s e v e n i s a j o u r n e y

Friday evening we had a visitor. Lex, the brother of our neighbor Roger, dropped by with his (16 year old?) daughter Katrina, as he wanted to show her the ‘paca. He also had Roger’s dog with him. Rasputin and the dog were staring intently at each other through the glass by the front door, so we let the kitty out. He advanced on the 50-pound dog in full “Halloween-cat” mode, back arched and tail puffed, not at all intimidated by the dog more than 3x his size. The dog got rather freaked out by this, so for the sanity of the dog we put Rasptuin back inside.

Later, after looking at the ‘paca (and watching their reaction of intense curiosity to the dog- amusing since they chase the cats out of the paddock), Rasputin and the dog had another meeting, this time in the side yard. Rasputin was not so agressive in his advance this time, but he came right up to the dog and sniffed his nose. Lex was amazed, as he had never witnessed a cat deal with a larger dog in such a way. Rasputin- always full of surprises!