Bobcat vs Scottish Terrier

[Hafstanni]

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[Hafstanni]

Since I favored a miniature schnauzer over a bobcat on Bestiary, I have to favor the Scottish terrier as well. It's one of the most robust dog breeds, and has a large head in proportion to its body, while small cats like bobcats have much smaller heads. Like the miniature schnauzer, an ungroomed Scottish terrier will also have very thick and matted fur that will absorb a large portion of the clawing damage from the cat. I think the Scottish terrier would eventually secure a good bite to the bobcat's head or neck, and thrash it to death with its powerful neck muscles.

Hardcastle found an image of a Scottish terrier humeri, and it's extremely robust, especially compared to that of a bobcat.


Bobcat humeri

[Bolushi]

Yeah a Scottish terrier would screw a bobcat. If Jagd vs bobcat isn't even vaguely close to a contest at parity then I would favor the scottish terrier as well, even though it's inferior to the Jagd it is not terribly far away.

[Hardcastle]

It is a shame our boy pinky  doesn't post, he actually owns a Scottish terrier. 

Mind you we email on the reg so maybe I will ask him, lol. 

I will say I am not AS confident as the humerus robusticity indicates I should be, if that makes sense. I feel there is a little bit of a "dwarfism benefit" being experienced by that leg bone. But like I used to argue, it partially doesn't matter how the benefit came to be, the end result is still an incredibly strong animal proportionately. Plus this is a killer by design. The bobcat has a hell of a task on its hands, for sure. I wouldn't expect consistent results either way. I suspect this is closer than it should be but would still put money on the terrier if pressed.