kaloric
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So, Kaiya and I went across the road to visit friends for Thanksgiving, and things got a bit ridiculous. It's like she became possessed by a cat spirit, as my title says.
Fairly quickly, she annoyed all but one of their 5 dogs, who are all lower-energy, senior, or crippled. The only one she didn't annoy is the paraplegic, deaf, & blind dachshund, probably because she barely recognizes his presence in the first place. When nobody wanted to play with her because they were too busy begging around the table once everyone sat down, she mostly just zoomed around and jumped off the back of the sectional sofa and climbed as high as she could on furniture in the adjacent living room.
Partway through the meal, there was a clatter in the dinette area off the kitchen. Someone went to investigate, apparently Kaiya had gotten up on the table in there and pushed something off onto the floor. There wasn't any food or much of anything else on that table. She has mostly been pretty good about not counter- or table-surfing in the past, so that was kind of strange.
She wasn't even begging much at all, but as dinner was winding-down, she decided to climb into my lap after the grumpiest of our host's dogs growled at her to clear-out of the prime begging spot. I think she swiped my half-eaten dinner roll as I set her back on the floor.
After the table was cleared of plates and such, everyone took a break, wandering into the living room & kitchen, and dessert was set out on the dining room table. Someone noticed Kaiya walking around on the dining room table and got her off the table just as she started licking a pie. A few moments later, she was back on the table again, in full view of many of us, jumping clear up on it and landing softer than a cat 1/10th of her weight. She was ushered back to the floor and the pies were then put away, nobody had room for dessert. She jumped on the table again, and grabbed a Hershey's Kiss or something out of a candy dish. I picked her up, got the chocolate out of her mouth, and the candy dish was put away somewhere else. She jumped on the table and ran across it a few more times, and was picked-up like the naughty kitty she was behaving like by me and the others. I think that was the most ridiculous situation, here was a good-sized dog behaving and being treated like a cat, as if that was just a normal occurrence.
When everyone else had either retired to their rooms or headed-out to do other things, my friend & I sat down to watch a couple of movies, and Kaiya decided to stretch-out on the top of the sofa. That also wasn't typical for her, she normally wants to sit in my lap or next to me & anyone else who will pet her.
About the only naughty kitty thing she didn't do was climb up inside the xmas tree or knock ornaments off.
Our hosts were very gracious and amused by the antics, when their pups were younger and more agile, they sometimes had those sorts of things happen as well.
Something I thought of after heading home later in the evening is that some of the things Kaiya was doing were more typical of the cat in their household who'd been recently euthanized over serious health issues a few weeks prior. He jumped on tables, climbed furniture, lounged on the top of the sofa, and I'm sure he would've licked pies whenever he had an opportunity.
I think I'm going to bring a spray bottle next time we go over to my friend's place...
Fairly quickly, she annoyed all but one of their 5 dogs, who are all lower-energy, senior, or crippled. The only one she didn't annoy is the paraplegic, deaf, & blind dachshund, probably because she barely recognizes his presence in the first place. When nobody wanted to play with her because they were too busy begging around the table once everyone sat down, she mostly just zoomed around and jumped off the back of the sectional sofa and climbed as high as she could on furniture in the adjacent living room.
Partway through the meal, there was a clatter in the dinette area off the kitchen. Someone went to investigate, apparently Kaiya had gotten up on the table in there and pushed something off onto the floor. There wasn't any food or much of anything else on that table. She has mostly been pretty good about not counter- or table-surfing in the past, so that was kind of strange.
She wasn't even begging much at all, but as dinner was winding-down, she decided to climb into my lap after the grumpiest of our host's dogs growled at her to clear-out of the prime begging spot. I think she swiped my half-eaten dinner roll as I set her back on the floor.
After the table was cleared of plates and such, everyone took a break, wandering into the living room & kitchen, and dessert was set out on the dining room table. Someone noticed Kaiya walking around on the dining room table and got her off the table just as she started licking a pie. A few moments later, she was back on the table again, in full view of many of us, jumping clear up on it and landing softer than a cat 1/10th of her weight. She was ushered back to the floor and the pies were then put away, nobody had room for dessert. She jumped on the table again, and grabbed a Hershey's Kiss or something out of a candy dish. I picked her up, got the chocolate out of her mouth, and the candy dish was put away somewhere else. She jumped on the table and ran across it a few more times, and was picked-up like the naughty kitty she was behaving like by me and the others. I think that was the most ridiculous situation, here was a good-sized dog behaving and being treated like a cat, as if that was just a normal occurrence.
When everyone else had either retired to their rooms or headed-out to do other things, my friend & I sat down to watch a couple of movies, and Kaiya decided to stretch-out on the top of the sofa. That also wasn't typical for her, she normally wants to sit in my lap or next to me & anyone else who will pet her.
About the only naughty kitty thing she didn't do was climb up inside the xmas tree or knock ornaments off.
Our hosts were very gracious and amused by the antics, when their pups were younger and more agile, they sometimes had those sorts of things happen as well.
Something I thought of after heading home later in the evening is that some of the things Kaiya was doing were more typical of the cat in their household who'd been recently euthanized over serious health issues a few weeks prior. He jumped on tables, climbed furniture, lounged on the top of the sofa, and I'm sure he would've licked pies whenever he had an opportunity.
I think I'm going to bring a spray bottle next time we go over to my friend's place...
Second occurrence would result in losing off leash privileges because she has shown she's not ready for that outside the home.
But yes, I too would be shocked and horrified if Kaiser did that at someone’s house. That said, it seems no one was bothered by it. Honestly, I’m more shocked by this:
WHO doesn’t have room for dessert?
