I dunno, My cat ,Will, is pretty armed and dangerous.

LOL, thanks Randy.

Hopefully we will continue to see her come out of her shell. She doesn't avoid the other areas of the house, she just avoids us.

Disgression is sometimes the better part of valor.
May he live a long a happy life.

 Quote: Jennifer Lee

she just avoids us.

Have one of those too, it's been 17 years, only two of us can actually touch him.

Cats are weird!

My GSD, Maggie would hunt and kill all small animals that weren't dogs. We would hunt squirrels and rabbits together. She had a tussle with a skunk at about 18months and that just made her more quiet and efficient at killing the next ones. Never was sprayed a second time.

I moved to Rockford, Illinois and Maggie was staying at my mother's house in Roscoe. I was between housing due to my job location being moved and the temporary housing didn't allow dogs. I was at my mother's house and was playing with Maggie outside when a yellow, tiger-striped cat entered the yard. Maggie looked at me and was in a high excitement chase mode. I did not release her to go after the cat. The cat did something I never expected and brings tears to my eyes still today. He walked straight up to Maggie, laid down in front of her, and placed his paw on hers. Maggie lost all aggression, looked at me as if to say "What is wrong with this cat". The cat, later named Dandelion, had decided that my dog was going to belong to him as well. Dandelion would go everywhere Maggie did and eventually won her over. Later they would wrestle and you would think they were locked in mortal combat, but no fur would fly, and they both had a ball. Both dog and cat would hunt chipmunks together in the yard and when Maggie was 13 and could hardly see, Dandelion would chase chipmunks to Maggie so she could still catch them together. Dandelion never acted like a typical cat, he would attack any other cat. When Maggie passed, Dandelion was lost. My mother bought a GSD puppy, Sarah and Dandelion started the training of the new puppy.
The relationship between Dandelion, Maggie, and Sarah was different, but no way lesser then our relationship with our shepherds. Beautiful and complex in their own ways, and they seemed to understand each other so well.

Some cats are weird, in both good ways and bad. My previous experience with cats had not been great. My expectations were completely changed by Dandelion. There will never be another cat like him, bat again, there is never another animal like another. All my dogs, cats, and birds have been different in many ways. They may have similar traits, but most are not set in stone. Love them for who they are, and not for what we expect them to be. It is hard to be flexible sometimes, but we are responsible for understanding our pets and bringing about the best they can be. It is not our pets responsiblilty to understand us, for we have brought them into our world.

What a wonderful story Peter.

I am quite smitten with our new arrival, despite her quirkiness, who still doesn't have a name....I keep telling myself if I don't name her yet it will be easier to give her to a forever family eventually.