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After reading about Jo's dog getting swatted by a cat @ Cornish Beach Brummie it reminded me of our own furry fisticuffs.
We had our cat, Alvin for 18 years. We got our dog, Maxine when the cat was an adult.
The cat was not impressed with this Labrador puppy and made it very clear to said pup to stay away.
This point was driven across by a flurry of swipes at the pups head. I cleaned up the spray of blood off the walls and told the puppy to stay away.
Now we all know puppies are stupid. Cute yes but stupid in the ways of life. So back she would go to sniff at the cat. The cat would smack down the dogs face again and I would clean up the blood from the walls and floor. No puppy, no.
Now this scenario went on for a year or so. Every few days the dog would stick her nose where it really didn't belong and the bloodletting would begin anew.
Gradually the cat stopped using the claws and just pummeled the the dog with his paws. Finally after many, many years the dog could stick her nose right into the cat's butt to the point of lift off and the cat would just walk away. I think he got to liking it.
We had our cat, Alvin for 18 years. We got our dog, Maxine when the cat was an adult.
The cat was not impressed with this Labrador puppy and made it very clear to said pup to stay away.
This point was driven across by a flurry of swipes at the pups head. I cleaned up the spray of blood off the walls and told the puppy to stay away.
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Now we all know puppies are stupid. Cute yes but stupid in the ways of life. So back she would go to sniff at the cat. The cat would smack down the dogs face again and I would clean up the blood from the walls and floor. No puppy, no.
Now this scenario went on for a year or so. Every few days the dog would stick her nose where it really didn't belong and the bloodletting would begin anew.
Gradually the cat stopped using the claws and just pummeled the the dog with his paws. Finally after many, many years the dog could stick her nose right into the cat's butt to the point of lift off and the cat would just walk away. I think he got to liking it.
Note: these are not my actual pet's photos. They are very close facsimiles. I don't have any photos of them on my laptop and quite frankly I am too lazy too go downstairs and scan some pictures.
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