Animal Rebellion

Over the last few weeks, the furry members of our family have really been starting to act up. Bobby, the gray cat, got in some kind of scuffle and had to go to the vet. They shaved his paw and found 2 giant bite marks. He's all better now, but we had the fun task of giving him medicine orally twice a day.

Maddie, the black cat, is hellbent on destroying every new rug we bring in. I just bought one for my office. I got it at Target, so now you know that we are some real classy elitist yuppies. Maddie clawed it up in the first few hours. It's now become a war between us. She already ruined one nice rug, but I refuse to let this one suffer. Even though it's a pain, I've been closing my office door whenever I'm not in it. But every once in a while I'll forget and she'll take advantage of my mistake and attack. It's always the same corner of the rug.

The other day, I was in the office and she ran in, ripped at the rug with her claws and ran back out again in about 1.5 seconds. It was a taunting blitzkreig of an attack, and if I wasn't so pissed, it would have been funny. We're looking into some kind of organic cat repellant spray we can use, but in the meantime she's getting locked out of the house during prime office-using hours.

Lucy, our Great Dane, has also been acting up. She's become more and more blatant in her begging for food and even more stealthy in stealing it. We set up a corner of the big couch for her to lay on, with a big blanket to keep her from getting it too stinky. Yet, every time we turn around she's on one of the other unprotected couches, acting all innocent. Last night, Lucy and Maddie got into a scuffle on Heather's lap, which resulted in 2 banished pets and 2 large scratches on Momlette's leg.

I'm starting to think that these guys somehow know that in the very near future, they will no longer be the center of attention. They are going to lose it when Huevo is born. Instead of spending 80% of our home time catering to their needs, we'll be looking after this new intruder. How will they respond? Probably not too well. We are way too attached to Lucy to ever let her go, but last night we discussed the idea of Bobby and Maddie finding some new homes somewhere....

Hmmm. Anyone want 2 incredibly well-behaved kitties? Hello? Anyone...?