Poor Pip! I don't like the sound of this Lennie at all. But cats are untrustworthy Poppy, I think you should listen to mum. Her chicken supply is probably more reliable than Tilly's rabbits!

Ps if you have spare rabbits OR chicken, I'll take them!

Licks, Rory

 

Oh Poppy, I feel for you. I too am not allowed to chase cats. Inside or outside. This is really annoying because sometimes Somi, the white fluffy cat that I let share my kingdom, hits me on the head when I wake her up to try and play. Mum says this is my own fault! I don't understand because Hank, the orange stripey cat I share the kingdom with, always wants to play, even if I've woken him up! My mum says it's because Somi is a princess and is the only girl in the house (apart from mum of course) so she doesn't want to play with rowdy, wild boys all the time!

Anyway, Although Lennie doesn't sound like a very nice cat and you feel bad for poor Pippin, I think your mum is probably right. Mums know better than cats for sure. Plus, my mum has told me that if cats get really angry, they can do horrible things with those crazy knives that come out of their toes! I would hate to think of Lennie hurting you as well as Pippin!

Hugs and snuggles,

Teddy

 

Ouch! That is a very useful thing to know, Teddy. Our cats are careful, but they can still be prickly - it is why we don't like sharing a bed with Pippin because he prickles when he is happy and sleepy. I hadn't thought about Lennie attacking us. Perhaps that is why Mum won't let us chase him?
Poppy x

 

Dear Poppy,

I would be happy to chase Lenny off of your property. That is one of my best things. So far, I haven't caught anything. Last week a feral cat came into our garden and was snacking on one of MY rabbits. I chased it away, no problem, and then played my favorite game of blackmail drop it with the humans. No offense, but you and Sophie are kinda small to take on a big cat. I guess you are going to have to listen to your Mum. That is not one of my best things...

Buck

 

Perhaps we need to borrow one of the big dogs, but I am a bit afraid of them because they are HUGE and have very big paws and Kelly (Great Dane) is still a bit young and silly and bounces at me and I don't like it! Sophy says we can just bark at him from a distance until he runs away, and then chase him just a bit so we don't get too close, and then pretend we have just heard Mum and run back to her before he can turn around and get us. Then we should get rabbit from Tilly for chasing him, and chicken from Mum for coming back. What do you think?

(I think that is exactly the sort of plan Sophy would come up with! FJM)

 

Poppy I think that's a good plan. I would come chase him away for you, but my mom says I can't travel that far (I live in California).

Just think, Lenny will be gone and you will have both rabbit and chicken. Yep, a good plan.

 

Dear Poppy,
Cats have a lot of nerve! They act like they own the place.
There are some fun things you can do to taunt him from afar:
1) dangle a toy with a fluffy tail in front of him (that could've mistaken for a rabbit)
2) pretend you are eating something interesting in the grass that he can't see

The upside is that cat poo tastes pretty good and it's fun to roll in their markings.
And barking like crazy at a brazen cat is loads of fun.
(Mom says we are wicked for encouraging you.)
Theo and Chloe, cat police, special markings unit

 

Dear Poppy,
DO NOT LISTEN TO TILLY! I would just hate to hear that you have lost an eye to that dreadful Lennie creature!!! It is better to wait for your Mum to reward you for ignoring those four-legged trouble makers.... Tilly needs to have a talk with with Pippin about not fighting,you know, "turn the other cheek" sorta thing!!! A rabbit is not worth losing an eye over!!!!!

My human brother got a new big young cat a couple of years ago ( he also had two older ones) named Lily who only had one eye and boy did the others hate her..........(they peed all over the house!!!!! Lots of bedding a couch, and a chair had to be replaced!) It took a long time and many bottles of Nature's Miracle before everybody became friends ......even me! I don't chase MY cats, only the cats that come on our property and they run away!!
So stay away from Lennie for now...........he might like you someday and he'll be the one that will bring you a few goodies........ Ya never know!
Love Ya!
From Your Friend
MOLLY

 

Go get him Poppy!!!!! Well, go after him but don't get TOO close! See him off!! Once he knows that you and Sophy are protecting Tilly and (your) Pippin he might get the message!

I spend hours and hours and hours looking out the window and barking like mad at the cats from next door and across the street, but Mum won't let me out to chase them! One day I'm going to get Pybyr from next door though... just you wait and see...

Yes, Pippin and that's how you got run over - going after something across the road!! - Manxcat

Ah, yes, forgot that...

Actually, maybe it would be better to let Lennie alone but bark at him from behind glass...

Maybe your Mum is onto something... But I'd still rather chase him!! :evil:

Love Pippin (the poodle, not the cat)
xxx

 

What does "run over" mean, Pippin? My Mum says it is what happens when you get too close to cars when they are still making a noise, and that it hurts a lot, but that sounds just too terrible. We once chased something across the road in the dark and Mum was calling because she didn't know where we were, and we stayed put because there were cars and it was scary, and at last she saw our flashy collars through the hedge and came and found us, and ever since then when she says "Cars! DANGEROUS!!" I run to her and climb up into her arms because they really are - especially if that is what "run over" means.
Poppy x

 

Yeah - I learned the hard way about cars... Went to hospital and had stitches in my shoulder and everything!! Not good!!

Now we have learned the "wait" thing... we can't go across roads without being told "cross". But I'm not sure I'd remember if I was chasing a cat...!

We can't go near roads now without a lead on and mum has had another gate and fence put in that she calls "the airlock" so we can't get from the back straight out the front.

Pippin xxx

 

Poppy,

Bug here. That IS a big condumdum. Mum doesn't let us chase cats either, but Gideon (our Guard Cat) does a decent job of keeping them away. Too bad though, because it's fun (I've even seen Mum do it - she says she's a dog at heart lol).

I think barking a warning is the best compromise, though. You can let the cat know that someone somewhere doesn't want him there and then your Mum can have some fun chasing him away. Maybe then she'll give us, I mean, you, some chicken.

Safe and happy cat hunting to you!

Bug

 

That is horrible, Pippin - Mum says it happened to our Pippin-cat when he was very young and he nearly died, and that is why he is very careful round cars and why he has to have medicine, because now he is quite old his legs hurt. But the medicine bit wouldn't be too bad - he has it with biscuits and really likes it. I think perhaps we should listen to Mum a bit more - sounds as if perhaps she does sometimes know what she is talking about, whatever Sophy and Tilly-cat say!