I have a dog like that. She is gentle with everything, no matter how small. She does the same thing, sniff and ignore. The difference is my dog is gentle with other animals even outdoors! My other dog, the shih tzu mentioned earlier, is very prey driven and would kill all my reptiles if given the chance. He also has killed a couple of baby bunnies outside. I thought they were bred to be companion dogs, not hunting dogs!!No cats at the moment, but my dog is great with my reptiles. Indoors, if they're with me she'll sniff them then ignore them. If they're in their tanks they don't exist. If they're loose she'll point them out to me until I put them away. Ouside on the other hand she becomes very protective and is great for keeping any loose cats away while the reptiles are roaming.
DrCt, that's a cute photo! Snoopy used to play tag with our gerbils for hours and hours. Basically I made them a 10g tank filled with tubes, and then filled it with dirt. The gerbils ran through the tubes and could pop up anywhere. Snoopy would stick her head in the tank. When a gerbil appeared, they'd touch noses. Then the gerbil would head through the tubes and come out somewhere else. Was a hilarious sight. Snoopy is 1/2 aussie cattle dog, 1/2 jack russell. I love your puppys speckled coat, gorgeous.
This is precious. I love your dog!!!My cat and non-obsessive dog could care less but my OCD Cattle Dog is obsessed with anything small that moves. She'll stand for, I kid you not, HOURS staring at anything that has the slightest chance of moving. I bought her a couple mice so she could be entertained...haha. When I'm not home they go up on a shelf
She also plays with the fake-mouse on a track toy 100x more than my cat - and chases laser or flash light beams neurotically (the IRT I bought has provided countless hours of fun...lol).
Here she is enjoying her pet mice...lol