Hello, I’m Savanna! Learn my introduction to study extra about me and my spunky Chihuahua combine, Penny.
Does your canine suppose he’s (or she’s) a cat? Generally I’m satisfied that Penny does, or a minimum of she acts like my cats generally.
As you could know, we have now three cats, and the entire cats have been right here earlier than we ever acquired Penny. I don’t know if that led to some type of id disaster in Penny, however as people, we all know that if we spend sufficient time round somebody, we ultimately begin to choose up on a few of their mannerisms.
I feel that’s what occurred to Penny, since she’s the odd one out on the subject of my pets. In actuality, I feel Penny is absolutely conscious that she isn’t a cat and that she is technically the dominant animal regardless of being the identical dimension because the cats. However I feel the issue stems from the truth that she doesn’t perceive why the cats are allowed to do issues that she isn’t. Listed here are among the ways in which Penny acts like a cat, how she asserts dominance over them, and what it’s like residing with a canine and three cats.
However First, a Temporary Introduction to My Kitties
For those who’re studying for the primary time this week, I used to be all the time a cat lover first. So once we took Penny in from my niece Alissa who rescued Penny however couldn’t hold her completely, I needed to be sure that she was good with cats since we had three cats at house already. In any case, the cats have been right here first. However Alissa had a cat too, and guaranteed me that the cat was Penny’s finest pal, so we took Penny in.
Simply so you will get the total expertise, it’s necessary so that you can briefly get to know my three kitties. We all 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 acquired. I acquired him as a kitten from a pal who had discovered him. He’s the everyday lazy, grumpy previous man cat, and generally 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 high quality.
Kittylina
Kittylina (Lina for brief) was a birthday reward for my daughter. She is the second kitty we acquired, the tortoiseshell, and we acquired her from a PetSmart adoption occasion the place they partnered with a neighborhood animal shelter. She was described to us as “virtually feral”, and it took her some time to heat as much as the thought of being in our house. She doesn’t thoughts for those who method and pet her, however she positively has that “tortoiseshell diva” status and received’t method you. Penny is aware of her as “speckled kitty”, and he or she is a bit of cautious of Lina for no matter cause. It’s most likely as a result of Lina is the one one who ever swats at Penny when she needs to be left alone.
Thunder
Thunder, the grey cat, is the youngest and the final kitty we acquired. He was rehomed from my sister. He’s positively the neatest of our three cats, and he appears extra like a canine than a cat generally. He even performs fetch along with his toy mice. That is Penny’s “pal kitty”, the one she will get alongside finest with, most likely as a result of their personalities are probably 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 consideration hog.
How Penny Acts Like a Cat
Now that you recognize our three cats a bit of higher, I feel residing with them has rubbed off on Penny a bit of bit, and right here’s how.
“Empty” Meals Bowls
What’s the one factor we all know to all the time be true about cats? If they will 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. (Simply 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 virtually empty.)
However now, Penny has began asking for extra meals when she sees a tiny part of her bowl on the backside. I feel 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 a bit of bit to make it appear to be there’s extra, and that’s adequate for her.
Being on the Espresso Desk
It’s virtually unimaginable to maintain cats off of counters, tabletops, and so on. They all the time 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.
However Penny thinks that as a result of “pal kitty” can get on the espresso desk, she will too. The issue 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 damage herself. She’s positively not as agile because the cats. Additionally, she’s not up there simply to be up there. She’s up there searching for crumbs and different “snacks”. So I all the time need to make her get off the desk.
How Penny Exerts “Dominance” Over the Cats
Despite the fact that Penny acts just like the cats in some methods, she is aware of she’s not the identical species as them. However 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 the entire 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’ll be able to say “The place’s stripey kitty?”, and he or she’ll take you to precisely the place Bubba is.
However 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 rise up, comply with Lina to the backdoor, and discover Thunder and Bubba outdoors within the yard with Penny operating round them, barking to get their consideration, then operating again towards the door attempting to get them again inside. In the meantime, Lina was giving us this appear to be, “Will you please do one thing about these three idiots disturbing my peace?”
Anyway, Penny positively thinks she’s answerable for the kitties, and he or she’s actually fast to come back get us if she thinks one in every of them is doing one thing they shouldn’t be. Often, that’s sitting on the espresso desk, since she’s not allowed to. However generally she even involves get us if one of many cats is batting one thing round on the ground or making noise in any means, 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 suppose Penny really thinks she’s a cat, however I do suppose she acts the identical means the cats do generally simply to see what she will get away with. So generally, it’s like having 4 cats in the home. However 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 giggle, and the cats would positively do extra harm to Penny than she would to them in the event that they didn’t get alongside. Fortunately, my three cats and Penny get alongside simply high quality. They really are Penny’s pals, even when she is a bit of bossy in the direction of them generally.
This text is part of Savanna and Penny’s sequence.
