On Wed, 02 Sep 2015 06:17:01 -0400, Gary > wrote:

>Brooklyn1 wrote:
>>
>> >> Barny weighs 22 pounds, he's exceptionally strong and super fast, he's
>> >> like a small mountain lion, no dog will survive.
>
>> >> Even though he's become a house cat Barny is still
>> >> somewhat feral, I'm positive he'd eliminate any dog in short order.
>> >> The difference in strength and speed between a house cat and a feral
>> >> barn cat is amazing. Feral cats work in finely tuned teams, no dog
>> >> would last 30 seconds before becoming dinner.
>
>Baloney! Any good hunting dog would terrorize your feral cat colony.

What's a good hunting dog... a beagle, a dachshound... most hunting
dogs are rather small, those that actually hunt... the larger breeds
are used for pointing and retrieving and are rather slow, they don't
hunt, they assist humans with weapons.

>You've tamed them too much.

Feral cats are anything but tame, and what they do best is hunt...
feral cats are nothing like house cats... there's not much difference
between lynx, bobcats, and feral cats, only feral cats hunt as a group
while lynx and bobcats are more solitary, but all are equally
proficient hunters.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lynx

>Dog would also chase off [deer] dear, bears, geese, and ducks.

Dogs won't chase off deer, bears, or geese... and if ducks are in
water dogs can't catch them, dogs can't catch ducks on land either...
you must have forgotten that ducks are excellent fliers, and some will
attack same as geese if a dog gets too close to their young. If deer,
bears, and geese are with young they will kill any dog that attempts
to threaten them or their young... a doe will bash a dog's head in
with one lick of a front hoof, happens often around here... a doe will
get between a human and its fawn and if need be will attack. A dog
will bark to chase deer off but if the dog persists and gets too close
the deer will turn and you'll see the dog turn tail and back off
whimpering... my next door neighbor's dog, Rocky, would bark like
crazy at the deer but the deer would only back off a few yards while
continuing to munch grass, if Rocky persisted and got closer one deer
always turned, stamped its hoofs and snorted, Rocky backed off
whimpering, I saw that scenario most every day. It was always comical
watching Rocky back off like a wuss... he was no match for a 200 pound
doe that could easily out manuever him, leap six feet straight up and
drop kick him on the way down... Rocky was too smart to push his luck
with deer, he was never let out alone and was well trained to never
cross his property line. Rocky was a large dog but is gone now:
http://i57.tinypic.com/2jercsn.jpg

>Feral cats are NOT mountain lions, african lions, or a wolf pack.

Now you're being silly, your argument is not even close to germane...
you may as well compare seals to orcas. But feral cat colonies do
indeed hunt in groups and each has a job, some will distract while
others will approach and suddenly attack from various directions...
when one leaps on the back of a dogs head and goes at its eyes and
nose the dog is a goner... haven't you ever seen how a cat will roll
onto it's back so it can slash at its opponents soft underbelly with
all four claws... if a dog doesn't find an escape within seconds its
guts will fall out and will become dinner. It's rare to see a stray
dog here and when seen it won't be seen again, more often than not
it'll be the feral cat colonies that take it down, especially in
winter when food is scarce. Now is whn the big city moroons abandon
the pets they acquired for summer, the cats will surive but the dogs
don't have any chance of lasting the first night. All cat's play is
actually practice for hunting, cats begin honing their hunting and
survival skills from kittens as soon as they're weaned, only house
cats don't get to employ those skills the way ferals do. Twenty pound
house cats are mostly fat, twenty pound ferals are all rippling
muscle, watching them move is like watching big cats in the wild.

>You live in a fantasy world. Go mow your lawn.

Now you're correct, the northern Catskills is a gorgeous fantasy
world, and my lawn is aways fastideously mowed.