Claude vs. Habibi

 

Meet Claude… Jean Claude to be precise.  We thought he might prefer being considered French, he has the ears and body of a Papillon, but the markings of an Australian Shepherd or Blue Heeler.  I found Jean Claude wandering, alone, starving and scared in my driveway, weaving under parked cars.   No Tags… No Identification… With the help of my downstairs neighbors and my son, we cornered him and safely tucked him away in a crate and took him home… Put an advertisement up under Lost & Found, and we walked him around and around and asked people if they knew “Claude”… their reactions were all the same, “No, but oh my Gosh, he’s so cute!!!!”  Yes, he is – a very well behaved, little gentleman, and quite happy to be tucked under my son’s arm – on his lap – chilling… With my son leaving for work (and being gone throughout the entire week) and myself having to work long days – sometimes up to 10-12 hours away from home – I began to panic .. who will take care of Claude?  So, my son brushed Claude, put a leash on him, and went downstairs to socialize with the neighbors – and they now have Claude.  Claude is with a Mom, Dad, and little 5 yr. old girl and a family cat, and unless someone claims him as their own in response to flyer and internet Lost and Found, he’ll be living with this nice family.

This makes a certain “Furball of Terror” very happy…. Habibi went crazy, he loomed over the dog, eyes twitching, low growly sounds, just all ALPHA Cat, this is MY Home, that’s MY MOTHER, and you need to leave… Poor Claude, he’d start looking to bury himself under a pillow on the couch to hide from this Mean and Angry Puffball.

This is the kind of behavior one must expect, when you leave your teenaged cat around a computer, they start playing Mafia Wars and get a serious ‘Tude.