girl kitty. Before I brought her in for good, some male cat tried to get her. Wow, she turned into a ferocious little being. That bad kitty took off like a bat outta hell after my kitty went after it. LOL
> I didn’t know that cats do this kind of thing.
Do not underestimate cats.
Some 25+ years ago, by mom’s 7 pound Siamese was on her porch. A large doberman pinscher (not on a leash) came up on the porch, cornered the cat, and the cat had to defend its life, so it killed the dog.
“I didn’t know that cats do this kind of thing.”
My brother had two cats years ago and one of them got into a tangle with a Doberman that soon got the cat into its jaws.
The other cat, a big Tom leapt onto and dug it’s claws into the dobie’s back and sunk it’s teeth into its neck.
The other cat was promptly dropped as the dobie ran off howling.
The Dobie owner wanted my brother to pay the vet bill for stitches. Brother told him no in very descriptive and sailor-like words.
It isn’t the size of the cat in the fight that matters, but the size of the fight in the cat. More to the point, it’s what the individual cat thinks is worth fighting for and to what degree.
If a cat decides you are a real threat that needs to be fought to the death, look out. ‘Housecats’ have been known to take down humans and occasionally kill them.