This is Russia. The dog is a miniature pinscher. He is carrying what must be his cat companion across his neck and shoulders! I don’t know for the life of me why he’s doing it other than to take him home. That is the way it looks in the video. I’ve got a feeling that this happens all the time because the dog clearly seems to enjoy doing it and has a method which the cat has found acceptable. You can see that the cat is perfectly happy to be carried like this so I’m gonna say that this is a routine between the two. I have never seen anything like it before between a cat and a dog. Cats and dogs together never cease to surprise me but it does not surprise me to see a cat and a dog being best mates.
I hope that the video plays all right. On occasions it has stopped for me.
It looks like the dog was taught to get the cat and take it into the house, the woman gives the dog commands when it gets distracted. The cat doesn’t seem to mind though. I guess most people would just call the cat indoors.
Good thought Alan. That sounds plausible.
Cute video.
But, I have a problem with any dog deemed as a hunter, especially a Jack Russell. I assume that a pinscher is similar. They frenzy like sharks. Two Jack Russells killed several cats in our neighborhood. And, one nearly ripped the face off of a baby. Why they were free-roaming is beyond me.
However, they have been re-homed now with someone in the Forest who just loves that breed, and they are out of here. Thank goodness.
It amazes me at times what animals will put up with. I agree, these two must be best friends. My Aussie and Siamese were best friends and would sleep and play together. And watch the kids, too.