Rose was not hospitable. The minute Mother returned from the vet and entered the pasture, the dog roared down the pasture hill to drive off this mangy intruder.It was one of Rose's rare mistakes. Mother was not like the other animals Rose had encountered and dominated. The cat sat perfectly still until the charging border collie was about 4 inches away, and then she calmly turned and raked the dog's nose with one sharp swipe of her paw. Rose is not one to make the same mistake twice. From that point on, even when Mother was right in front of her, Rose pretended not to notice her.
That's a cat that's been around dogs before and knows how to handle them.
"That's a cat that's been around dogs before and knows how to handle them."
I had a little (10#) black & white tuxedo cat which I picked up while living in an apartment. The goofy woman downstairs would let her 2 beagles out every morning to do their business, usually in the breezeway, and they'd back my tuxedo guy into a corner. Their first mistake of the day, every day. He'd kung fu kitty nail them both on the nose and saunter off like the king of the complex (which he was).
He became a housecat when we bought the house, and died a couple of years ago at about 15. I still miss the little devil.