Jackson is "okay" with cats.... so long as they don't run, LOL. He's so weird. He'd never hurt a cat. But he's VERY interested in them; a little too interested most of the time. Like, we can't just go into someones house who has a cat and just let him loose because if he sees that cat, and then cat runs or hisses, he chases it and becomes obsessive about finding it. If a cat is under a bed or hidden, he will bark until corrected by me.
But my dad has two cats and he can be chilling upstairs and not really care that much about them. We have a gate at the top of the stairs and dogs mainly stay down and cats up. However my bedroom is upstairs so often he will be up there and not really seemingly caring about the cats- unless the other dogs begin barking at them, then he suddenly will too. But most of the time he's pretty chill with them. I came out of the bathroom the other day and saw this:
If it's a cat that is pretty good about just ignoring him completely, or at least acts very nonchalant around him, and will allow Jackson to sniff it, etc, he's fine. But yeah it's the running thing that causes his chase instinct to come out. Most cats aren't pleased to see an unknown dog and will hiss, etc, which just makes Jackson more interested in chasing them down.
I think if I got a kitten and brought it home, he'd become friends with the cat. Not sure I'd ever willingly choose to live with cats and Jackson together though, lol.
But my dad has two cats and he can be chilling upstairs and not really care that much about them. We have a gate at the top of the stairs and dogs mainly stay down and cats up. However my bedroom is upstairs so often he will be up there and not really seemingly caring about the cats- unless the other dogs begin barking at them, then he suddenly will too. But most of the time he's pretty chill with them. I came out of the bathroom the other day and saw this:
If it's a cat that is pretty good about just ignoring him completely, or at least acts very nonchalant around him, and will allow Jackson to sniff it, etc, he's fine. But yeah it's the running thing that causes his chase instinct to come out. Most cats aren't pleased to see an unknown dog and will hiss, etc, which just makes Jackson more interested in chasing them down.
I think if I got a kitten and brought it home, he'd become friends with the cat. Not sure I'd ever willingly choose to live with cats and Jackson together though, lol.