Piper goes after my mom's declawed cat at every opportunity and fails miserably at "getting" Alice most of the time. However, last week Piper caught Alice in the bathtub where she was hiding out from thunderstorm (Piper has never managed to get in the tub before...). I hear caterwallin (terrible screaming sound from Alice) and hubbub and find them both slip sliding around in tub. I managed to grab Pipe and Alice flew out. Alice was fine cuz Piper is missing teeth--cat with no claws, dog with no teeth, all good! But Piper did get cut on her lip. I flushed with water and Piper is fine. I realize it's very very different as Alice is housecat, etc., but man-o-man, do they ever mix it up! Piper thinks it's Christmas morning anytime she can go after Alice! And as you say, Matese, that prey drive in our two, for sure, overtakes and supersedes all else. When she is close to quarry, Piper hears nothing, sees nothing, feels nothing, period. And it always, always happens in literally, the blink of an eye. |