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\"\"As many of you know who have read my dog eulogies, I am , and have been most of my life, a dog person.\u00a0 <\/span>I have told you the story of Libbi<\/a> and Darby<\/a> and Pepper<\/a>, now all gone from us.\u00a0 <\/span>At this point I am not sure if there is another dog In my future but as a stop gap measure, I apparently have become a cat person. Here is how that happened. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Roxi<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Almost two years ago a decision was made to adde a cat to our household, who at the time consisted my wife, myself, Darby and Pepper.\u00a0 <\/span>My nene chose to oblige this need and provided us with a five week old kitten who we named Roxy.\u00a0 <\/span>Roxi in very short order assumed command of the household including making decisions as to what the dogs were and were not allowed to do.\u00a0 <\/span>Roxi was friendly with my wife and tolerated me. The dogs she chose to allow to live provided they behaved themselves and knew their place.\u00a0 <\/span>She would never admit it but she was seen, when she thought no human was watching, cavorting with\u00a0 <\/span>Pepper.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Gyp0si<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

But then Darbi passed on and later Pepper followed.\u00a0 <\/span>Suddenly she found herself as the sol furry person in the house. But that was soon to change.\u00a0 <\/span>This past June someone made the insane decision that she was lonely and needed another furry friend.\u00a0 <\/span>Gypsi came into our life.\u00a0 <\/span>Roxi immediately adopted Gypsi as her own kitten but was quite confused as she had absolutely no recollection of\u00a0 <\/span>giving birth, but she nevertheless assumed that she must have because there was the kitten and where else could it have com from. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

This is where the story turns dark.\u00a0 <\/span>Roxi became aggressive.\u00a0 <\/span>I am not sure why but I believe a compilation of events brought this about.\u00a0 <\/span>From hormonal changes as a result of being spayed, to losing her friend Pepper to birthing a kitten she had no recollection of having, she kind of lost her mind.\u00a0 <\/span>For no apparent reason, she attacked my son\u2019s 25 pound dog.\u00a0 <\/span>He won\u2019t admit it, but I believe my son is still upset that his 25 pound dog had her ass handed to her by a eight pound cat. \u00a0 <\/span>Next she turned on my 16 year old grandson who remarked \u201csomeone needs to put that friggin cat down!<\/p>\n

Most recently she took offense with my Daughter in law and attempted to take her on.\u00a0 <\/span>Fortunately the incident was resolved without damage but it made me start thinking if I need to take measures to insure the safety of guests in my home.\u00a0 <\/span>I did some research and was surprised to discover that cats can be just as protective of their humans as are dogs.\u00a0 <\/span>Usually not to this degree, but it does help to explain\u00a0 <\/span>the why of the situation.\u00a0 <\/span>For it is surprising when she resorts to this behavior.\u00a0 <\/span>Mostly she is loving and affectionate and most especially at five in the morning when I am trying to sleep).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

I truly hope that those offended by her behavior will give her the benefit of the doubt realizing that her actions were honorable and well intended.\u00a0 <\/span>One does not know what her early five weeks of life were like,\u00a0 <\/span>how her cat mother and siblings treated her.\u00a0 <\/span>One thing I do know is she was born in Kentucky and that could explain a lot.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

As many of you know who have read my dog eulogies, I am , and have been most of my life, a dog person.\u00a0 I have told you the story of Libbi and Darby and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":14065,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_daextrevo_audio_file_creation_date":"","_daextrevo_text_to_speech":"","_daextrevo_document_type":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[261],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14061","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-dogs-and-cats"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/townehouse.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/IMG_0731.jpeg?fit=200%2C267&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":14428,"url":"https:\/\/townehouse.net\/?p=14428","url_meta":{"origin":14061,"position":0},"title":"California Wildfires","author":"Tom Lind","date":"January 13, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"I have been watching the reports of the wildfires in California, and I find myself quite distressed by the devastation these fires have caused.\u00a0 As I look around my own home and see, just within a couple of feet of where I set many belongings and photographs that mean so\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Opinion"","block_context":{"text":"Opinion","link":"https:\/\/townehouse.net\/?cat=21"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/townehouse.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/TH-011325-1.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":14206,"url":"https:\/\/townehouse.net\/?p=14206","url_meta":{"origin":14061,"position":1},"title":"I Wonder (or wander)","author":"Tom Lind","date":"August 23, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"As a retiree, I have found that a life of leisure comes with its own set of challenges. 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