My cats and dogs seem to ignore eachother,but when its feeding time and the dog is in the way the dog knows about it from the cats claws
Shadow likes to snack his meals, and so finds himself having to obsessively guard his food from the cats. I have often seen him lie there staring neurotically at his bowl and watching for encroaching kitties for hours. Since Esther seems particlarly partial to his food he has had to assert himself. This takes the form of stamping his front feet on the ground to make a loud noise.
That's as far as it goes. He has the same approach with his ball but seems to be trying to get either Esther or Smidgen to play with his ball tonight. He keeps chewing the tennis ball while rolling his eyes hopefully at either kitty and sometimes nosing it towards them.
This of course has the reverse of the desired effect and the cat takes off. He is, however, determined that someone will play with him and both cats are interested, just a little confused. So hopefully he will find a new play mate who does not mind soggy tennis balls which I refuse to pick up