Clarence

Fast forward one year. The husband and I are spending more time exploring the great outdoors in the Rocky Mountains and Odie has gotten over her puppyhood car sickness and comes along. Tigger, however, HATES the car and will never get over it. Tigger needs a companion. I mention one day to my husband it would be nice to have a little orange kitty. Well, two weeks later he brings home a 4 week old long haired, cross-eyed orange little kitty we named Clarence (remember "Daktari"?) whose original destination was the same SPCA from whence Tigger had been liberated. Well, as luck would have it, Clarence was not yet weaned from his mother. He decided that Tigger should be his mother, "no such luck", growls Tigger!!! Then Odie got the call, and again Clarence was rejected. They have since lived to regret it.

Clarence has grown up and lived up to his name and he is, without a doubt, the KING in this house. He has no fear of anything and is sure that complete obedience to his will and whim is merely his due. At 14 pounds he is a major attitude in a fluffy orange body. He sleeps where HE wants, he eats when, where, and what HE wants to (and no one here would dare gainsay him). When we first brought Blitzen (greyhound) home, there was the ritual of introducing him (muzzled) to our little family. There was some concern about how "cat safe" he might be, although he had passed the initial test, we were very leery. We needn't have worried.

Moments after we arrived home, Clarence, without any prompting, sauntered up to our (now) 80 pound greyhound, who was all wild eyed and looking a lot like Hannibal Lecter (and scaring the h*ll out of me, I might add) , hopped up on the sofa (so as to be at the right height), stared him in the eyes and then bopped him n the nose with his little furry (declawed) paw. Stared a moment longer ("Do you understand what I'm saying here, DOG?") and then hopped down and meandered off in search of something interesting. (*YAWN*, Another dog). Blitzen has never been anything but respectful (and a tad wary) of his feline siblings since that moment. Long Live the KING!!

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