A Tale of Two Critters

So David, my husband, takes Pepper, our dog, out for a walk this evening. He returns very shortly after leaving and excitedly tells me to come look. Behind him is a cat. I love cats...my nose, lungs, skin, and eyes on the other hand, hate cats. I am highly allergic.

Reagrdless of this I'm very interested in our new neighbor. He looks well cared for and has on a collar and for some reason he seems to have fallen in love with our dog. 

Now Pepper is a very sweet dog when it comes to people. 

She's no longer is a big fan of other dogs as she had a couple bad experiences. I've never known her reaction to cats simply because we've never had to opportunity to introduce her. 

This cat was ready to be introduced.

He followed her to our front door and began rubbing all over her. Pepper backed away and looked extremely confused as to why this strange smelling new creature seemed to feel the need to headbutt her. She retreated into the house soon to be followed by the cat. 

Now again, I'm very allergic to cats so cat dander all over the house was not going to be a good idea. I scooped him up and back outside we went. I proceeded to distract the cat so David could take Pepper on her walk.

You're now probably thinking, "Umm, didn't you say you were allergic?" Yes, but again I love cats and have so few opportunities to love on them that I accepted the fact I would have allergic repercussions and played happily on the front steps with a very friendly kitty.

Once David and Pepper returned the cat quickly forgot his love for me and returned his heart to Pepper.

Once we brought her inside we though our new kitty friend would lose interest.

Or not.

In fact Pepper seemed pretty bummed to be away from him as well.

But after a while we bid our new friend goodbye and closed the door. We checked a couple times and he hasn't left yet, but I'm sure he has a family that loves him somewhere.

And a furry girl here that loves him too.