Scruffy The Legend

I know this looks like a cat.  You may already know his name is Chicken.  I have not posted anything about him in quite a while.  I am a dog person and this blog is mainly about Charlie and Ruby.  But don’t think for a second that Chicken doesn’t know all of this.  For his entire life he has been trying to become accepted by the dogs and treated like a dog by them.  He succeeded immediately with Ruby.  Its only over the last month or so that Charlie has decided that Chicken has finally earned his wings.  The two now play together like two dogs.  At the same time, Chicken has come to demand from me the same treatment I give the dogs.  He demands petting at the same time as I am petting the dogs.  He demands treats at the same time I am giving them to the dogs.  He has even started snoozing next to me on the sofa, as he has seen me do so many times with the dogs.  He is now demanding that I let him outside whenever the dogs go out.  Chicken is an indoor cat and has been declawed.  I know it clearly says in my book that I don’t believe in declawing cats.  This was done initially for Ruby’s protection because their play fights posed a risk of accidental eye injury to Ruby.  Karen does not believe in letting cats outside, claws or no claws.  I have no solution yet to Chicken’s desire to go out, but I am working on it.  Although Chicken has attained honorary dog status in this family, I hope he never forgets his roots – he is a cat, and certainly one of the most beautiful ones I have ever seen.

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