Timber Loves To

Herd The Cat

Timber has put her natural skill to use; she herds whatever she can find to herd.

Timber feels herding the neighbors cats has become her biggest challenge. It has become quite the job to her, keeps her mine and body very busy.

First thing Timber does when she goes outside is look for the cats. If she sees the cats are outside she get her body into a stalking and herding position, very very slowly she moves towards the fence. Timber is on our side of the fence and the cats are on the other side of the fence.

By now the cats have seen her and they start bantering her (my guess would be the cats know exactly when Timber comes out and sets the mood for the herding and bantering experience). The cats move very slowly in the yard, go behind flowers or shrubs, watching everything Timber is doing. As long as the cats are quiet Timber will lie by the fence and watch and wait. If a cat moves slightly Timber slightly. This can go on for a very long time. The all of a sudden the cat flies out of hiding and runs right in from of Timber is up and moving, now her quiet calm demeanor has turned to a herding quick moving and barking. There will be a bit more bantering from the cats (I believe the cats enjoy this as much as Timber does) and Timber will continue the herding mode. Then all of a sudden it’s over. Until another day!!!

As many times as I have seen this, I really enjoy watching how animals behave. I love to see the different body postures of the dogs and cats. And what these body position mean. If you watch very carefully you will truly understand their body language. How they talk without words, just body motions. So we wonder sometimes what are dogs don’t listen well to us they are watch our body language and are getting very different messages from our voice and from our body language.

Dogs need 50% physical and 50% mental exercise, so the cats are sure giving her both.