Strange Love

I don't know what it is, but the cat, Orion, has always had a thing for this dog, Indiana.

Now Riley (the German Shepherd) and Orion love to play and it is almost reassuring the way Riley takes the cat's head in his mouth when they are playing because he has never hurt the cat.

But the relationship between Indy and Orion is like a mother cat and a kitten. Indy was a puppy when I got her and I had a cat that would take care of Indy...lick her and scold her and play with her. So now maybe Indy has taken Orion under her care. When Orion wants to play with her, she tolerates it for a while and then puts him in his place.


Indy was laid up in the crate for about 5 1/2 weeks because of her knee surgery and the cat would occasionally squish his body between the bars to get in the crate with her. Now that she is out, he loves to be near her.



I will admit that these pictures are slightly staged. Loran put Indy's paw over the cat, but they were already laying next to each other and they stayed that way for a while afterwards.