Here is my Persian kitten, Zsa Zsa, standing up to my cousin's Cocker Spaniel, Copper, who wanted very badly to chase her. She was frightened, but would not give in. She stood there for several minutes until the dog finally got tired and went to lie down in his dog house. In the 14 years of her life, there was only one time a dog got the better of her and that was when she was hugely pregnant. She neither ran from a dog, nor got pregnant, ever again.View full size.