Since the pooch moved in, the cat’s behaviour didn’t change that much. He’s getting used to having her around, and actually because Cathy (pooch) follows me everywhere I go, Tobi is getting a little more adventurous.
BP (Before Pooch) Tobi had to be dragged out. Literally! He’s a house cat and damn it he was staying in! That wasn’t our choice that was his! We would sit outside, on the deck; he would lie by the patio door. Every so often he’d act as if he’d wanted to come out, but if we were to open the door he’d run away from the door. We did manage on a few occasions to bribe him out, but not for long. If that door was closed behind him he would meow his head off until we’d open it. He wanted the option to go freely, which wasn’t an option we are offering. You’re either in or out.
On the front porch he would come but after long negotiations and coaxing. Once out, he would roll around the cement and all, but as soon as he’d heard an unknown noise he’d rush back in.
We weren’t really displeased with this behaviour of his, since we could leave either door opened and not worry where the cat would go. That was in BP time.
Nowadays it is a little bit different, little being the key word here. Since pooch needs to go out regularly for her business I will sit in the steps while we walks around in the grass. Every time I’d go out, I would ask Tobi along. He would hide behind the door, probably watching us through the blind or something, and run off as soon as I would open the door. The last week or so Tobi started to meow in the morning, he wants out. So I let him. He rolls around on the landing and then goes back inside with the pooch when she’s done.
Now he’ll have to adjust his finicky attitude when presented something to eat. He just has to smell it, rub a little on it, smell it some more, wonder if he should or not… well that was in the BP area. We now have a four-legged “Dirt Devil”! If anything is dropped she will swallow it faster than any vacuum! OK, first she has to find it, but once she saw it, it’s gone! So whenever we present a treat to the cat, he now has to react, because I think he’s starting to realise that the noisy four-legged micro vacuum will come and snatch it right under his nose. It has happen a few times and the look of surprise or dismay on his face is simply hilarious. What’s even more funny is how totally oblivious Cathy is to all that.
'Got to love 'em!
5 comments:
Cats are such funny creatures, they certainly have minds of their own. Your Tobi is a beautiful cat. She might become and inside/outside cat yet !! Do you have laws that require you to keep your kitties in at night ?? We do, and Bambi has no problem with that ... she seems to be scared of the dark, but loves being outside during the day.
Hope you are well.
Take care, Meow
kewt animal story, Stinkypaw! and meow above seems to be the puurrrrfek commenter! hehe you write so well, its fun to read =)
meow: Thank you on Tobi's behalf, as if he didn't know that already! I don't want him to become an outdoor cat, he's fully declawed and I'd be too worried. Indoor will do just fine!
kala: Thanks!
Cats are such characters. My cat Jabbers is an indoor/outdoor cat ever since he learned how to use the dog door. He has become such a laid back cat he sleeps with the dogs all the time.
Initially the dogs were terrified of him but now, he's just one of the gang.
d b: The pooch never had any issue whatsoever with him... I was so scared of that when we took her in, but that went so smoothly! We don't have a dog door, beside the door that we "big dogs" uses, and he hasn't figured out how to turn the knob yet... ;-)
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