A couple weeks ago, Nightwing brought me his straw and played fetch a few times, when all of a sudden, he pulled a stance like a puppy. He had his front feet stretched out, tail in the air wagging… then, he just took off around the corner.
A minutes later, he came trotting back to me, head cocked to the side, clearly confused. Since, I speak cat (and just a little puppy), “What? Did you think I was gonna follow you?” POOF, he took the stance and bolted. AND, trotted right back with an attitude. “Where did this come from? “I” play fetch with you, where’s your straw?” I picked up the straw and tossed it. He glanced over his shoulder, I got a look, THE LOOK. He took “the stance,” looked over his shoulder, looked at me and took some quick steps, looked back at me and took “the stance” again. “Do you think you are teaching ME to play chase?!” Curious, I stomped my foot, POOF he was gone. I walked to hall but no kitty-puppy, when he came tearing around another corner. STANCE, STOMP… he was gone! And, he was back, I’m convinced he was laughing outloud and out of breath! I appeased him with a few more stomps before he collapsed, thoroughly pleased with himself for FINALLY teaching me “chase.”
That evening, I asked everyone “who Dunnit?” Expecting a kid, I was genuinely surprised when Jeff claimed responsibility! 🙂 He described his antics of sliding on the tile around corners and jumping out to tackle the kitten-puppy. We were all amused.
Last week, Jeff proudly described the new “flying squirrel” trick that goes along with “chase.” Apparently, after running circles, Nightwing will flail out all his legs and “glide/fly” down the stairs.
TODAY, Courtney and I got to WITNESS “THE CHASE” live-in-person. Wishing loudly that I had video of Jeff chasing the cat, we laughed hysterically. I think our sudden outburst threw off their rhythm because before “the flying squirrel” attempt, Jeff stopped “What?” and Nightwing hid.
Oh…. really, really, wish we had video…
More about Nightwing, the kitten that really is a puppy: http://blog.scottsontherocks.com/blog/2014/04/23/crazy-weather-042314/