Streetwalk of death by pointy teeth.

[den]

Scruffy has discovered that if the front gate is left open, and no one is looking, he can snuggle down in a sheltered place in the front garden and soak up some afternoon sun. Technically he is being a BADDOG but since no one can see him he thinks he's all right. Plus, he's getting on in years so I'm happy to cut him a little slack. Poor Polly sits at the gate and look watches him and looks miserable because she's having BADDOG thoughts without actually doing anything bad.

This afternoon I was watching the dog in the garden through the loungeroom windows, when a black shape caught my eye. It was the black tomcat who used to walk along the back fence. He was slinking along the path between the house and garden. As he drew level with the windows I tapped on the glass. The cat paused and looked at me.

Something small and covered with scruffy grey fur and sticks exploded from the pansy patch and fell onto the cat, yodelling like a maniac. The cat bounced off the window and landed in a bush. Scruffy followed, hitting the window a little more heavily than the cat before diving into the shrubbery. The bush shook like crazy while there was much yodelling and fitz-rowing, then the cat emerged vertically through the top of the canopy, changed direction without touching anything, and vanished into the neighbour's front yard.

Scruffy scrambled from the garden, covered in leaves and dirt. He shook himself, barked once at the departed cat, and limped into the backyard where he was met by a grovelling Polly.

Dogs 2, Cat 0.

Comments

[(Anonymous)]

*hysterical laughter*

--Quill

[kythrain.livejournal.com]

Oi. The trampoline bit from the backpost was enough to get me laughing... you'd think the cat would learn to do something right. I know exactly what my cat would do... beat the crap out of that dog. Oreo (he's black and white, how'd you guess?) has taken on dogs 3-4 times his size and won. He's about 16 lbs, so big for a cat.

[dewhitton.livejournal.com]

Scruffy is a terrier and so has no concept of being out-sized or numbered. Cats Must Be Attacked.

[kythrain.livejournal.com]

Heh. Sounds like a dog. He'd learn quick if he had a cat hanging on to his head raking his nose and biting his ears.

[dizzdvl.livejournal.com]

Ah that's nothing. Sheckie the black and white cat currently immobilizing my foot is 25 lb. Although, Sheckie is a wimp and is afraid of the 10lb cat and gets beat up by the 10lb cat quite a bit.

[weyrdbird.livejournal.com]

*Giggle*

Maybe the cat will now realise that avoiding your yard altogether might be a survival decision:). Poor Polly! *scritches*. One day she will be the olddog and have the coveted spot in the front yard.

[dewhitton.livejournal.com]

that's a few years away yet. 8)

[klishnor.livejournal.com]

You do know that the cat is going to blame *you* for the ambush don't you? :)

[dewhitton.livejournal.com]

If the cat wants to get me it'll have to come into the yard with the dogs. 8)

[klishnor.livejournal.com]

Remember that cats can be incredibly patient, when it's something they really, really want. Just look at one sitting by a mouse hole.

I'd be careful not to be out of leaping range for your dogs for a year or two. :)