Stranger in a Strange Land

First, shout-out to Mila for using the tip jar, thank you! Next, submitterator Paul P. takes us to a dog show with one unusual entrant, who prompted reactions ranging from “welcome” to “WTF,” but generally more tolerant than some people nowadays.




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30 thoughts on “Stranger in a Strange Land

  1. Gigi_the cat lady April 11, 2016 / 7:24 pm

    I love the 2 Rotties at 1:51 licking the cat’s ears!

    • Murray Callahan April 11, 2016 / 8:21 pm

      YES! And the little Frenchy tongue around 40. What a self-possessed little cat.

    • ^oo^ April 11, 2016 / 11:10 pm

      YES! We can all get along.

  2. Muppet2171 April 11, 2016 / 7:27 pm

    Love the doxie side-eye like, “da hell was that thing??”

    • Haha April 11, 2016 / 10:43 pm

      My favorite part! What personality!

      • 6rabbits April 12, 2016 / 10:33 pm

        Mine too! Perfect side-eye!

  3. AJ April 11, 2016 / 7:29 pm

    Ok, that was interesting and pretty cool. Not many cats would be that (relatively) calm around so many dogs, I noticed when the dogs wanted to play, the cat played, otherwise it was just a brief meet-n-greet. I loved the poodle that was jumping around after meeting Boomer, “I got to meet a kitty, I got to meet a kitty, woo hoo!!!!!”

  4. Lurkingduck April 11, 2016 / 7:30 pm

    Love the way the cat calmly walks up to the dogs, and so many of them back away! Was sort of expecting a Marc Anthony moment.

  5. dubravkamcvmd April 11, 2016 / 7:33 pm

    That’s some self-possessed, and beautiful, kitteh.

  6. Julie April 11, 2016 / 7:41 pm

    I LOVED THIS SOOOO MUCH!!!!!

  7. amyliz April 11, 2016 / 7:46 pm

    That is one chill cat! Very cute video!

  8. Chase April 11, 2016 / 7:51 pm

    Loved the side-eye on the dachshund at 1:03! “That’s not a dog, buddy…”

  9. Smartypants April 11, 2016 / 8:20 pm

    Amazing – this cat is the boss of everything!

  10. allein April 11, 2016 / 8:20 pm

    Such a pretty kitty!

    I want the Boston (or is it a Frenchie? The black and white one in the still shot).

    • Gigi_the cat lady April 11, 2016 / 10:08 pm

      It’s very hard to say but from the nose and the legs I’d say Frenchie.

  11. Ms Can Opener April 11, 2016 / 9:40 pm

    In my years of serving cats, I’ve tried to leash-walk with most of them. My experience has been that they flatten out like a pancake on the ground without taking one single step. Maybe it’s because I mostly adopt seniors and they didn’t learn the leash at a young age, I ‘m not sure. Anyway, this certainly is a confident little kitteh.

    • debg April 12, 2016 / 10:52 am

      Ms, this is known as flatapussing in academic circles (ok, maybe just Tinykittens.com). Mine have done the same thing, sometimes with a side-flop.

  12. Claire April 11, 2016 / 9:54 pm

    Yay! Bengals are the best cats! My 16 yo Dr.Acula is not quite as spunky as that anymore, and never would take to a leash, but you’d never guess she was an old lady. People often ask if she’s a kitten in fact. Bengals are just full of energy and fun.

    Whining about being in the vet's office. Nothing is ever easy with this little stinker.

    A photo posted by claire (@cgsweigart) on

    • Claire April 11, 2016 / 9:57 pm

      Hmmm, I never have been able to get instagram embeds to work properly. I copied the code, but why doesn’t it give the full picture instead of just that link?

      • Not That Mike The Other Mike April 11, 2016 / 10:00 pm

        I fixed it for you. When you press the “Copy Embed Code” button in Instagram, you should end up with a rather large block of code in your clipboard. Just paste it all, and your image should appear.

        • Claire April 11, 2016 / 11:17 pm

          Hmmm, I thought I had copied the whole link… Oh well. Thanks for fixing it for me! =D

    • Murray April 11, 2016 / 11:10 pm

      ?

    • Faye April 12, 2016 / 9:20 am

      Loooove cat. Loooove her name!!

  13. Kar April 12, 2016 / 2:20 am

    Even for a cat, that is some major swagger/confidence.

  14. Jerzowa April 12, 2016 / 2:27 am

    Is Boomer the sibling of Didga the skateboarding cat? Because that would make this family the coolest family on planet Earth!

  15. beemoused April 12, 2016 / 7:06 am

    What a delightful start to my morning! NTMTOM, I think you understated when you said “generally more tolerant than some people nowadays”. Given the level of vitriol and abuse I see people heaping on each other in news and comments, this just reaffirms my long-held opinion that animals are better people than far too many people these days–present company totally excepted, of course!!

    • 6rabbits April 12, 2016 / 10:36 pm

      AMEN!

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