Cat saves little boy

Zor · Post by **Zor** » 2014-05-15 05:10pm

Linked because I can't get the video up
A cat defends a young child who was attacked by a dog.

Zor

The Romulan Republic · Post by **The Romulan Republic** » 2014-05-15 05:24pm

The link doesn't work. But I think I've already seen this, and its pretty cool. Is this the one where a cat kicks a dog's ass?

Zor · Post by **Zor** » 2014-05-15 05:42pm

The Romulan Republic wrote:The link doesn't work. But I think I've already seen this, and its pretty cool. Is this the one where a cat kicks a dog's ass?

Yes, sorry about the video.

Zor

Dominus Atheos · Post by **Dominus Atheos** » 2014-05-15 05:50pm

Enigma · Post by **Enigma** » 2014-05-15 06:02pm

I like it that after attacking the dog, the cat takes a brief second to look at the kid before taking off after the dog. It is as if the cat was making sure the boy was ok.

My respect towards cats has gone up.

The Romulan Republic · Post by **The Romulan Republic** » 2014-05-15 06:07pm

That's a bad ass kitty.

Metahive · Post by **Metahive** » 2014-05-15 06:07pm

Cats are actually quite formidable fighters because they're nimble and have sixteen claws to attack with in addition to their fangs.

In addition, can anyone tell what breed of dog it is?

Post by **LadyTevar** » 2014-05-15 06:37pm

Whatever breed it was, I'm sure it's being put down for attacking the child.

Meest · Post by **Meest** » 2014-05-15 06:38pm

Metahive wrote:Cats are actually quite formidable fighters because they're nimble and have sixteen claws to attack with in addition to their fangs.

In addition, can anyone tell what breed of dog it is?

The youtube comments keep mentioning Lab/Chow mix. Love how the cat body checks the dog and runs into it full force, seen cats stand off dogs before but it's usually the dog grandstanding and the cat swatting at it's nose if it gets close. What I found interesting is when the dog gets around the car he approaches the boy from behind and almost hesitates before the bite, wonder if the bike confused it.

Not sure on dog behavior but if it was a territory thing wouldn't it bark warnings? The comments also say the mom goes off screen to hold the dog and she got bit too, hopefully it was just a young dog or something or some shitty owners, only other thing I can think of it the boy pesters the dog.

Post by **Broomstick** » 2014-05-15 06:55pm

The dog is a lab/chow, and apparently escaped the fenced yard at its owner's house as the owner was pulling out of the gate in a car. It will be quarantined, then euthanized, which sounds like the usual check for rabies. The boy did have some significant injuries.

Kitsune · Post by **Kitsune** » 2014-05-15 09:46pm

Metahive wrote:Cats are actually quite formidable fighters because they're nimble and have sixteen claws to attack with in addition to their fangs.

Steel · Post by **Steel** » 2014-05-16 08:58am

My grandparents had an Alsatian that paired up with a local pitbull. One would flush out the cat, the other would eat it. With this partnership they killed all the cats of people bordering on their territory, which unfortunately as the house backed onto a golf course, was dozens. This was before the dangerous dogs act, so the cat owners had basically no recourse either. I would not ever bet on a house cat in a full on fight with a dog that was bigger than it, nor can the cat evade forever.

Great that this cat was able to save the boy. Owners should take responsibility and make sure that their pets will not be able to harm people especially or other pets. Some breeds are just not appropriate for keeping as pets either.

Post by **Sea Skimmer** » 2014-05-16 07:54pm

Well of course two dogs that big are going to kill house cats one at a time, that's around eight times the mass of one cat, maybe more. You might as well compare those two dogs to one Lion.

Gaidin · Post by **Gaidin** » 2014-05-16 09:21pm

According to the news story my parents saw, apparently the cat "adopted" the family when the little boy was a baby...followed them home from the park one day.

Post by **LadyTevar** » 2014-05-16 10:27pm

Gaidin wrote:According to the news story my parents saw, apparently the cat "adopted" the family when the little boy was a baby...followed them home from the park one day.

Some cats just know who they belong to, and humans just have to get used to it. This is why they are the very image of Familiars.

Kitsune · Post by **Kitsune** » 2014-05-17 03:33am

Gaidin wrote:According to the news story my parents saw, apparently the cat "adopted" the family when the little boy was a baby...followed them home from the park one day.

I had a cat adopt me in a similar manner

Haruko · Post by **Haruko** » 2014-05-28 06:14am

Having seen one of my cats leap high fangs drawn right onto the back of an attacking dog, this does not surprise me in the least.

TheFeniX · Post by **TheFeniX** » 2014-06-02 05:11pm

This is why I'm glad I own two dogs whose only dangerous qualities are the stupid looks they give out.

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