The Showdown....at the neighbors house

I introduced you to Kitty...the King of the House...but you don't know about the much bigger "Queen" of the House, Molly. Molly is a super sweet dog and she is an amaizing watchdog. She sits on the stairs and watches the door. When she sees the refelections of break lights on cars or headlights when cars turn, she turns into a barking nutso. If you are not used to all the protection, it will scare the living bejesus out of you. Molly doesn't trust the neighbor kid who dribbles his basketball in the street. Molly really doesn't care if he is one of the best Varsity team players at the high school or not....she just can't stand that kid. Molly also dislikes the neighbors across the street and she barks like a lunatic every time they pull into their driveway or take out the trash. The truth be told, if given the chance to catch those people, she'd likely lick them to death. She's all talk, no action.

Now, I think Molly loves Kitty. Well, Ok, Molly loves to torment Kitty. You see Molly is jealous of any attention that Kitty gets. So if you have been petting Kitty, Molly is going to get even with Kitty later. What does she do? She waits, acting all sly and lazy. The second that Kitty tries to walk up or down the stairs, BAM....the race is on. Kitty flies down those stairs so fast, I'm not sure her paws even hit the runners. Zoom, she's headed to the basement. Molly won't go down the basement steps. I'm not sure why, she just won't. I love the picture above. Molly was chewing on her bottle, relaxing, enjoying the evening. At first I didn't notice the interaction going on between the two of them. Then I noticed that every time Molly shot Kitty a death glance, Kitties ears turned back. When Molly looked away, Kitties ears were normal again. I think they did this about 25 times. I had to get a quick pic of it. Finally Molly moved to the stair landing and pretended to be watching the door. Kitty jumped down and Molly looked back at her. Kitty walked behind the TV center. Its the closest protected area next to the stair landing. Molly glanced back and noticed this but did nothing. Then slowly, Kitty started to inch his way along the wall, headed toward the down staircase. Molly's tail froze, her back paws twitched. BAM, Molly jumped up and Kitty FLEW down those stairs, with Molly in hot pursuit. Molly didn't catch Kitty. I understand that she never does. It's more of a game. It's a classic house pet struggle for top spot. It's really pretty fun to watch.