Lady and the cat? She survived

LADY WEIGHED 50.9 POUNDS TODAY AT THE VET'S
OFFICE. THAT'S DOWN MORE THAN SIX POUNDS.

Lady hates cats, but sometimes she surprises me. Today, we went to the vet's office, and they have a big cat as a mascot. That cat was standing there when we went through the door.

I would have expected a fight or at least some noise, but the cat just strolled away, and Lady just looked at it. No growling, no pulling, no snarling, no blood letting.

What happened? Nothing, actually.

P.S.: During a later trip to the vet, I noticed that cat had "I BITE" on his collar. I didn't try to pet him.

Contact: I can be reached at tgilli52@gmail.com or nc3022@yahoo.com. Also, my Twitter handle is EDITORatWORK.

More entries from The Dog Blog

• Katie cried

• Growl and pull

• 12-plus years with my dog Lady

• ... said the spider to ...

• The Dog Diary (2014)

• YIP! YIP! The stereo-sound huskies

• What Lady and Michael Jackson had in common

EDITOR@WORK blog entries

• You really DO need an editor

• Reminders for would-be novelists

• What I do when I'm editing

• What I charge (it's a deal) and what I edit

• Slogging through the Internet

• J-school: More eyes on your stories

• J-school: Go out and learn

• Rookie mistakes for magazine writers

Blog entries from The Auto Racing Journal

• Angel in Black: Remembering Dale Earnhardt Sr.

(a book of great stories about the Intimidator)

• Then Junior Said to Jeff...

(the book of great NASCAR stories)

• My best day as a sports writer

• Jeff Gordon's milk toast to Dale Earnhardt

• Wayne Auton: A life in racing

More blog entries by Tom Gillispie

• Resume for a writer and editor

• An editor's views on powerful writing

• Advice for be and would-be novelists

• Links to TG's stories online

• Favorite quotes

• What I do when I'm editing

Anecdotes by Tom Gillispie

• Wipeout at Death Valley

• Days with rainbows

• A desperate writer working in the dark

• Yer outta there!