Wednesday, July 27, 2011

dogs vs cats

I was out of commission for a few days with a nasty bug, leaving my family to fend for itself. As I laid there listening to my household members carry on without me (which they can) I was able to observe and reflect on cats and dogs. See some people are cat people, some people are dog people. I have both. I love both but they are two very separate creatures.
I learned that my cat is LAZY. She did not move from the bed I laid upon once. I have no idea if she ate or not. From her perch ON the bed she watched as the big yellow beast (which is what I know she calls the dog) would barge into the room whenever the door was open. Luna was perplexed as to why the person who does EVERYTHING is doing nothing. On the other hand the cat could have cared less. Luna LOVES the bedroom, it off limits which the cat knows. So when the cat gets accidently trapped under the bed and the large yellow beast charges in I hear sudden quiet. I hear shuffling under the bed. I hear what eerily sounds like the alligators on Swamp People, a low terrifying rumble-that is not coming from the dog. Then I hear excited whining. See this is the difference, my cat is solitary-a loner if you will. Dogs by nature are not. Luna is always delighted when the small furred thing ventures out. She hopes it will play, she hopes it will bounce,she hope it will be her partner in crime of all things NOT to put in her mouth. She thinks whining and yelping at it under the bed will somehow magically get it to move. It never does. Luna eventually has to be dragged out before the cat has a nervous breakdown and the cat back on the bed as only she is allowed to do.

Two very different creatures indeed. I would post a picture of the two of them together, but well you know, I don't thing that is going to happen.

2 comments:

bobbione8y said...

i don't think cats are lazy, i think they are motivationally-challenged. my cat will stay up all day and night watching a bug in the windowsill, if she thinks she has a chance of catching it ;)

ha. but yes. after years and years of telling people that i love BOTH dogs and cats, i am finally settling into being a cat person. much easier for all involved ;)

Karen said...

Great post! I might just be a cat myself. Not a cat person, but a cat. Give me a bed and a book (instead of a bug) and I'm happy as can be. :-)