Mine would have by now.

My dog would have jumped at the window the 2nd he saw the bird, barking madly. No other animals are allowed on our property without barks included, none.

And that little sound cats make, half chirp and half frustrated whine.

Now that my cats are really old, they no longer hunt. I kind of miss their hunting, they were fun to watch especially since they missed the birds & squirrels more they caught them. They'd crouch down wiggling their butts and crackling for several minutes then get distracted by a bug and totally forget what they were doing, lol.

One of mine, an almost 9-year-old nicknamed "Destructokitty" for her penchant for shredding or knocking things over, still attacks the window blinds in the morning when shadows from the birds around the feeder flit around on them. After the sun is higher and I've raised the blinds, she'll spend hours watching that feeder, wiggling her butt, lashing her tail, and making those little throat noises. I learned pretty quickly to keep the area in front of that window clear.

Maybe I'm just easily amused, but I still get a kick out of watching her and she never seems to get tired of the show outside "her" window.

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They'd tear through the house at night, turning everything over, knocking pictures and collectibles off shelves and wrinkling up all the throw rugs as they played chase. Also called them the Kitty Tornados because of the destruction they left in their paths. They are now 17 and 16 and have slowed way down. My pictures now manage to stay upright during the nighttime.

Edit - fixed name I called my kitties, so embarrassing.

My four feline funsters are "middle aged" but still seem to have the energy of kittens every. single. night. While I'm not in any hurry for them to get old, having things stay intact and where I put them is something to look forward to.

According to her, we own the whole cul-de-sac

He's a 3 year old rescue who was kept in a crate 24 hours a day for a year, which is pure torture for an Aussie. He reacted by getting really anxious. We are working diligently with him to get him to quiet down. But anything that moves on our block or in the houses behind us generates a bark. A feral cat will have him hitting the picture windows, a neighbor working in their yard, a car driving by - barks, barks barks. OMG when someone comes actually up to our house like the Amazon and postal folks, he goes totally ballistic. At least he no longer is barking at our cats, so we have progress, but the barking at everything else continues. We;re going to continue working with him and see if he changes since he is really smart and loves us.

He doesn't understand that the cat has murder on its mind. Look at the way the cat is wagging his tail.