{"id":1880,"date":"2017-04-04T04:12:36","date_gmt":"2017-04-04T12:12:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/?p=1880"},"modified":"2017-04-04T04:12:36","modified_gmt":"2017-04-04T12:12:36","slug":"newsday-tuesday-pet-pals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/?p=1880","title":{"rendered":"Newsday Tuesday \u2013 Pet Pals"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"I love those little books and random stories about unlikely animal friends. There are even TV programs featuring animals who have chosen pals outside their species\u2014a cat and a duck, for example, a pig and a horse, a dog and a monkey and on and on and on.<\/p>\n

I think our kitty Lily would like to have a dog friend. She loves children\u2014is attracted to them\u2014but she also is fascinated by dogs. If someone comes in with a dog (always on a leash, of course), she will lurk a distance away, but so that the dog is within her view. If I visit with someone outside who has a dog with them, she peers out through the screen at the dog the entire time they\u2019re here. My daughter\u2019s Australian shepherd will creep up to the door to get a better look at Lily and maybe sniff her a little and Lily stays right there eager to get a closer look and a sniff of her own.<\/p>\n

This week I got a poster in the mail from the Humane Society. It shows adorable kittens\"\" and puppies. I left it out for the cats to see and as you can see, Sophie was interested in making one of the puppy\u2019s acquaintance.<\/p>\n

In my Klepto Cat Mysteries, the star cat, Rags, has many animal friends. He has no boundaries when it comes to making friends\u2014well, he can be pretty hard on a bad guy (or gal). But he warms up to most any animal who\u2019ll let him, including dogs, other cats, and a horse. I haven\u2019t exposed him to any wild animals or birds, yet. But maybe I will in the future.<\/p>\n

Tomorrow\u2014on Wild and Crazy Wednesday\u2014I\u2019ll reveal some of the snarky remarks I get from readers. You don\u2019t want to miss this.<\/p>\n

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