Maya may finally be learning not to play with stray cats. A friend has two cats that play with Maya as if they were dogs. I think this is really cute, except that now Maya thinks she supposed to play with cats, not chase them. And the stray cats around here haven't gotten that memo.
Whenever Maya sees a cat now, she gets real excited and starts pulling me towards it. Of course, the cat thinks it's about to become dinner, so it takes off running. Maya's actually been able to get close to a couple of the cats, mainly because they were frozen in place, too terrified to take off running. I don't let her get close enough to touch them, or to where they could get at her, but she has gotten within a couple of feet. And then I pull her away and she whines.
Yesterday, we were coming back from our walk when she spotted a cat in the bushes. I didn't see it immediately, and that meant she was able to get a little closer than normal. This cat didn't take off running like the others had. Instead, it stood its ground, arched its back, and hissed at Maya. Maya's tail immediately stopped wagging and she slowly backed away. Then she grabbed her leash in her mouth and pulled me in the other direction, all the while keeping an eye on the cat, just in case it decided to make a run for us.
I'm not sure how she's going to react the next time we come across a cat, whether she'll try to play with it again or not. We didn't see any cats while on our walk today, so we'll have to wait until next time. And I'm also wondering whether this cat passed out a memo to the other cats as to how to keep Maya away from them......
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