See also: My life story, Coyote Story #1, Coyote Story #2, and The Tale of Eli!

The short-tiffy-cat

One day last spring I heard the Lady and Mister talkin bout some cat. They called her the short-tiffy-cat. Somethin' bout how I can get one if I'm a canine good citizen.

So I got all excited, cuz I just LOVE cats. Short ones are fine, and I'm not too concerned about tiffy, unless that means she throws tantrums a lot or sumthin. So when they told me it was time to go work for my canine good citizen short-tiffy-cat, I was all excited!

But wouldntchya know it? It was just a trick to get me to another training class! We worked on all that stuff I know already (but now I have ta do it faster, and do it every durned time), plus some new stuff that's kinda confusing. No cats whatsoever! So I never even got to find out what a short-tiffy-cat looks like!

Anyway, the long and short of it is that I graduated from another obedience class. But I haven't given up hope! The Lady says that after we practice some more in different settings, and really get good at my tricks, I'll be ready to get that short-tiffy-cat finally.

Boy, it'll be nice to have my own cat again. I miss China, all the way back in Connecticut.