I had two border collies when my daughter's cat let us know that he was really my cat and only my cat. Darcy, my girl collie is eight and has had, up until a year ago, a life long fear of cats after being beaten up as a puppy on two seperate occassions by a couple of nasty girls that belonged to relatives. (Everyone else said they were nasty, not my own personal opinion
). Because she had her brother (littermate) Devin to play with she would, for the most part, just pretend the cats didn't exist and hang out with him. They had a silly game that they played, stamping their feet at each other - like an over exhuberant play bow. But now Devin is gone. I had to have him put down a few weeks ago and Darcy has been missing him terribly.
Eyvan, the cat, is the sweetest boy though. He has been deliberately going and laying down with her, purring at her and even making attempts to wash her ears which makes her highly nervous. But the cool thing is that the last little while we've seen her trying to play the same silly game with Eyvan that she used to play with her brother. She's feeling much better, which is good to see. While he can't figure out what the dog is doing when she stamps her feet at him, he's still so patient. I have never in my life met a cat quite like him.
Eyvan, the cat, is the sweetest boy though. He has been deliberately going and laying down with her, purring at her and even making attempts to wash her ears which makes her highly nervous. But the cool thing is that the last little while we've seen her trying to play the same silly game with Eyvan that she used to play with her brother. She's feeling much better, which is good to see. While he can't figure out what the dog is doing when she stamps her feet at him, he's still so patient. I have never in my life met a cat quite like him.