Favourite thing #1

Gus the cat

Gus is Zoë's older and wiser cat brother.  Gus has his own list of favourite things: heated blankets, sun, sun and more sun, catnip, sleeping, yoghurt and cheese. 

You might have noticed that Zoë is not on the list!

Alas, Zoë's affection is unrequited. Being a 13 year old male tabby, Gus has very little use for a bouncy puppy.  He will greet her with what we call a 'Hee-haw Hiss'.  It's a hissing sound, following by a snort.  Then, he bats at her with his paws.  Zoë thinks that he wants to play and bats back at her, does a play bow, the whole nine yards.  Now, getting hit in the face by Gus's paw is the equivalent of getting hit with a powder puff (no offence Gus!)

Other than being the happening man he is, Gus is not impressed when Zoë chows down on his food and is appalled in a way that only a curmudgeonly old cat can be, when the pup sticks her head in his gravel box searching for a piece of poop!!  Yummy!!!!  We know when Zoë has been excavating in Gus's box when she appears with cat gravel stuck on her nose and breath that smells, well, like cat poop!  This by the way, is remedied with a 'doggy breath mint' treat.  Sometimes it's a two-treater!!

Zoë is so fascinated with Gus and desperately wants to be friends, which we hoped would happen, but nope, not right now.  Perhaps it's hard to be friends with someone who eats all of your food and rummages in your toilet!!