Follow Kitty

[darkemeralds]

On advice, I decided to walk out of the neighborhood this morning to meet my mom for breakfast, instead of riding my bike. A little load-bearing exercise, a change of movement, shaking things up a bit, I thought, might jog me off this weight plateau.

So I got some music together, stuck my walking shoes on and my earphones in, and headed up the street.

I've just crossed 15th, which is kind of a minor neighborhood arterial feeding the Whole Foods market and therefore rather busy on a Sunday noon, when, above Commentary! The Musical, I hear a loud meow.

I turn around and there's Graydie, following me, and about to attempt a crossing of 15th Avenue. I freak the fuck out (having once witnessed the death of a cat of mine that way and never having entirely recovered from the experience). I shout at her. "Go home! Go home!" She draws back from the brink and hides under a tree.

I begin walking again. She repeats the performance. I cross back to her side of 15th and scold her. I start out again. She follows.

Shit. The little furball.

So I walked all the way back home, Graydie trotting in my wake like a damn dog. I got my bike--which Graydie has never attempted to follow--and hastened out of the 'hood to my rendezvous with protein.

I have some serious concerns about ever leaving the house again on foot. And Graydie doesn't even live here. She just visits sometimes.

Comments

[tehomet]

Ooh, scary. At least Graydie's okay, though. Phew!

[darkemeralds]

I've never known such a doglike cat. Seriously. Except for the part where dogs look up to humans and think they're the boss, and can be trained to voice commands and will accept a leash.

*eyeroll*

I'll have to make my way out of the neighborhood by a more circuitous route, I think.

[tehomet]

Except for the part where dogs look up to humans and think they're the boss, and can be trained to voice commands and will accept a leash.

My dogs would laugh at this description but they are too busy eating half my supper while shedding on the couch. :D

I'll have to make my way out of the neighborhood by a more circuitous route, I think.

You are going to have to develop skills like a Ninja. :)

[darkemeralds]

I am! Or else only leave the house on foot when Graydie's not around.

How many dogs do you have?

[tehomet]

Four at the moment.

[darkemeralds]

That is a lot of bark and wag!

[kis]

That cat is a strange one. Pretty, but strange.

[darkemeralds]

She is both of those things. Good cat for me, actually.

[vampirefan]

oh sammy! (i still like that name better! :P)

[darkemeralds]

Hee! Sometimes I slip and call her that. She is the oddest cat. Maybe her soul is in hell.

[cat63]

Silly kitty!

When we were between houses once and I was staying with Rob's parents along with our two cats, the late lamented Tiger decided to follow us on the afternoon walk with their (extremely daft) dog. They live in a very rural area so it was quite safe. He only did it the once - I think he just wanted to know what we were up to :-)

[darkemeralds]

Oh, interesting! I've seen it in one other instance, in my own neighborhood: a family out walking, with a cat trotting along with them. I wonder if some new behavior is arising in the great cat collective.