{"id":2138,"date":"2016-04-06T14:53:39","date_gmt":"2016-04-06T13:53:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.couttsweb.co.uk\/?p=2138"},"modified":"2016-04-06T14:53:39","modified_gmt":"2016-04-06T13:53:39","slug":"the-eye-of-the-cat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blog.couttsweb.co.uk\/?p=2138","title":{"rendered":"The eye of the cat"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"shariff\" data-title=\"The eye of the cat\" data-info-url=\"\" data-backend-url=\"http:\/\/blog.couttsweb.co.uk\/wp-content\/plugins\/shariff-sharing\/backend\/index.php\" data-temp=\"\/tmp\" data-ttl=\"60\" data-service=\"gft\" data-services='[\"googleplus\",\"facebook\",\"twitter\",\"info\"]' data-image=\"http:\/\/blog.couttsweb.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/DSCF2452.jpg\" data-url=\"http:\/\/blog.couttsweb.co.uk\/?p=2138\" data-lang=\"en\" data-theme=\"color\" data-orientation=\"horizontal\"><\/div><p>Mary showed me some funny videos on the Internet the other day of dogs afraid to go past a cat.\u00a0\u00a0 It became obvious quite quickly that the cat was deliberately intimating the dog.\u00a0 Size didn&#8217;t matter.\u00a0 The cat was giving the dog the evil eye and daring it to try to get past.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.couttsweb.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/DSCF2452.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2139\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2139\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.couttsweb.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/DSCF2452.jpg\" alt=\"DSCF2452\" width=\"1000\" height=\"563\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.couttsweb.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/DSCF2452.jpg 1000w, http:\/\/blog.couttsweb.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/DSCF2452-300x169.jpg 300w, http:\/\/blog.couttsweb.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/DSCF2452-768x432.jpg 768w, http:\/\/blog.couttsweb.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/DSCF2452-624x351.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>That was the sort of thing that happened at the weekend when we were visiting family in Aberdeen.\u00a0 Binky, the ginger cat was deliberately sitting on the kitchen windowsill, giving Poppy our little dog who was out in the garden, the evil eye.\u00a0 Poppy will usually get very excited when she sees cats, and will set off in hot pursuit.\u00a0\u00a0 But she could not get at Binky who was six feet or more above her, and safely behind glass.\u00a0 Poppy got so excited and started barking her little head off.\u00a0 Score: Binky 1, Poppy 0.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile in London, Pepsi, the kitten was practising her staring from inside a cardboard box.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.couttsweb.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/DSCF2228.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2140\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2140\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.couttsweb.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/DSCF2228.jpg\" alt=\"DSCF2228\" width=\"1500\" height=\"1000\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.couttsweb.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/DSCF2228.jpg 1500w, http:\/\/blog.couttsweb.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/DSCF2228-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/blog.couttsweb.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/DSCF2228-768x512.jpg 768w, http:\/\/blog.couttsweb.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/DSCF2228-1024x683.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/blog.couttsweb.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/DSCF2228-624x416.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1500px) 100vw, 1500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mary showed me some funny videos on the Internet the other day of dogs afraid to go past a cat.\u00a0\u00a0 It became obvious quite quickly that the cat was deliberately intimating the dog.\u00a0 Size didn&#8217;t matter.\u00a0 The cat was giving the dog the evil eye and daring it to try to get past. 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