Hi, I’m Savanna! Read my introduction to be taught extra about me and my spunky Chihuahua combine, Penny.
Does your canine assume he’s (or she’s) a cat? Sometimes I’m satisfied that Penny does, or not less than she acts like my cats typically.
As you could know, we have now three cats, and all the cats have been right here earlier than we ever received Penny. I don’t know if that led to some type of identification disaster in Penny, however as people, we all know that if we spend sufficient time round somebody, we finally begin to choose up on a few of their mannerisms.
I believe that’s what occurred to Penny, since she’s the odd one out on the subject of my pets. In actuality, I believe Penny is absolutely conscious that she is just not a cat and that she is technically the dominant animal regardless of being the identical dimension because the cats. But I believe the issue stems from the truth that she doesn’t perceive why the cats are allowed to do issues that she isn’t. Here are among the ways in which Penny acts like a cat, how she asserts dominance over them, and what it’s like dwelling with a canine and three cats.
But First, a Brief Introduction to My Kitties
If you’re studying for the primary time this week, I used to be at all times a cat lover first. So after we took Penny in from my niece Alissa who rescued Penny however couldn’t maintain her completely, I needed to be sure that she was good with cats since we had three cats at residence already. After all, the cats have been right here first. But Alissa had a cat too, and guaranteed me that the cat was Penny’s finest good friend, so we took Penny in.
Just so you may get the total expertise, it’s vital so that you can briefly get to know my three kitties. We know them by their precise title, however Penny is aware of them by different names, and that’s how she tells them aside.
Bubba
Bubba is my orange tabby cat, and of the three cats we have now now, he’s the oldest and the primary one we received. I received him as a kitten from a good friend who had discovered him. He’s the everyday lazy, grumpy previous man cat, and typically we expect he solely has about one mind cell. Penny is aware of him as “stripey kitty” they usually’re fairly detached to one another more often than not, however they get alongside simply superb.
Kittylina
Kittylina (Lina for brief) was a birthday reward for my daughter. She is the second kitty we received, the tortoiseshell, and we received her from a PetSmart adoption occasion the place they partnered with an area animal shelter. She was described to us as “nearly feral”, and it took her some time to heat as much as the thought of being in our residence. She doesn’t thoughts in the event you strategy and pet her, however she undoubtedly has that “tortoiseshell diva” status and gained’t strategy you. Penny is aware of her as “speckled kitty”, and he or she is somewhat cautious of Lina for no matter purpose. It’s most likely as a result of Lina is the one one who ever swats at Penny when she desires to be left alone.
Thunder
Thunder, the grey cat, is the youngest and the final kitty we received. He was rehomed from my sister. He’s undoubtedly the neatest of our three cats, and he appears extra like a canine than a cat typically. He even performs fetch together with his toy mice. This is Penny’s “good friend kitty”, the one she will get alongside finest with, most likely as a result of their personalities are essentially the most related. They get alongside properly more often than not, besides when he’s getting pets and he or she isn’t. Then Penny turns right into a jealous little attention hog.
How Penny Acts Like a Cat
Now that you recognize our three cats somewhat higher, I believe dwelling with them has rubbed off on Penny a little bit, and right here’s how.
“Empty” Food Bowls
What’s the one factor we all know to at all times be true about cats? If they’ll even see a tiny part of their meals bowl on the backside, they beg for extra meals, they usually aren’t fooled by merely rearranging the meals to make it appear to be you added extra. (Just FYI, we don’t give in to our cats each time they beg for extra meals. We feed them twice a day, when their bowls are empty or nearly empty.)
But now, Penny has began asking for extra meals when she sees a tiny part of her bowl on the backside. I believe she discovered from watching the cats, as a result of she used to not do this. The distinction is that with Penny, I can merely rearrange her meals somewhat bit to make it appear to be there’s extra, and that’s adequate for her.
Being on the Coffee Table
It’s nearly unimaginable to maintain cats off of counters, tabletops, and many others. They at all times know the place you don’t need them to be, and that’s the place they go. Thunder particularly has a behavior of leaping up on our espresso desk and simply sitting there grooming himself. It’s probably not an issue, as a result of he doesn’t do it whereas we eat or something.
But Penny thinks that as a result of “good friend kitty” can get on the espresso desk, she will too. The downside is that she will’t leap from the ground to the espresso desk just like the cats can, so she has to leap onto the sofa after which from the sofa to the espresso desk. I’m afraid she’s going to overlook the desk and harm herself. She’s undoubtedly not as agile because the cats. Also, she’s not up there simply to be up there. She’s up there searching for crumbs and different “snacks”. So I at all times should make her get off the desk.
How Penny Exerts “Dominance” Over the Cats
Even although Penny acts just like the cats in some methods, she is aware of she’s not the identical species as them. But watching her attempt to exert her dominance over the cats when she’s the identical dimension as them is hilarious. She appears to have appointed herself as “kitty monitor”, and he or she is aware of the place all the cats are at any time. She even tries to herd them into the identical space of the home. That’s why we gave them these nicknames, so she doesn’t confuse their names with different issues. For instance, you possibly can say “Where’s stripey kitty?”, and he or she’ll take you to precisely the place Bubba is.
But the funniest factor that ever occurred was when a robust wind blew our again door open one morning. Lina woke us up by coming into the bed room, leaping up on the mattress, and meowing attempting to get our consideration, which was uncommon for her. So we stand up, observe Lina to the backdoor, and discover Thunder and Bubba outdoors within the yard with Penny working round them, barking to get their consideration, then working again towards the door attempting to get them again inside. Meanwhile, Lina was giving us this appear to be, “Will you please do one thing about these three idiots disturbing my peace?”
Anyway, Penny undoubtedly thinks she’s answerable for the kitties, and he or she’s actually fast to return get us if she thinks considered one of them is doing one thing they shouldn’t be. Usually, that’s sitting on the espresso desk, since she’s not allowed to. But typically she even involves get us if one of many cats is batting one thing round on the ground or making noise in any method, as a result of she thinks they’re doing one thing flawed in the event that they aren’t simply mendacity on the again of the sofa sleeping quietly.
Is Penny My Fourth Cat?
I don’t assume Penny actually thinks she’s a cat, however I do assume she acts the identical method the cats do typically simply to see what she will get away with. So typically, it’s like having 4 cats in the home. But watching a canine that’s the identical dimension as a cat attempting to claim herself over the cats by no means fails to make me snigger, and the cats would undoubtedly do extra harm to Penny than she would to them in the event that they didn’t get alongside. Luckily, my three cats and Penny get alongside simply superb. They really are Penny’s associates, even when she is somewhat bossy in direction of them typically.
