Saturday, May 30, 2009
Here Kitty Kitty Kitty

It was early in the morning. My human and I ventured out to the kitchen to wake up Atlantis when out of the corner of my eye I saw movement out the back door. I froze in place for a second then slowly crept forward. About that time my human noticed my attentiveness and turned to grab me.

Knowing that if she got to me or the doggie door before I did, I would be unable to defend my yard from the invader I made a run for it. I was out the doggie door in a flash and the furry black invader made a mad dash for the block fence at the back of the yard with me right on its tail. The creature darted up the wall but failed to make it over and fell back to earth.

About this time I hear my human yelling "Sandi stop" "Don't". At least I'm fairly sure that's what she was saying. I was pretty much in the zone at that point so I prefer to think she was saying "Sandi don't stop". In either case I wasn't about to end my chase in the heat of the moment especially as the ball of fluff was plummeting towards my open jaws.

I caught the beast just before it hit the ground. I playfully tossed my quarry in to the air with delight but failed to reacquire it as it fell. It hit the ground running with me in hot pursuit. We made one full lap around the back yard as my human looked on in horror.

Once back at the wall the creature made one more attempt to scale the wall and this time it succeeded. I also felt a sense of accomplishment. I had driven the marauding cat from the yard. I had defended my territory and protected my human from any nefarious plans the feline may have had.

I puffed up and strutted around the yard, still on alert and pumped with adrenalin. My human finally let Atlantis out who by now really needed to pee. Normally she bolts over with puppy exuberance to greet me in the morning but one look at my posture and she stopped dead in her tracks and peed on the patio.

Once I calmed down and was sure the threat to household security was gone we all came inside for breakfast.

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