There's been a cat showing up at my slider
for the past two nights,
and then again this morning.
Miss. Puss was quite enticing and alluring
to the all the dogs here.
They were going nuts
when they saw her sitting calmly, serenely, felinely,
mere inches from them.
The dogs were being dogs,
sliding/scampering all over the hardwood floors.
One dog was growling, glaring.
One was barking.
The other two were jumping at the glass door, yelping.
The cat didn't flinch.
Didn't bat an eye.
I actually started out thinking,
"This cat is really stupid."
Au contraire, mes freres.
This cat knows there's glass separating her from the dogs.
The dogs don't understand glass.
The cat does.
Basically, this cat is giving the dogs the finger.
The second night the cat showed up,
I actually called Frank-The-You-Know-What-Next-Door
to ask if the cat was his.
"I don't know anything about that cat.
But maybe Wallace and Simpson next door do."
Hmmmm.
Maybe Wallace and Simpson do.
Ya think?
I left a message on Simpson's answering machine
and 3 days later, Wallace returned the call.
They'd just gotten back from sailing the Chesapeake Bay
and called to say she appreciated my concern about the cat
(Hey, I was scared to death any one of the dogs here
would happily go after that cat with no compunction whatsoever.)
Anyways, seems the cat actually belongs to F-T-Y-K-W-N-D's
wife/girlfriend/ladyfriend/ladyfiend/significant other/sailing partner.
And she couldn't keep it because F didn't want it.
I don't know anything about that cat.
Hee.
So Wallace kinda said she would kinda look after it.
So when Wallace and Simpson
took off for their sail,
Wallace asked F's SO to look after her very own cat
while they were gone.
And the cat keeps coming over here.
This is quite telling.
With four unrestrained, loud dogs
chomping at the bit
ready to rip him a new one
and an invisible barrier
the cat knows about
but the dogs just don't get.
That cat is smart.
But I still think he has a death wish.
Cats like to rile dogs up. It's in their nature.
ReplyDeleteThis proves my lifelong belief that cats suck ass & dogs are people. So there!
ReplyDeleteSorry about all the barking & strife in your house though. That sucks ass.
Love ya Rosie!
xo Ange in the WI
One of the cats who lives in our apartment complex loves to do this to my cats. My oldest one goes completely berserk trying to scare the outside cat away.
ReplyDeleteIt just goes to show that the cats are smarter and more independent that the dogs.
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