Magoo - Year Four

Magoo hit his stride in his fourth year. He wasn't doing the silly kitten things anymore, he had moved on to stupid adult things.

This was the year we started letting him out on his leash. My wife used to get a lot of strange looks as she took this large grey cat for a walk on the sidewalk. There were a couple of close calls for causing car accidents as stunned drivers had to do a double take at the sight of Magoo.

He was also getting tired of all the doggies in the neighborhood pooping and peeing on his grass. One of our early neighbors had two Rottweiller puppies that she used to take for a walk. We never learned their names, but my wife always refered to them as Joe and Thud. One day they came by for a visit while Magoo was on his leash in the front yard. They were very interested in Magoo. They were very friendly dogs and didn't show any overt aggression towards Magoo. My wife was very nervous since she was uncertain what these two large dogs would do. Magoo was very pleasant until he had had enough of their slobbering on his fur and his grass. With a large growl and hiss, Magoo cuffed both of the dogs as hard as he could. I think it scared him as much as it did the dogs, who took off as fast as they could for their own home. My wife apologized to their owner as she was violently pulled down the street. I thought the dogs were going to pull her arms out.

Another overly friendly neighbor also came by that summer with his dog. It was a some sort of Shitzu cross. He told me that Buttons loved to play with cats and he had been around cats all his life. I told him that Magoo had no contact with dogs,a nd so I didn't know how Magoo would take to Buttons trying to sniff his butt. The neighbor, Buttons and I found out shortly how Magoo felt. He let out his trademark, "I was a Lion in a previous life", growl and hiss. This scared both the neighbor and the dog. To this day, I see him and Buttons walking, always on the far side of the street. Good Guard Cat Magoo.

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