DD is coming home for the weekend tomorrow. It feels like she has been gone for ages. She has activities planned with her sisters, which is great, because she started much earlier than all of her home friends, and they won't be back home yet.
Our dogs have always learnt pretty quickly that they come further down the pecking order than the cats. One particularly dim dog had to have a cat untangled from her face when the cat felt a need to point it out to her. That same dog and cat subsequently curled up together in the same basket and were pretty much inseparable. Current dog and cats co-exist much like toddlers playing along side one another. One cat cuddles up to the dog when they are all standing, but neither cat will walk past the dog when he is lying down. They are endlessly amusing to watch. All of our dogs have been sighthounds too, so theoretically should chase, but never really have.