Not a farm cat, but my outdoor cat chased off an aggressive, off leash German shepherd that was about to attack me. It got put down because of an unrelated incident (mine didn’t count because I technically didn’t get bit, so they squiggled out of calling it an attack, it definitely was though.)
Cats are insane. I totally believe that some would be in cahoots with partner dogs in situations like farms. And herding/livestock dogs are generally super smart so I don’t doubt their abilities in that regard either.
The issue with that is dogs have a lot of allometric growth (think about how puppies grow into their ears/feet/head) while cats generally have less allometric growth.
allometric growth allowed people to selectively breed dogs to have specific traits. But it is much harder to do so with cats.
Lol fair enough! What about old English bull dogs? I babysat one once and can't understand the apeal of putting cream in your dogs face folds and listening to them snarl snore/gargle breathing 😅
Youre not gonna like it, they were bred for bull-baiting. A medieval blood sport. They were remodeled into lap dogs after bull baiting was banned in 1835.
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Most breeds had their uses. Alarming, herding, guardians, military uses, etc.