My Corgi & Black Cat’s Love/Hate Relationship

I still can’t figure out how they really feel about each other.

Grace Bianco
Finn’s World
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4 min readSep 4, 2024

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Tri-colored corgi sitting on black cat. Both facial expressions are neutral as if this is a completely normal thing to do.
Jovi chilling on top of Ghost as usual. — Author’s photo

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My Corgi’s name is Jovi. She will be two in December. We paid a fortune for her. Whereas my cat I found on a busy road at five weeks old, he didn’t cost a thing. His name is Ghost, and he will be three in just a few days.

The way they came about into this family is only the start of their list of being complete opposites.

I can’t really say that their opposite traits balance each other out. I can’t say that they deeply love each other. However, I think deep down they would be sad without each other. On rare occasions, my husband and I catch glimpses of their interesting love.

Tri-colored corgi puppy on top of black cat. Corgi is leashed, and the cat is free to run. Corgi is smaller than the cat, but the cat doesn’t seem to mind.
Jovi at just three months old taking Ghost down. He was twice her size and fully capable of running free. Instead, he just allowed it.

Corgis are considered to be a herding breed.

So, luckily for Ghost, he gets to be herded anytime that he is around Jovi. When we decided to get Jovi and didn’t fully realize that she was a herding dog, we would joke that she would put Ghost in his place. He used to attack my legs with his claws and teeth. I was over it

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Grace Bianco
Finn’s World

I am the author of “Party Pooper: Growing up with Anxiety.” I love oversharing my life. I talk about my faith, marriage, mental health, & everything in between.