With his owner off doing a training montage on the other side of the planet (as far as he's aware), he's been stuck hunting the little things, birds and rabbits, foxes, cats. You know, same old shit that he used to hunt. Really, everything's about the same as it was before appearing here without that sadistic child hanging around.
And it wasn't like anyone's...told him...not to chase any cats.
So when he heard the tell tale chattering of a hunting kitty while he was snooping through the snow for squirrels his ears perked, tail wagging quickly behind him before he took off at a sprint. Thumping loudly through the forest and barking in quick succession once he spotted the cat, not slowing down one bit in his approach.