M vs M

M vs M and no I don’t mean the candies. This is the battle of the cat and the dog. In the left corner weighing in at seven pounds is the little white Maltese named Mikie and in the right corner weighing in at six pounds is the calico cat named Missy.  Mikie is the newcomer and has only been around since December while Missy has been around for a while and is used to the house and those who live here including the other dog, Bandit, the chickens and the rabbit, ChiChi. Mikie on the other hand is still acclimating himself to the surroundings but should be used to all the animals by now but he has this thing of irritating Missy and she him.

Mikie loves to aggravate Missy every chance he gets and waits to see her outside and then he begs the humans in the house to let him out so he can chase her or sneak attack and try to nip her in the butt so she’ll turn around and try to scratch him or chase him around the yard.

Missy too likes to instigate the aggravation of Mikie so that she can get him to bark and chase her. Some days it’s a game between the two of them and others it’s just plain meanness. Missy can be sitting on the top step of the deck and watch him move around on the patio when all of the sudden she’ll creep down the stairs, over to the rocker and hop on it and then dare Mikie to do something so that he gets in trouble.

One day when I was taking him and Bandit for a walk I turned around and saw her creeping down the driveway and tried to sneak up on him. He didn’t see her at first and kept walking down the road, so she waited in the yard behind of the railroad ties and barely stuck her head up above to spy on the dogs. She waited very patiently for the dogs to come back from their walk and when she saw Mikie she started walking towards the left of the yard and hoped over the rail tie and on to the driveway. It took a few minutes for Mikie to see her and when he did he started barking and tried to pull at his leash to get to her. She just stood there and looked at him as if to say, “Ha ha I just got you into trouble with the human and you can’t do anything about it.” 

Everyday is always a battle of who is going to get who in trouble. We had hoped by now that he would settle down and behave but he is very much a toddler in a dog's body and Missy is having way too much fun.