We have been patiently waiting as Josh has been discovering Jeter. When he first noticed her, I think he was more curious and thought perhaps she was just another toy to put in his mouth. But he is now obsessed with getting to grab her fur and chase her around the room. When he sees her, he squeals with excitement and races over to her to grab her (not so gently...). If you watched the video of Josh climbing the steps, you can see his excitement and how motivated he is to catch her! It has been a bit of a problem though, because Jeter is determined to stand her ground as "most important family member", and refuses to move just because Josh is around. Even if we move to another room with him, she follows us, sits near him, and waves her tail around. She waits until she is being grabbed, yells for attention, and waits for us to intervene. She has not yet hurt Josh, although she has gotten close on some particularly bad grabbing episodes and we have needed to separate the two of them. We think that Jeter likes the attention, although I know from personal experience that having your hair pulled by Josh is not fun :-P It can be pretty difficult to watch Josh when Jeter is around because he is very fast and you can't let go of him for a second or he has a fist full of her hair. Hopefully he will learn how to pat her gently, or at least lose interest in the hair pulling! They are pretty cute together though :)
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| After forced separation |
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| must...get....Jeter... |
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| Oooo cat!!! |
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| See, I'm gentle!! |
This is still a work in progress with M and our cats. I think M is saying nice and gentle right now because we have said those words repeatedly to her when trying to get her to treat the cats well. Fitz runs and hides from her often, but Maggie is like Jeter. It has gotten better over time, but we still have to make sure M is being gentle.
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