Mini the d-thing pwns Captain, Round 2

It's been about ten weeks since Mini the Chihuahua came to live with
us, and the Resident Pair of Cats (TM) still give her stares like
she's something from Mars. They get along with her, for the most part,
but they still appear to be trying to figure out what in heck she IS.

Captain and Stanley, both cats who are firmly committed to staying in
the In, like to sniff Mini when we come back from a walk in the Out.
Or at least, Captain USED to like sniffing Mini until a few weeks ago,
when we returned from a walk in the rain. Mini shook herself dry,
right in Captain's face, and he ran away from the water-emitting
Martian that just sprayed droplets all over him.

It's taken him the better part of a month to gradually start
approaching the dog after walks again. I fear that tonight, we
suffered a setback.

See, there was Captain, bravely standing nose-to-nose with Mini,
immediately after we came in the door. The Martian promptly sneezed,
loudly and vigorously, right in his face. Captain beat a hasty retreat
to the far end of the first floor.

Poor Captain. The poor kitty can't win.

Donna, Captain, Stanley, and Mini

Gabey8 wrote:

It's been about ten weeks since Mini the Chihuahua came to live with
us, and the Resident Pair of Cats (TM) still give her stares like
she's something from Mars. They get along with her, for the most part,
but they still appear to be trying to figure out what in heck she IS.

Captain and Stanley, both cats who are firmly committed to staying in
the In, like to sniff Mini when we come back from a walk in the Out.
Or at least, Captain USED to like sniffing Mini until a few weeks ago,
when we returned from a walk in the rain. Mini shook herself dry,
right in Captain's face, and he ran away from the water-emitting
Martian that just sprayed droplets all over him.

It's taken him the better part of a month to gradually start
approaching the dog after walks again. I fear that tonight, we
suffered a setback.

See, there was Captain, bravely standing nose-to-nose with Mini,
immediately after we came in the door. The Martian promptly sneezed,
loudly and vigorously, right in his face. Captain beat a hasty retreat
to the far end of the first floor.

Poor Captain. The poor kitty can't win.

That was hilarious! I'm still giggling (much to Roxy's annoyance).

And here we thought cats were the aliens.

Joyce

--
I prefer to live with Feline Sapiens, thank you very much.

On Jul 23, 2:26*am, wrote:
Gabey8 wrote:

* It's been about ten weeks since Mini the Chihuahua came to live with
* us, and the Resident Pair of Cats (TM) still give her stares like
* she's something from Mars. They get along with her, for the most part,
* but they still appear to be trying to figure out what in heck she IS..

* Captain and Stanley, both cats who are firmly committed to staying in
* the In, like to sniff Mini when we come back from a walk in the Out.
* Or at least, Captain USED to like sniffing Mini until a few weeks ago,
* when we returned from a walk in the rain. Mini shook herself dry,
* right in Captain's face, and he ran away from the water-emitting
* Martian that just sprayed droplets all over him.

* It's taken him the better part of a month to gradually start
* approaching the dog after walks again. I fear that tonight, we
* suffered a setback.

* See, there was Captain, bravely standing nose-to-nose with Mini,
* immediately after we came in the door. The Martian promptly sneezed,
* loudly and vigorously, right in his face. Captain beat a hasty retreat
* to the far end of the first floor.

* Poor Captain. The poor kitty can't win.

That was hilarious! I'm still giggling (much to Roxy's annoyance).

And here we thought cats were the aliens.

Joyce

--
I prefer to live with Feline Sapiens, thank you very much.

The kicker is that Mini has absolutely no idea that she's flummoxing
Captain so terribly when she does these things. It's just that one
moment he's in front of her, the next moment he's in the next room,
and she is blissfully unaware that it's because she shook water on him
or sneezed.

Also, sometimes she bops the cats in the head with her wagging tail.
She doesn't even notice it's happening. That's usually when they get
that "What planet is that creature from?" expression on their faces.
The cats still can't believe I let an animal in the house. ;-)

Donna, Captain, Stanley, and Mini

wrote:
That was hilarious! I'm still giggling (much to Roxy's annoyance).

And here we thought cats were the aliens.

Oooh, an alien pets category. That might include Roxy, Miranda,
Zoocrates, Spock, Mini. Actually, you're right, they're all aliens...

Takayuki wrote:

wrote:

That was hilarious! I'm still giggling (much to Roxy's annoyance).

And here we thought cats were the aliens.

Oooh, an alien pets category. That might include Roxy, Miranda,
Zoocrates, Spock, Mini. Actually, you're right, they're all aliens...

I don't think Roxy was annoyed because I was laughing at alien pets.
She was curled up in my arms while I was reading RPCA, and she didn't
appreciate my body shaking while I was laughing at Donna's post (not
to mention the, um, *alien* sounds coming from my mouth).

Joyce

--
If an animal does something, they call it instinct. If we do exactly
the same thing for the same reason, they call it intelligence.
-- Will Cuppy