Thursday, November 29, 2007

An Afternoon in the Lives of Our Pets

This is our dog Millie, she is a 4+ Month old Saint Bernard. She's awesome and has been learning that our cat Elliott is the "BOSS" in this house. She is learning her manners very quickly and is going to be HUGE. She wants to play with Elliott, but he isn't sure that he wants to participate, yet.
This is our cat Elliott who is probably the weirdest cat that you will ever meet. As you can see in the photo, he is sitting next to the pool. He loves water, any water, anywhere. If he hears water "he is running" almost as fast as Forrest. If you are in the bathtub or washing dishes or doing any other water related task he is ALWAYS there. He is also an ATTACK CAT!!! When I walk up the stairs he sits in his attack stance waiting for me to get to the third stair and then he jumps up, running towards my feet usually wrapping his paws around me, biting me in the calf. I hate it, although everyone else in the house seems to find it hilarious. When they hear me scream they know exactly what has happened. Because of this cat, when I am going to walk up the stairs I have to look behind myself to verify that he isn't watching and to be prepared for the attack. He is just a really strange animal, but we love him.
This picture was taken today in the back yard. Millie is learning that Elliott is not interested in playing with her. She loves to chase him around the yard when we let him outside. It is so funny. As you can see, when she gets too close he has to let her know who is in charge. So far she doesn't seem to care.


After about 20 minutes of trying to play, Millie was tuckered out and gave up (for the time being I'm sure). She just looks at me like she is so confused about why this cat is so rude.
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