Killer Queen

Do you have pets? Prior to the arrival of the pups we'd dabbled in goldfish and had an elderly cat but after the pups we just never seemed to have the time or the inclination. Then last year my mum ended up adopting a stray cat. Pup1 was so enthralled with Daisy cat that he would have a mini meltdown about having leave granny and grandads house. So this led me and hubby to stop and think. What if WE had a cat ourselves? Wouldn't hurt the pups to experience pet ownership but given my job and house size a dog just wasn't practical. But a cat.......well they own you rather than the other way round. Something requiring minimal input from humans aside from the daily feeding sounded ideal.
How wrong was I?
Cat requires endless supply of food, seemingly at between 5 and 6am. Who needs an alarm when you have a furry bottom being thrust on your face as she lies ontop of you.
We adopted her from the Cat's Protection League and as she was young we thought she'd cope with the pups a great deal easier than a more mature cat. I thought the novelty of a cat would wear off with the pups after about 6 weeks.
How wrong was I?
Mia (as we renamed her - Pup1 is a fan of the Channel 5 show Mio Miaow and he thought the first word is Mia) is a firm favourite with the pups. At every opportunity they will stroke, chase <sigh> and pick her up. She puts up with a lot from the pups and has a lovely nature not to mention to be cute as a button to boot.

Who could fail to be enthralled by such an adorable face.

I could after this mornings present brought to me in the bedroom with a flurry of fur and excitable squeaking translated as "look mummy what I have brought you".

A pigeon wing. How charming. Just what I needed to complete my interior decorating.

The remainder of the poor, unfortunate bird was under the favourite "kill" bush in the garden, minus it's head.

Still I guess I should celebrate. It's been nearly two weeks since the last annihilation of a feathered friend by killer cat. She might look cute and cuddly but oh boy she's a ruthless assassin.

Pigeon pie anyone?