Oops! Sudden diversion. I was riding in the front-pack when the big dog stepped out of the apartment building door right in front of us - followed shortly by the human attached to the other end of the string.
F spun around and I averted my eyes (if I can't see it....). We followed at a safe distance to the next corner. They went left. We went right. After that, every time we turned a corner we seemed to see THAT DOG coming the other way. F crossed the street. I felt safe enough to stare at it without crouching down and hiding in my sedan-bag.
It never looked at me and on one encounter we noticed that it's human was struggling to hold it back from its interest in a dog smaller than me. I don't think the small dog even realized what peril loomed over its existence right then. Small dogs can be so damned confident can't they? (Or self-centred to the point of being oblivious to the dangers posed by the rest of its environment.)
Some cyclists wearing in-ear music are like that.
Cats are never 'not alert'. Even asleep, I'm a coiled spring.
We have decided that we all like your markings. Where we live there has never been a cat like you and so we have never actually seen one in the 'fur'
ReplyDeleteWe do on the other hand have a very large Ginger and White one who likes to come over and make us all jittery. Thankfully Mum shouts and growls at him to scare him away.
We all think the office chair pose is your best photo.
Rupert, Rowan, Princess, Willow and Mummy Polly.
xxxxx
Some have dinner suits, some have banker's pinstripes. I've got a post come up (still being fine tuned) about all the different uniforms around here. I shout at them.... xxx Mr T
Deletecoiled spring, brahahahaha . you look so sweet draped all over whatever you happen to be on.. i did not know you have a sedan chair, what a great idea... Beau doesn't pull at all but we meet other dogs that the owner has a hard time controlling them, and the smaller the dog the more they pull, is usually what we see... thanks for the smiles to start my day
ReplyDeleteDogs ain't my favorite, but i was friendly with the foxes in our garden in UK.
Delete'Whiskers Alert' is what my painting tutor used say about how to be creative - 'we have to be cats to what's around us ' - which is certainly more true than being like my whippet who spends most of the day snoozing by my side!
ReplyDeleteThere is a definite art to snoozing. Being 'strokable' is an asset which ensures humans like have us around.
DeleteMy, what a todoo there’d have been if you or he had caught sight of each other. String or no string i think he’d have been onto you (and unfortunately F as well). What a show that would’ve been.
ReplyDeleteI must say you have perfected the art of ‘relaxing poses’ very well. Are you self taught or did you have lessons?
To be honest he didn't seem all that interested in humans or cats. Maybe he had just been socially distanced for too long and needed the company of his own species (dogs like groups don't they?). F said as dogs go it didn't seem scary. I on the other hand think ALL dogs are scary. xxx Mr T
DeleteMeant to say I’m having difficulty (again) seeing hearing and talking to other bloggers which means I haven’t had much to say to you for a little while. Don’t take offence by it
ReplyDeleteCathy when we went to leave a comment on your green blog Wordpress gave us an error message too. We hope it gets sorted soon for you. xxx Mr T
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ReplyDeleteI think the trick is to stay downwind of him, Tigger. Dogs may not have the best sight but they sure can sniff things out!!! Yes, I totally see the springs working under that abundance of fur... Hugs and whiskeries, YAM-aunty xxx
It wasn't a scary dog (as dogs go) and I'm learning to feel safe about dogs if I'm in my sedan backpack or riding Donkey and F isn't scared, or Mr B is walking 'shotgun' - then I can study the safe dogs in a mildly detached way. I hide from the rest. The humans usually see the dog first and take distancing action so I feel safe. xxx Mr T
DeleteOn my walks, during lockdown, there was this little dog that came running out of its yard
ReplyDeleteBarking and growling
I’m sure it thought it was a massive German shepherd or something.
But even so it frightened me. It can still bite
It’s one of the reasons I don’t take my dogs on my walks with me
I’m glad your ok
There are scary dogs like that living behind a grill door about 5 buildings along from us. They seem to have open stairs between roof and street level door. Usually they are barking on the roof, but if you forget to cross the street when you pass the building you get another fright of your life as one of them (there are 6 we think) suddenly lunges and barks and snarls and foams on the other side of the grill.
DeleteThat's the thing about small dogs they have so much energy and are in a real hurry to get places, I use to have a foxy dog and she was like that.
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