friscos got girlfriend

Frisco's got a girlfriend...

Frisco has a girlfriend. Her name is Chainsaw, she weighs less than 10

lbs and is of the feline persuasion.

Right now they are laying side by side on the living room floor trying

to stay cool and take an afternoon snooze.

Apparently, Chainsaw thinks she's a dog. so, it makes sense that since

Frisco thinks he's a cat, they make a perfect pair. I wasn't sure if

frisco would take to having kitties around, but he's really done

great. Chainsaw has helped, of course. She's kept him in his place and

shows him who's boss. She's swiped at him a few times, but never bared

her claws which i take as a good sign because according to her

mom...she can be one mean kittie.

The two of them started slow, keeping their distances. But then i

noticed that every time we went outside Frisco started sniffing around

the places that Chainsaw hangs out. (she's mostly an outside cat) I

thought perhaps he was just curious, but he'd spend several minutes

poking his nose into various crevasses around the back porch. he kept

doing this with ever-increasing energy and feverishness, it was weird.

Then, Chainsaw started hanging out up on our deck. Good sign. So,

Frisco would immediatley find her and start sniffing, then backing

away, sniffing, then backing away. A lovely dance those two have.

It got so that Frisco would mostly keep still when she came around,

then they'd pretty much ignore each other...until Chainsaw decided to

take the next step. She started getting really close and trying to rub

on Frisco's legs. He wasn't too sure about this at first, jumping up

and running away the first few times. I think he thought it was a

setup of some kind, you know?

Anyhow, with increasing tolerance Frisco got used to her advances and

they found a happy medium.

Then, the other night it was storming.

Chainsaw was hanging out on our deck and I was herding frisco in from

a brief potty break. She was right next to the door and when I opened

it she quickly invited herself in.

Frisco wasn't sure what to do. There was a cat in his house.

It was so funny. He got really excited. He started pacing around and

drooling and panting, his nub wagging the whole time. Chainsaw slowly

made her way around the apartment (all 2 rooms- hehe) and followed her

everywhere. Sniffing at her here and there. The entire time, she

seemed completely unfazed while Frisco was about to have a heart

attack. I was caught between being really worried and laughing

hysterically at the spectacle.

After about a 1/2 hour, Frisco still hadn't calmed down..hadn't even

sat down really...so I decided that Chainsaw had to go back outside

(the weather had calmed a little, don't worry)

That was 2 days ago.

Today, she came for a visit again and this time Frisco has been able

to calm himself down and, while aware and interested, doesn't seem too

concerned about her prescence. I can't wait to get a picture of these

two up for you to see. It's so sweet. Frisco still gets flustered and

backs away a bit when Chainsaw rubs up against him, but I think he'll

get used to it.

I'm just happy to see him doing so well with a cat.

I think part of it is that Chainsaw doesn't back down or run away. In

the beginning they had several staring contests and she won all of

them. Now, the other kittie (Pretty Kitty) who lives here runs away at

the mere sight of Frisco and I think it encourages him. When they run,

he thinks its a game. "Wow. look at her go...wait for me!" -- i can

hear him think to himself.

But Chainsaw just sits there...boring...so he finds other things to

do....like go back to sleep.

Speaking of how compfy Frisco is getting, he's slept on the couch 2

nights in a row now. Which is where he usually likes to sleep...before

that he'd follow me around until i went to bed and only then would he

lay on his pillow in my room and, cautiously, go to sleep.

Think these posts are long enough?