Cats, Dogs, and Seth oh my*

Come on together, from the Wizard of Oz Lions, Tigers, and Bears, oh my! I started this back the end of August. Elena has always been a cat person. She has two cat tattoos, and she has been known to be a bit mean to the dogs in the house. When she was younger, she liked Cody. She came up behind Cody, and surprised her. Cody thought she was being attacked, and cut Elena on the face. I told my boss at the time, he said he would have put the dog down for that. I thought it was her getting surprised. That boss was a bit of a heartless fool.

I think Elena’s dislike of dogs hit its peak with Misha. Misha was a wonderful, charming, sweet dog that was a bully, and a coward. She was afraid of Bandi, a dog of about 10lbs, and wanted to kill another 10lb dog,Nancy’s dog Nevel. She once almost did. She had fights with Athena. These fights were more like slap fights most of the time. Misha bit her tongue once, and there was blood everywhere. Another time we put a shock collar on Misha, and she got into a fight with Athena. We shocked her to stop the fight. It just made her nip Athena even worse. Maybe all of this turned Elena against dogs, I don't know. Right now she has a love-hate relationship with Cassie. If Elena is in a bad mood, she is not nice to Cassie. When Elena comes down Cassie begins to bark, unsure if she will be given a pat on the head, and a scratch, or if she will be told to get away from her in a nasty tone.

Back earlier in summer on a planned whim of Teri’s we went to Westchester SPCA and with Elena, Nastia, and Sean we, with Teri’s guidance, and desire picked out a puppy. A little white mixed breed dog. A mix of great pyrenees and maybe shepard.Elena took an interest in picking out the dog, she even went as far as getting the dog signed up for classes. In a very moody comment from Elena one day, it turned out she signed Teri, and I up for the classes because she felt we have no idea how to raise a dog. Admittedly Teri’s idea of raising a dog is different from most peoples, she raises them like they are her next born, and a member of the family. Me? I gave up fighting her idea of raising a dog so long ago I only vaguely remember how I raised a dog, and I like how a dog acts when raised by Teri. It’s a member of the family. Elena even takes the time to work with the dog. She still doesn’t like when the dogs bark, but that’s just the way it goes. Elena went to the beach with Seth a few weeks ago, then she went out to have sushi with him. Every morning I try to get up a little early to hug her, and wish her a good day at work. Today I told her to be nice to Seth. She goes, ewwww, no, I quickly correct her saying whatever you want. She thought I was talking about them dating. I just wanted her to be nice to him. Her walls are too high right now I think for anything official to happen. I’ve heard there are four guys who have asked her out lately, but she is not in a place to let that happen. Maybe that will change. She’s let Seth get closer than anyone in a while.