I took Frankie for a walk Thursday but this time he took me on a different route. He doesn’t always go the same way but he usually heads out away from the front of the house. This time we walked around the corner and went behind the house.
By the time we reached the second street I noticed a cat just past the house on the corner. He was looking at Frankie and Frankie, I thought, was looking at him. I was expecting trouble but nothing happened. Frankie just continued on. Perhaps Frankie’s eyesight isn’t so good. I don’t know.
So we continued another block or so and when it became clear that Frankie was just going to continue to walk in a straight line away from home I decided to turn him around. I have tested him in the past to see how far he will go and it never ends well. I always end up carrying him home way farther than I want to.
I picked Frankie up and started walking back toward home. I knew he would struggle but that was okay because I just wanted to turn him around, not end his time outside. By the time we got back to the street that the cat was on Frankie started struggling so I put him down. That is when he really noticed the cat and started walking toward him. There was no growling or hissing so I thought maybe It would be a friendly encounter but that was like thinking I might win the lottery without buying a ticket.
When Frankie got closer both cats started making a loud yowling sound. This cat had a collar so he wasn’t a stray. I quickly snapped a photo and then picked Frankie up and carried him home.
He fought me all the way but I thought he was too agitated to continue a walk so I held on until we got home. I will have to see on our next walk if he remembers and heads that way again.
Bad Cat Chris 
Sometimes pets are too smart for their own good. So I’ve heard, anyway…
Love and licks,
Cupcake
I think you may be right.
Frankie sure has a poofy tail. Cats like to demonstrate and Frankie looks like a pro and as long as no fur flies that’s fine.
I decided to remove him just in case fur were to fly. 🙂
That was a good decision. Cat bites can go nasty, a scratch to the eye can get nasty, too and even result in the loss of said eye. Better not let them fight. I know Frankie is neutered, so his territorial behaviour is kind of baffling.
I would assume the other cat is neutered as well but he probably feels like he is defending his territory.
I’m really glad you were able to get him back home without too much of a fuss!
Frankie is difficult to carry when he struggles but nothing like Floki. Floki is like trying to hold on to a tornado.
I’d say it was a “win” – you’re bound to run into other cats around there but since Frankie is on a leash you’re in control and can always pull him away from danger or just pick him up. YAY!
Pam
It makes me wonder what he does when he escapes. Perhaps he has encountered this cat before.
Cats remember everything! Frankie is good on a leash? We have talked about taking our cats out on a leash but I am not sure how they would handle it. You started Frankie out young on the leash?
We adopted frankie at three. We tried letting him out in the back yard with Chris and Puck but he refused to stay close so I has to buy a harness for him. He resisted at first but soon he welcomed it because it meant going outside.
You’re lucky Frankie didn’t take his feelings about that other cat out on you.
He has bitten me before when I tried to carry him home but it’s more of a warning bite and not a draw blood kind of bite.
That is a cute kitty. I wish people would keep cats inside or harnessed and not free roaming.
We are not allowed to keep cats outside in our neighborhood what people do anyway. I would fear that the cat would get hit by a car or a nasty neighbor would poison the cat. There are even reports of coyotes in the area.
Whoa. His tail is all fluffy! He must have been ready to rumble.
I think you are right. It seems everyone has noticed his tail.
Of course we all noticed — it’s magnificent!
🙂
I didn’t think that encounter with the neighborhood cat was going to end well.
It probably wouldn’t have, if Charles would not have interefered. Hissing is harmless – howling is when the fighting talk starts.
I agree. When the howling starts trouble is sure to follow.
I just don’t know how wild cats survive with all that fighting going on.
Not a lot do. Average life expectancy of a feral tom is one to two years. For a queen it is three to four. Compare that to the average 16 to 18 “in captivity”.
Good point.
Oh my, Frankie! 😱 I wonder who the interloper was?
I would guess the cat is a stray or feral that somebody has somewhat adopted. They probably got him fixed and vaccinated and put a collar on him but left him as an outside cat.
We thought this was going to end differently with Frankie escaping. So pleased that did not happen. We can see his displeasure mounting with the size of his tail. XOCK, angel Lily Olivia, angel Mauricio, Misty May, Giulietta, angel Fiona, Astrid, Lisbeth, Calista Jo, Cooper Murphy and Sawyer
Yes, I guess that is a sure sign.
Ah, the poofy tail! 😄
Cat on a leash. Makes me wonder how mine would react. He us such a house cat. Outdoors is a new world to him. He’s curious & fearful, all at the same time.
It’s worth a try.