My Dog is a Cat

It's been a while since I played with a kitten, but 3 things stand out in my memory.

1) Kitten sitting on its haunches or standing on its hind legs batting at the feather stick that I waved over its head.

2) Kitten laying on its back, arms flailing in the air, at the same teasing toy.

3) Sharp little claws and teeth grabbing at my arm if I tried to tease with my fingers.

Now imagine a 60 pound cat.

With teeth like a dog.

And toe nails like a dog.

That's my dog. She plays like a kitten. I wonder if she was raised with a kitten and learned how to play by watching and emulating the kitty.

Ya just never know the history when you get a rescue pup, but it sure is fun to speculate. And sure is painful to get swiped by those claws.

She also acts like a jack rabbit, or maybe kangaroo, when she hops around out in the weeds.

And here's wazzup with my boy:

His propensity to sleep with his head smooshed up against a wall baffled me until I brought a crate into the house. He climbed right in, smooshed his head against the wall, and proceeded to take a catnap. Security I guess.

Here's my pretty girl, glancing out the window at the morning.

And here are some precious moments with the kids in bed before we got up to start our day.

Please forgive the low quality cell phone pictures - dragging the big camera into bed would probably spoil the moment, not to mention I couldn't even take them this close with it.