The other night, around 2am, as I sat in bed watching Moesha, I suddenly heard my doggie door open. Thinking it was just one of my dogs, I ignored it and continued my dissection of Moesha and Q's relationship. Suddenly, however, I heard a seriously loud hiss and growl, and then all hell broke lose! My walls were literally shaking as both of my dogs charged through the doggie door and outside. I didn't know what was going on. I heard growls and yelps. Stuff was being thrown and knocked over, triggering security lights and causing the other neighborhood dogs to start going crazy. With a shocked mind and pounding heart, I went to save my dogs from the “intruder,” and ran out into my backyard.
Usually I don't have to worry about my dogs, Onyx and Mojo, because they're a pretty good size and very strong. Plus, they're German Shepherd and Rottweiler mixes, so seriously, who's gonna mess with them? Well, when I stepped into my backyard, I saw that both dogs had been pinned against the wall, but the intruder wasn't a giant serial killer like I suspected. There was no Michael Myers or Jason Vorhees. It was actually a 10lb stray cat and it was beating the shit out of my dogs, both of them! Basically, this cat had broken into my home, made its way into my living room and then challenged my dogs to a fight... When the cat saw me, she turned, ran into my patio and hid behind my bike. My dogs, who had been huddled together against the wall, suddenly got courage and chased after the cat. Now they were the ones that had her cornered.
I love all animals, but this cat seemed like she either had a vendetta or that maybe she was rabid. Seriously, her growls sounded like they were coming from a very large, angry mountain lion. I don't know if any of you have ever seen someone get attacked by a domestic cat before, but it is fucking scary! It might as well be a mountain lion! So, I'm not gonna lie, my first thought was to use a weed whacker on it. Not to kill it! I'm not sick. I just wanted to scare it and ensure that if she tried to attack me I would have some sort of powerful protection. Thankfully, I talked myself out of that idea. Instead, I opted for a shovel. I only poked at it and hit the ground next to it, but that cat had glued itself to the ground and the dogs were definitely not helping. They were way too excited at this point and were jumping and barking at the cat who had just handed them their asses. So then I had to separate the dogs from the cat.
Mojo came right in, but Onyx was determined to redeem himself. Eventually after calling him over and over again, I took my baby gate and used it as a shield between me, Onyx and the cat. With the baby gate, I was able to herd Onyx back into the house. With the dogs inside, I tried again to get the cat to leave, but she still wouldn't. Soon, I realized that the cat was just scared, so I calmly told her that everything was okay and that she could leave. At that, she calmly came out from her hiding spot and walked out of the patio and jumped the fence. Crisis over! Thankfully, I did see the cat again the next day, and she was totally fine, so she definitely did not have rabies. I think she just wanted to kick some dog ass!!!
Mojo (the white and black) and Onyx (the black and tan)
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