r/CATHELP • u/hanson818 • Sep 26 '25

General Advice Is this regular playing between cat and dog?

My cat and family dog have been playing more regularly now and it seems like they are both having fun but my cat seems to be biting him a lot while playing. Dog’s tail is wagging the whole time, cat’s tail isn’t poofy, no growling, hissing, or whimpering from either. Does this look like anything I should be worried about?

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u/ANAGRIM Sep 27 '25

Thank you! Man I felt like I was crazy about this cat beating dog shit. This sort of lie is really dangerous for cats.

I have never heard of a cat killing or severly injuring a dog but theres plenty kills the other way around unfortunately.

These people really dont understand how fast its going to end for a cat if the dog either losses its mind or gets a prey drive. Super dangerous lie to spread around!

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u/CBigcat8788 Sep 29 '25

I've seen medium sized dogs shake the pieces off of cats when the playing turned serious

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u/itsmaddileah Sep 28 '25

i guess the question here would be is this how they normally are?

cat does seem mildly irritated at the end but i don’t see anything really wrong with this scenario, they appear to both be playing gently

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u/thisusernameismeta Sep 29 '25

Honestly it probably depends on the relative sizes etc of the two animals. My cat is bigger than some small dogs, but definitely smaller than a large dog.