--- description: Greyscale has the situation under control title: This Cat Is Definitely the Boss of This Dog image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [Newsfeed](/tag/time-section-newsfeed/) ## Newsfeed Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # This Cat Is Definitely the Boss of This Dog by [Melissa Locker](/author/melissa-locker/) ## Melissa Locker Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Sep 25, 2015 4:25 PM CUT by [Melissa Locker](/author/melissa-locker/) ## Melissa Locker Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Sep 25, 2015 4:25 PM CUT Exhibit #72,276 in the ongoing case that [cats are evil](http://time.com/4033259/cats-evil-video-proof/ "undefined") is this video shot by [Devon Meadows](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCTt-7ZApCmtggUPNS4OSkQQ "undefined"). In the clip, captured off of a home monitoring system, a barking puppy is shut down by a cat who has clearly had enough. According to the video description, Meadows and his wife were concerned that their dog Chazz was barking too much while they were away, so they set up a video camera to monitor him. Turns out that Chazz may bark, but their cat, Greyscale, has the situation well under control. Through a combination of fear and threatening demeanor, Greyscale has trained Chazz to zip it on command, no biscuits required. There’s little doubt that Chazz will disturb the neighbors’ with his barking anytime soon. In the eternal struggle between cats and dogs: Score one more for the cats. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4050078/cat-stops-dog-barking/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4050078/cat-stops-dog-barking/"},"headline":"This Cat Is Definitely the Boss of This Dog","datePublished":"2015-09-25T16:25:05.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:25:14.094Z","description":"Greyscale has the situation under control","url":"https://time.com/4050078/cat-stops-dog-barking/","keywords":["Newsfeed","animals","Dogs","Pets","viral","cats"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Melissa Locker","jobTitle":"","url":"https://time.com/author/melissa-locker/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4050078/cat-stops-dog-barking/","name":"This Cat Is Definitely the Boss of This Dog"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"Inside New York's First Cat Cafe","description":"Meet the cats of NYC's first cat cafe, Meow Parlour, and hear more about the growing trend of paying to play with cats from the cafe's two owners.","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/0MiiFeak/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2014-12-12T19:30:27.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/0MiiFeak.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/4050078/cat-stops-dog-barking/","duration":"PT1M49S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/4050078/cat-stops-dog-barking/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```