Living With Cats

I'll say this about that -- it ain't easy! Cats...they're another breed, ya know? I'll admit to being pretty fascinated with them -- I have no idea what makes them tick! I'm not allowed in the bedroom for some reason, and you can find our cats in there lounging most of the time. They're incredibly lazy and don't earn their keep around here at all! They look pretty cute and sweet, don't they? Don't be fooled -- they're not.


The gray one, that's GrisGris, is not a bad sort, but if you look up the word scaredey-cat in the dictionary, you'll see her picture. Wherever I am, you won't find her. Our paths don't cross that often. When they do, she always makes sure she is high up on something, and she gets all pissy and hissy if I try to sniff her butt. M and C always take her side!





But, like I said, she's not so bad. She doesn't deliberately try to get me in trouble.

That's the other cat's job. That would be Llano, the stripey one. She thinks it's her house and treats me like I entered illegally. She taunts me! She'll sit in the window and watch me outside; she lies on the bedroom floor when M and C are around and dares me to come in; when I'm tethered in the kitchen she comes and sits just out of my range. She's smart -- I'll give her that. She seems to know exactly how long my tether is, right down to the inch.

Ok so she's smart, but she's also an evil psychotic! Look at that expression on her face -- like I ever did anything to her! Sometimes when I rush in from outside and she's standing there in the kitchen I do lunge at her, but it's all in fun! She SO overreacts! She growls and yowls and tries to draw blood. Geez...like I was gonna hurt her!

M and C always take her side of course.

I've tried to make friends with her. I've offered her my Squeaky Squirrel and many other toys. I've tried to play tag with her like she does with GrisGris. No matter what I do she is unfriendly and downright disrespectful!

It's not really fair...there are two humans and two cats, and only one of me, so I think the cats should be willing to play with me, but they alternate being aloof and bitchy. Sorry...but it's true!

There is one thing I like about living with cats though, and that's this box. Problem is it's in a room that's off limits to me, the cat feeding room.

C put this ridiculous barrier across the doorway -- it's so ghetto I could easily push it out of the way, but I know I'm not supposed to. It's more of a visual border than a real barrier, and whenever I try to push past it, someone always shouts out "Hey!"

I'm just not sure what the big deal is. What would be so bad about me keeping that box cleaned out? Wouldn't that be beneficial to all concerned? Sometimes the humans are as hard to figure out as the cats.

Let me know if you have any insights! Til next time! Woof woof!