Jul 23 2010
Turf Wars
You can take the girl out of Oakland*, but you can’t take the Oakland out of the girl…
L’il A has taken to acting like a little hoodlum lately. She probably has a tattoo lurking under her fur. Her target: the Notorious D.O.G. gang.
When Rob was helping me with the great Painting Project last week, Star showed her objections to being left home alone by breaking out and joining us. L’il A showed her objections to a rival gang member being on her turf by puffing up hugely and clawing at the unsuspecting (and surprised) Star.
I shooed Audrey away, but she hid under the house, and when Star walked by, Audrey pounced on her. Star was shocked and backed away, wondering what the hell was going on. Audrey was unrepentant.
Rob took Star home again and Audrey ran off to terrorize the local bird population for a change of pace.
Yesterday, Luna was lying on the dusty driveway, minding her own business, when L’il A pulled the puff’n’pounce on her. Luna wisely trotted home, but I have to say I’m worried about this trend. One of these days, Audrey is going to pull this crap on a dog who is less understanding than Luna or Star and she’ll be hurt or even killed. Attacking someone who is about a hundred times bigger than you are is not the greatest idea.
Any thoughts on how to reform this feline delinquent before it’s too late? Possibly a well-timed and well-aimed squirt of water? All suggestions welcome.
*News like this certainly makes me glad I did.
4 Responses to “Turf Wars”
Entropy is relentless about attacking anything she sees as a threat. Including my Mom’s pitbull. It is still miraculous to me that she’s still alive… he had her in his mouth. In the end she walked away without a scratch and Chief (the pitbull) had a bleeding lip. Insane. Thank god that Chief must have understood that she wasn’t a snack.
At any rate, I have no advice. I’ll take some, though!
Somehow you never see headlines like “Cat attacks pit bull”! 🙂 Star is a pit bull, too, BTW.
I’m afraid the only way she’ll learn is if someone objects. Hopefully, she’s only picking on Luna, Star and the birds because she recognises them as soft targets. Maybe it’s just a phase. Perhaps she’s acting out because she misses her sister.
You could be right. When June first went missing, Audrey slept a LOT and stayed around the house. She now sleeps with me part of every night. It makes sense that Audrey misses June – they were together all their lives, even before they were born. Not a day goes by I don’t miss the Beautiful June Bug.