Making Friends

Stormy being brave and trying to get her bluff in on Marley.

Our son and his puppy, Marley, were here several days during Christmas.  

Our family had a great time.  We played a lot of games, ate, visited, and watched Marley and our kitty, Stormy, 

whenever they got close to each other. 

We were hoping they would get along and become friends. 

Stormy had to stay downstairs the first 

two days, mostly because she would hiss and want 

to strike at Marley with her claws showing.

Finally, she decided she had enough of being alone

most of the time and ventured upstairs. 

  Help Mom, lock that dog up!!

The minute Marley made a move to walk closer to Stormy,

she hightailed it down the hall with Marley in hot pursuit.

  We then decided it might be wise to put

Marley in the kennel for a while.

That's much better, thanks!

Stormy thought that was an excellent idea, too.  She

was very relaxed by now and started pulling herself along

inch by inch toward the kennel.  They stared at each other 

for quite some time and almost touched noses.

After a while, we decided to try again 

with Marley out of the kennel.

Let's try getting along again outside the kennel, okay?

Well, peace reigned for all of 5 minutes, then it was a game of

cat and mouse puppy again.  They were back to chasing and

stalking each other. 

Don't get too close, Marley!

 

Watch out!

Friends from a distance is good.

Until next time...