Pet stories: Cats who act like dogs 19 Articles

by Sharmila Kasbekar

The cat who thinks he is a dog My cat Teddy thinks he's a dog. So do most people who see him walking on a leash, and then they do a double take, turning around and checking to see if what they saw was real. You see, Ted...read more

by Bobbi Hunter

As I looked at the bunch of kittens playing on the living room floor, one in particular struck my attention. With fur raised, back arched, she leaped. She aimed and connected with the back of her prey. She kept gnaw...read more

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by cyndihaltom52

My first cat was half bob cat and half silver mackerel tabby (an English short hair cat). What was amazing about this cat were the things he did. Now I had been around many cats but never one who, like some others, fetch...read more

by Donald Hancock

IN THE SUN LIGHT OF GOD Francis Xavier Cougot was a strange name for a cat. But Doris loved Latin music and so, that is what she named the little waif of a kitten that appeared at her apartment door one Sunday morning. Sh...read more

by Kathryn Kirby

Off to my left a sudden commotion draws my attention away from the cactus bed I have been carefully tending. Loud barks and yips indicate that the neighbors Rat Terrier, Rocky was busy annoying one of the neighborhood crea...read more

by Marie Hurley

Chloe was the most dog-like cat I have ever encountered. Being a confirmed 'dog person' my experience with cats was limited to short periods of time when visiting friends and family with cats. Although they were all very n...read more

by Linda Eileen

When I was growing up we had a tom-cat that we got when he was a kitten. Our poodle had just had a litter of three puppies, but one had died at birth. She took the tom-cat under her wing, so to put it, she raised that ca...read more

by T. A. Stewart

Simon, now there was a good puppy I mean cat. He looked like a cat. He was black and sleek, with a hint of white on his throat. Most people when they saw him took a step back. "Wow! That's one big cat you have. How much d...read more

by Mindy Crump

I have a cat. A male cat. A male cat who is grey. A male cat who is grey and love treats. He is the type that looks, smells and feels like a cat, but really he is no cat at all. My cat has the soul of a dog which so happen...read more

by Laura Leigh Fields

Nova is a beautiful ball of gray fur. He is just a few inches tall and is as wide laying down as he is standing up. He is the sweetest little cat I have ever known. On the outside, he looks like a normal cat. Too bad, he ...read more

by Sammy Stein

'Smokey the dog, I mean cat! No, Smokey the dog-cat. That's what I am going to have to call him from now on', I thought. My gorgeous, smoke-coloured cat had just brought me back a small blue tea cup, which I accidentally...read more

by Rebecca Hartin

I had the best of both worlds when it came to introducing a cat into my home. I had just moved out on my own for the first time, a little over 9 years ago, and upon settling in I had decided that I wanted to add an additi...read more

by Donna Fallesen

I have always been a dog person, I will admit. I owned cats once, long ago, but not anymore. I do, however, know a cat that acts very much like a dog and is quite large for a cat. My cousin's cat, came from a litter of...read more

by Anne Halliday

Fetch Jasper, fetch! In a black streak he's bounding off the bed, zooming down the hall, picking up the toy in his mouth and racing it back to me. He drops it by my hand and his eyes implore me, "throw it again!" As I do a...read more

by M. Caron

My cat, Boris, scares me. From a distance he's often mistaken for a very large bull dog. Ask Mrs. Kline, she'll tell you, because when she was new to our neighborhood, Boris, as his habit is, climbed way up into he...read more

by Sharon Smith

My husband and I loved children so much that we had five. With those five children came many animals, so we bought a farm. We had goats, chickens, geese, horses, and any other animal we came across that caught our fancy. ...read more

by Laila D

The Day I Witnessed My Death It was an unfortunate mishap that I was born into a wild environment along with my two siblings. Not many days had passed, when a storm hit and separated me from my family whom I never saw e...read more

by LadyScene

Well as some know and some don't me and my husband just got married. We bought a puppy, he is a year old beagle. We had him for a couple of days and then decided to get a kitten as well. At first the dog was scared to deat...read more

by Michelle Uddenberg

About my Cat, Puss In Boots. A couple months ago my girlfriend,Chanelle, told me both her twin cats had 16 kittens and needed to find homes for them all, so me being a girl got so excited and went and picked one out. Ever...read more