TheUltimateWarrior said:
Back in the day when I was peddlin' dope I had a cat. His name was Black Death. He was quite character-I often looked Death in the face and laughed.
I recall one morning I stepped out to the back porch and there was a slain squirrel there. I looked around and up in the crotch of a tree he lounged like some black leopard. I could tell he was thinking "Yeah, I'm bad".
I had him over at my parents for a couple of days. They had a kitten and they actually got along pretty well. Coming home late one night we pulled into the garage and caught a possum eating from the cat dish. Now, Death and this kitten were perched up on a shelf sleeping when we drove up so we woke them. Possum scurried behind the freezer, the kitten jumped down to chase the possum...and Death just stayed perched there, knowing only the stupid square off against a cornered possum. I rescued the kitten and chased off the possum and Death just looked at me with his cocky attitude.
Anyhow this guy Derek brings over his Doberman. OK, they aren't geniuses like Labs but they're not llasa apsos either. Death was perched up on the air conditioner. As soon as the Doberman came into the house it went nuts chasing after Death. Death found the way out the door and the dog was flying after him. I thought, oh great, that stupid dog is gonna kill Death and I'll have to kill Derek. The cat ran under the car and I thought great. The dog chased after Death under the car. At that point I laughed 'cause I knew what would happen. Next thing you heard was a screech and a howl and that pointy-nosed mutt got his nose laid open. He shot out from under my car and ran back into Derek's car.
Funny thing about Black Death is one day my brother brought home Moses. Moses was this huge Rottweiler. Now this dog's disposition was one of meek authority. Moses knew the sun revolved around him so he didn't have to prove anything. He and Death got along famously. We had Moses a week and I only heard him bark once (and that was enough
). He was friendly and fairly active, alert, intelligent, and even protective of us though he only knew us a short time. I always thought if I got a dog it would be one like him. I suppose it has less to do with the breed than the training, and I never knew the owner, but he/she did a great job on Moses. Death approved of Moses.
