Jovial Monk wrote on Oct 25
th, 2025 at 11:31am:
Socks would LOVE to chase every cat we see on our walks. One day, Socks paying close attention to a cat that lives in a house on a certain corner.
I hear somebody “Yoohoo!” me. Some woman walking homewards with shopping bags in hand.
Seems that cat is “a bully” and has hurt at least one dog.
So I make sure to avoid that corner or navigate it as far from that house as the roads and footpaths allow. Dunno what Socks thinks about that.
While I was staying in the flat attached to sis’ house just before moving here there was an outside cat—it was like Tom and Jerry, cat would disappear in a blur of speed to hide somewhere, Socks after it in high speed pursuit. Never caught the cat, fortunately.
I know of someone in St Kilda who had a German shepherd.
It chased a very large male cat and cornered it -
the cat literally tore the dog's face off with its claws.
It cost $2,000 in vet fees to have its face stitched back on again.
The dog was never the same after that.
Keep Socks away from cats.