Buji has had an upset.
I mentioned that the dog was in disgrace. He'd attacked a spaniel in the park. I had groomed him and sprayed him with canine cologne and after a few minutes he got really cross and started to bite at the brush. I think the experience unsettled him. So when he was sniffing with the spaniel, his over-stressed state led to him being defensive (attack is the best form...)
I thought that was it, but later, Buji was chasing a piece of paper around the floor and the dog was excitable again as his dinner was due. The cat scrapped the paper against his paw and the dog snapped and snarled. I think it's the first time that he's been aggressive like that to Buji.
The cat hid behind my legs and seemed both surprised and upset.
A few minutes later, as I stroked the cat, the dog came up and sniffed at him gently - as if to reconcile. They have been fine since.
Yet the dog is still over-stressed - barking at everything.
His world is scent-centered and I have disrupted it. The overpowering dog cologne is unsettling him. A shame as he smells better to my taste. And it cost £5:99.
Last night I dreamed that Wuji had got onto a road and I was chasing him - there were buses and cars and I was screaming and screaming. I couldn't find him and then Buji was next to me - wearing a harness like that worn by the spaniel in the park - and I decided I had to get Buji safe so I didn't lose two cats. In the dream I was so relieved to still have Buji.
He reminds me of my first Siamese, Solomon. He was a chocolate point like Wuji. But he was bonded to me like Buji. He was run over when I was 17 but he recovered from a broken pelvis and back leg. He was never entirely sure on his feet and later, when I was at university, drowned in the well. A horrible story.
This cat, Buji, sleeps in my arms at night. To be without him - and Wuj - would be a nightmare.
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