[Soft*Silver]

I enjoyed having my Phinneas follow me everywhere in the house. Up and down stairs was easy for him. We did laundry. He ate while I made a meatloaf and did dishes and swept the floors. But the best of all, was laying on the couch and watching tv and doing the internet together. He snuggled into the nook of my knees and laid there as part of me.

He does need to learn manners with the kitties tho. He has never been around cats before. I have Mr Smitty who is truly a wise cat, but very much reminds me of an autistic child. He will come to me to be touched, but once my hand is on him, he has to direct the touch. I cant just pet him freely. And god forbid I try to hold him. He acts as tho i am trying to peel his skin off. I have another cat, CatFace, the bold and beautiful, a stray I took in, who has a queen bea attitude. She and Smitty often have eye wars and bat at each other at times.

Well, today, Phinneas attacked Smitty...actually tried to bite him this time...and out of nowhere, CatFace the bold and beautiful, lept in mid air and jumped on Phinneas and knocked him over, hissing and spitting and growling and cuffing him several times in rapid succession. Mr Smitty bolted for the couch and ran up behind my head where I was sitting and Phinneas jumped up in my lap and climbed ontop of my head too and hung onto my face like a baby crab...scared to death, trembling. CatFace, the bold and beautiful got on the seat of the couch and looked at me and the Phinneas. I laughed and told her I would handle it from here and patted her. Then I reassured both Smitty and Phinneas. Eventually Phinneas calmed down enough to slide down and crawl under my legs for about an hour before he could finally relax.

What really amazed me was about ten minutes after the fight was all over, CatFace, the bold and beautiful, jumped up on the back of the couch and walked up to Smitty. Now she never approaches Smitty unless its to cuff him. Not this time. This time, she touched noses with him and softly made some noises. And he made soft noises back. She stood there for a few moments and then she left. Wow. Lioness taking care of her tribe. She became my hero tonight. And Phinneas learned something important. Cats rule and dogs drool.