Ask and it shall be given you. Matthew 7:7
Katherine desperately wanted a kitten. She begged, she pleaded, she prayed. And God gave.
A notice turned up in the church bulletin about two weeks into her campaign: "free kittens." In the face of such a message, we had to check it out.
I started on the internet. You see we rescued a dog from our school bus stop about 4 years ago and we had no idea how he would react to a cat. He came with the name Hunter. He is a medium sized dog in a large body (That's a nice way to say he's fat). He chases squirrels and bunnies in our yard. He violently barks at his mortal enemy -- the postman. Perhaps he would try to eat a kitten.
The internet taught us the proper way to figure out if dogs can tolerate cats. Introduce them while the dog is on a leash and watch for signs that the dog is overly interested. Watch out for the dog lunging at the cat or being aggressive. If the dog seems nonplused, that is a good sign.
We didn't want to get the kids' hopes up so Jane brought the kittens to our house during the day. The dogs were leashed. S'more was released from her cage. She confidently strode up to the dog. Hunter, the chaser of squirrels and bunnies, the defender of the house against such horrible people as UPS, pizza delivery and postal workers, tucked his tail between his legs and hid behind us.
We had found a kitten. Katherine's prayers were answered.
Katherine desperately wanted a kitten. She begged, she pleaded, she prayed. And God gave.
A notice turned up in the church bulletin about two weeks into her campaign: "free kittens." In the face of such a message, we had to check it out.
I started on the internet. You see we rescued a dog from our school bus stop about 4 years ago and we had no idea how he would react to a cat. He came with the name Hunter. He is a medium sized dog in a large body (That's a nice way to say he's fat). He chases squirrels and bunnies in our yard. He violently barks at his mortal enemy -- the postman. Perhaps he would try to eat a kitten.
The internet taught us the proper way to figure out if dogs can tolerate cats. Introduce them while the dog is on a leash and watch for signs that the dog is overly interested. Watch out for the dog lunging at the cat or being aggressive. If the dog seems nonplused, that is a good sign.
We didn't want to get the kids' hopes up so Jane brought the kittens to our house during the day. The dogs were leashed. S'more was released from her cage. She confidently strode up to the dog. Hunter, the chaser of squirrels and bunnies, the defender of the house against such horrible people as UPS, pizza delivery and postal workers, tucked his tail between his legs and hid behind us.
We had found a kitten. Katherine's prayers were answered.
