Posted by Penny on July 16, 2003, at 9:26:18
It's another day. At least it's Wednesday, not Monday and not Tuesday, but I don't have therapy until tomorrow, so I wish it was Thursday. But, alas, it's not.
Not feeling too chipper. Even with taking my meds early last night, I could NOT pull myself out of bed this morning and here I am, rolling into work just before 10 a.m. Not a good thing, considering I'm supposed to be here at 8.
Sitting in my dark office feeling really sleepy and worrying about the cat my roommate brought home last night. He's beautiful, gray and white short-haired, about 2 years old, but he apparently is terrified of my dogs, and the feeling appears to be mutual. When I got home last night, my roommate was freaking out (she has NO experience with cats) as he was under the guest room bed hiding and the dogs were curious and staring at the bed. I lifted up the dustruffle and looked at him, but when he saw one of my dogs he growled and hissed and lashed out with his claws. Not a good sign, obviously.
My dogs, once they get used to a cat, are okay. They certainly don't like to hurt the cat but are curious. I rescued a cat once who was very gentle and laid back and would just climb on the back of a chair if she wanted a break from the dogs. I have pictures of all of them laying on the couch and on my bed together. They got along fine.
This cat had been with another cat, but not with dogs, and I just don't know if this is a good idea. I told my roommate to give it a chance, to not expect kitty to just come out and play his first night in our house, especially with the dogs, and the dogs are crated in the daytime, so I'm hoping, with the quiet, he'll get the urge to explore and get a little more comfortable today. But we'll see.
At the same time, I certainly don't want fighting animals around, and I don't want a cat who is going to be clawing everything and scratching me and so on. A friend of mine from college had an 'evil' cat who would, for no reason at all, lunge at you with his claws out and land on your arms or legs, or try to bite you, and would hiss at you when you walked in the house. He was like that from kittenhood, and he wasn't feral, but he never did outgrow it. I hated that cat. He was beautiful, but I hated him, especially when I would leave her house with scratches and cuts on my arms from that cat, and I didn't even do anything to him!!! It was very frustrating.
So, I don't know what's going to happen. I don't need more drama in my life. And I don't want my dogs walking around afraid of the cat either. He's bigger than my smaller dog, and almost as big as my larger dog, and they wouldn't hurt him, as I said, although they might fight back if he attacks. I dunno. They've always been fine with cats, as long as the cats were fine with them. I kind of feel the same way...
Anyway, enough of my babbling. I'm tired and I want to take a nap. But I've been doing so well with staying awake all day. :-(
P
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