Atlas Visits – Near the End of October

Last weekend, Tom and Atlas visited. They were here it from Friday till Tuesday. We had some interesting cat and dog interactions. Recently my wife started brushing Macy in the evening. Macy loves this more than anything. She now has my wife wrapped around her paw. It is taken Macy four years but she finally has her trained to know what the Macy wants. Because of the brushing Macy has become attached to my wife. This introduced a conflict because Atlas is very attached to my wife. When he is here he follows her wherever she goes and I refer to him as her shadow.

Friday evening Atlas was on one side of her waiting for her attention. Macy was on the other side of her on the couch waiting to be brushed. It was pretty funny seeing their jealousies over her attention. Since Macy wanted to be brushed she didn’t run away when Atlas was near. He went over by her after she jumped down on the floor. She tolerated him until his nose got too close and then she squawked at him and hit him on the nose with her paw.

She is declawed in front so no damage done. He did jump back and Macy’s training of him continued. When his nose gets too close she responds. We laughed very hard! Some of these photos show their interaction. We didn’t get photos never actually hitting him. Later she seemed to tease him by going out where he could see her and when he came by she would run out of the dining room table where he couldn’t get to her. It’s pretty obvious she thinks he’s a silly dog.