I think Luna is a cat

[J and Riley (and Luna)]

I have never owned a cat... but from what I can tell Luna has a lot of cat-like qualities.  I know a lot of these are just hunting dog qualities, but I've never had a hunting-type dog before so I find them really amusing!

The evidence (A bit Laurie-style with pictures!):

1. A fascination with birds

Luna hunts/stalks any prey she can find.  This includes her toys, people and especially birds.  A few weeks ago she was off-leash and chased a red-breasted robin for about 200 yards as the bird flew low... Luna kept up and was as fast as the flying bird... she is VERY fast.  Thankfully she isn't any good at CATCHING things... only chasing!

2. She pretends her paws are hands

Whenever Luna catches a bigger ball she uses her mouth AND her paws.  She also uses her paws to help her play TUG... what kind of dog uses her paws to play tug? She digs her paws into her tug toy and pulls... just like a cat does!

3. Stalking

Luna stalks me ALL the time... she also stalks other dogs, her toys and other things.  She sometimes acts a bit like that cat in the video... freezing and very slowly creeping up to me, then pouncing at the last minute.

4. Napping on peoples' faces

If I take a nap with Luna on the bed... she HAS to sleep by my head or otherwise on top of me.  I'm fairly confident that if I let her she would sleep touching my face somehow.  I have heard that sleeping near peoples' faces is something cats love to do!

5. Jumping at "scary" things

BBQ covers... plastic bags... inflated lawn decorations.... You name it - Luna is going to jump away from it.   The world is a scary place and Luna debates between curiosity and being a scaredy cat all the time.  Her first reaction is to JUMP away, then "wuff" quietly, hoping the scary thing will take her very quiet barking as some sort of warning that she is big and tough.  Sorry Luna, your tiny "wuff.....wuff!" sounds are not scary at all, just cute.

Do your doodles act like cats sometimes?  I know mine does!

[Camilla and Darwin]

LOL, I would love to see her doing tug-of-war with her paws!

[F, Calla & Luca]

I think Luna is more cat like than my two but they certainly use their paws. And I do often find Luca's face in my face in the morning.