Staring contest, dog vs cat!

This afternoon I opened the sliding glass door to let some air in. Bailey loves it when I do this because he can sit and stare out, in hopes a cat will come by that he can scare!

Today he saw a black cat and pressed his nose against that screen, hoping it would open for him to dart out. The cat had frozen into place the moment it saw Bailey and they just stared at each other. The cat was hoping the dog wouldn’t come after him and Bailey wanted to chase it down! My good little boy didn’t growl, he didn’t jump at the screen, he just stared and didn’t lose his concentration.

I can’t really get mad at him for wanting to chase cats down, especially when we go out for walks and try to find cats for him to chase after. I do not teach him to harm cats, but to chase them away. Bailey has never hurt another animal and never will, he just wants to play with them.

Here they are in the middle of the stare down.