Dogs

[Random Boomer]

6. We rescued a Bluetick Coonhound

I was a little apprehensive bringing her into our household because the breed notes mentioned coonhounds may view cats as prey, chasing and even killing them. So those first few moments of leading Josie from the car into the yard, with several lounging cats, were quite tense. To my relief, however, Josie obviously was avoiding eye contact, carefully looking anywhere but at the cats, and treated them like landmines that might go off at any minute. I got the distinct feeling that she had encountered cats in her previous life and been terrorized by them.

It took time, but she's not so skittish around them anymore, and one my cats absolutely adores her. We'll often find them curled up on the bed (ours, not one of the MANY dog beds around the house).