Sweet-Faced Doggie Needs Home - But NOT with Elmo
This is Bobby. He is up for adoption on PetFinder. He is the sweetest, best-behaved little dog I have ever met. He came to meet me today, and we went for a walk with his foster moms. He would be the best dog ever, and if you are in the market for a little dog, you can read about him here.
And then...we went to meet Elmo.
Elmo was not pleased when he laid eyes on Bobby.. He puffed himself up to twice his size and hissed softly at the little dog. After a few seconds of staredown, Bobby blinked and turned around - a sign of submission. But Elmo was having none of it. He slowly slinked towards Bobby, never taking his eyes off of him, and emitting a high-pitched growl. Finally, Elmo lunged for Bobby. We pulled the dog away and I tried to put my leg between cat and dog, but Elmo simply scratched through me and lunged again. His foster mom had to pick up the dog and make a beeline out the door, but not before Elmo scratched her on the back of the leg.
Sigh.
I love my kitty dearly, and he is definitely the king of the apartment, but I never expected him to behave like this. He is very friendly when any humans come around - all of the maintenance men pet him. He sits with the guests in the living room when I have people over. People pet him and coo at him and he loves it! He was Not Pleased when his brother Clarence came to live with him, but they worked things out pretty quickly and there was never any blood shed. Now they sleep together and groom together and life is good, although Clarence does annoy him from time to time and gets a warning bite on the ear. But no blood, no fights to the death.
So it looks like I will not be getting a dog any time soon...