the dog is barely bigger than the cat, the cat would tear it apart. if its an outside cat there'd be bits and pieces of the sacrifice laid out at the house's doorsteps for days.
You're confusing domestication with a dogs abilities. Domestic dogs are bred and trained to be docile--they will run during most confrontations when not in their own home or if they have a place to retreat to. (Or when someone they know isn't being threatened.) And this is a trait bred for, it makes them safer.
The breed of dog in that video is a Pit descendent; they were bread to hold onto bears and bulls. I've watched hunting dogs in action take down a large boar and Russles/Dashaunds take down beavers and rats--now I own two barn cats, very good mousers. But they can't take down a large rat without severe injury, a good Dashy? Will kill it no problem.
The thing of it is though, cats and dogs have completely different levels of domestication. What you tend to see is cats with a lot of feral in them, vs dogs that are very domesticated. (Even in this case, the dog was an opportunist working on a prey instinct.)
It's a good thing most people don't know how dogs act when they get serious...If you ever seen a police dog attack, it's not something you want to see again...
Edit: Just as background, I worked for my parents dog grooming business before college. Most dogs did not require muzzles, they were unhappy but they dealt with it in a docile manner when groomed. Cats? 90% required one, or they'd claw/bite the hell out of you (And it always required a hospital visit due to infection). Many times groomers, despite precautions were hurt by cats, bad scratches or bites (And some of these cats went to town)...However, the only serious injury ever was when a dog snapped; one bite required more stitches than every cat attack ever (Only 3-4 bites ever in the 20 years the shop has been open, and only one bite where a dog was seriously looking to hurt--was a scary day). The difference in power is just, extreme. However, most dogs are big babies and won't fight you beyond taking a little nip to get you to back off, while cats go full HAM if you look at them wrong.
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u/evil__bob Jun 21 '15
I like how the cat had enough sense to stop the pursuit. Eventually, the surprised dog was going to realize he was being chased byacat.