Shall we wrestle...?
Spike just got told off by me and then smacked around by Cassie for nosepoking Shona a bit too hard and sudden-like. I have to watch him. It's very easy to say he loves cats and doesn't want to hurt them, and it would be broadly true, but it's too easy to subscribe to the Lassie myth, especially with a dog like Spike.
What's really going on with Spike and cats is that he wants to herd them. He does understand very well that biting is not the done thing when herding, but I don't entirely trust him to remember that infallibly. I especially don't entirely trust it when he's extremely worked up, when Cassie's losing her mind with protectiveness and attacking him, or when there's more than one kitten and they're moving fast in front of his nose.
Constant vigilance.
sadly, I just failed to photograph Shona lying on her back with Spike's whiskers touching her belly, Shona walking under his belly and rubbing against his leg and Shona pouncing on his paw, because the batteries in the recharger were in loose and didn't recharge. So no kitten pics today. But they're charging properly now and I shall be making forty-eight LJ entries tomorrow, so I think I can safely promise you kittens in the very near future.
Had another of my recurring dreams when I fell asleep this afternoon - one of the good ones. Another thing I'm saving to be subject matter for tomorrow.
I'm so very unprepared for this. But I will do it, even if the last twelve entries are breakdowns of my fridge contents or a catalogue of the unreachable items under the couch... I will do it.
What's really going on with Spike and cats is that he wants to herd them. He does understand very well that biting is not the done thing when herding, but I don't entirely trust him to remember that infallibly. I especially don't entirely trust it when he's extremely worked up, when Cassie's losing her mind with protectiveness and attacking him, or when there's more than one kitten and they're moving fast in front of his nose.
Constant vigilance.
sadly, I just failed to photograph Shona lying on her back with Spike's whiskers touching her belly, Shona walking under his belly and rubbing against his leg and Shona pouncing on his paw, because the batteries in the recharger were in loose and didn't recharge. So no kitten pics today. But they're charging properly now and I shall be making forty-eight LJ entries tomorrow, so I think I can safely promise you kittens in the very near future.
Had another of my recurring dreams when I fell asleep this afternoon - one of the good ones. Another thing I'm saving to be subject matter for tomorrow.
I'm so very unprepared for this. But I will do it, even if the last twelve entries are breakdowns of my fridge contents or a catalogue of the unreachable items under the couch... I will do it.