My mother's dog picks up my 4 year old cat in her mouth?

gatorosado

New member
My Mom's dog is a very affectionate Black lab. I have a not-so-friendly tabby cat which lived with my Moms dog for a year (a few years ago). I am going on vacation so I took my cats over to my Moms because shes going to keep them while I am on vacation. Right away, my cat and my moms dog seemed to remember eachother and were happy to greet eachother. Within an hour, my Mom called to tell me that her dog picked up my cat by the scruff of his neck and carried him over to her bed and started cleaning him, as if he's a baby pup or something. She's never had a litter, shes spayed, just instinct I guess? When he was a baby, my Moms dog did this with him sometimes but we weren't too worried because they seemed to have a Mother/Son relationship and the cat was fine with it. Now I am a little more worried because my Moms dog is 90 lbs. now and my cat is 9 lbs now. I don't know if this is a safe situation or if I need to separate them even though I know agression is not the motive. Have you ever encountered this?
Thanks for the video link. I feel better about their arrangement lol...that was the cutest story ever, especially the leopard, that was amazing.
 

amanda

Active member
I've never encountered this - but i think its absolutely adorable!

Watch this video of the momma dog taking care of kittens, it reminds me of what you're talking about

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1EmKKGCq9C0

I found this on youtube over the weekend and had to share it with someone! So Im glad it made you feel more comfortable about it.
 
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