Sheltie and cat play fight

Our Sheltie plays with our orange cat. In the end, the cat wins.

Category:

Pets & Animals

Tags:

• Sheltie
• dog
• cat
• play
• fight

[daphneisthebest]

How old was your Sheltie here?

[marnixava]

@daphneisthebest I think he was about 5 years old.  He's 10 now and still doing fine, though I don't see this kind of play much anymore.

[amparent37]

If your sheltie isint a working hearding dog there is no reason to alter its ears but if you use your dog for hearding other animals you should alter them because where thire bent they pick up more sound . so lets say your dog is hearding sheep and theres a predator not far away he'll hear it better if his ears are bent. But i dont use my sheltie for hearding so his ears are still pointy :)

[marnixava]

@amparent37 Where did you get the idea that floppy ears allow a dog to hear better? I think that in general it's just the opposite. It is no accident that when alerted, dogs try to stick their ears straight up. I suppose it's possible that ears which flop a little might help focus certain sounds (depending where they're coming from). But I believe that in general, dogs that can point their ears straight up are able to catch more sounds.

[marnixava]

@qmamzmwm Cat crazy. Cat follows dog. Cat always sleeping next to dog. Cat loves dog.

[marnixava]

@TheSimsAreAmazing I would never glue my dogs ears down. I also would never cut their tails or ears. However they're born, I love them as they are. They're my pets, not show dogs.

[hibiscusfreak]

@robmerrill888 Mine did too. If I was blindfolded, I'd say this was my sheltie playing with the cat. He played with the cat the same way too. Just make the cat black and you have my pets, lol.

[Wacokid48]

Yup...that's a true Sheltie..they must herd..control and play..that's why we love them !

[marnixava]

@fuzzywzhe It may be "just a snip and a stitch" to you, but probably not to the puppy. I'm not 100% against cropping, but I would never support doing it just to make the dog look "right" according to some standard.

[fuzzywzhe]

@marnixava Some breeds SHOULD have their tails cropped. This is because some breeds have such long tails that they will continually injure them.

When they are puppies, it's just a snip, and a stitch, and they are done. When they are adults, and IF they happen to have a tail that gets injured all the time, it's fairly major and risky surgery. These things are done for a reason, it's not just cosmetic. Ask a vet about cropping the tail of an ADULT dog, they'll tell you the same thing.

[daphneisthebest]

@marnixava Thank you for responding. :) I’m thinking of getting a sheltie for myself! I’ve been watching way too many sheltie videos, it surely can’t be healthy for me

[MrDuderama1000]

0:51 ARE THEY KISSING :)

[kevinginley]

I don't know how to word this but I find this video "beyond cute". It's a level of cuteness I couldn't imagine until seeing it with my own eyes.

[MalakaShakalaka]

Cats are evil....