GRACIE - THE CAT LOVER

[Barbara Mettler]

Gracie loves Tinker, the cat.  Tinker does not love Gracie.  Therein lies the dilemma.

We introduced Gracie into our household about a year ago.  Gracie was instantly curious about Tinker, and Tinker wanted nothing to do with this foreign, noisy, big-nosed intruder.

Tinker did not help her cause. She has a nasty habit of exercising her claws on our furniture.  Before Gracie joined our household, we had been employing several ineffective -but not requiring we move off the couch - techniques to stop Tinker's destructive behavior - water squirts, making a scary pssssss sound, hollering "Tinker" in her direction.  Gracie figured out that any of these meant "get the cat" and she was game for that.  The cat got tumbled a few times before she finally realized that Gracie, the Enforcer, would be on her like ugly on an ape in 2.5 seconds.  Tinker learned to run for the safety of high windowsills or low tables.

Now a year later, a truce has been formed.  Tinker will tolerate big sloppy dog kisses for a little while, and will allow Gracie to join her on the loveseat as long as no part of Gracie is touching her.  Gracie has learned "the power of the paw" which Tinker employs as a threat when needed.   Gracie, being highly excitable, often oversteps her boundaries - and Tinker lets her have it.  Hard to figure why Tinker doesn't feel the love!

[Allyson, Peri & Taquito]

Love those photos ;)

[Pat and Traveler]

Great blog, Barbara!  Love the photos of dog and kitty together--especially the last one!  Just can't look at that and not laugh.  :)

[Nancy, Ned, Clancy, and Charlie]

I love the 'power of the paw' bit.  Our families have often had both cats and dogs and they got along in some fashion. Our current dogs do NOT like cats, but perhaps that is because we don't have one of our own and the neighborhood ones taunt them.

[Laurie, Fudge, and Vern]

Great pictures. We can't even get our cat to come upstairs from the basement. She HATES our dogs and wants nothing to do with them. I would be happy if they just sat side by side on the couch :)

[Nina, Phil, Harlow & Lacey]

Great pictures. Harlow also knows "the power of the paw" as our cats have swatted more than once when she has gotten too bouncy.

[Cheryl and Finnegan]

This is so cute! Love the couch LOL We have the "enforcer" mentality going on here too :)

[DJ & Chance]

Adorable!

[Bonnie and Kona]

Oh my doodle! This is the cutest blog! Thanks so much for telling us the story of Gracie and Tinker. Sounds like a lot of entertainment to me. ;o)

[Deanna & Desi & Cori]

Great story!  We have the same love/hate relationship here between Sedona and our old cat, Hercules!  

[Karen, Jasper and Jackdoodle]

Very cute, and great photos!